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Community Services
Extra bite for child watchdog
Victoria’s Child Safety
Commissioner Bernie Geary will be given stronger powers to review cases
involving child protection clients under new legislation introduced by the
Government.
Model youth justice worker
retires
The Victorian Youth Justice program will lose a staunch advocate for
young Aboriginal people involved with the justice system when Yvonne Luke
retires from the Department of Human Services at the end of August.
Babies in spotlight at early
years forum
A ‘welcome baby to country’ ceremony was the highlight of an Aboriginal
early years forum at the Lucknow Football Club rooms in East Gippsland.
Giving grandparents legal
recognition
Grandparents caring for their
grandchildren enrol them in kindergarten, sign school permission slips and give
permission for medical procedures under a new State Government measure.
Community service hubs provide
support for bushfire survivors
Community Services Minister Lisa Neville has opened long-term community
service hubs at Hurstbridge and Whittlesea, saying they would provide important
information and support as well as meeting places for the community as the
post-bushfire rebuilding process continued.
Guide for grandparents who care
for children
A forum hosted by the Department
of Human Services, Grandparents Victoria and the Child Safety Commissioner
brought together carers and professionals working in the area of kinship care.
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General News
Long-term
care for children with cancer
In an
Australian first, Victorian children with cancer will benefit from a long-term,
$2 million-plus State Government program to guide their recovery and plan their
future health care.
New book for children with
cancer radiates the right stuff
Families facing the daunting
task of preparing a child for radiation therapy have a new place to
turn—the vibrant, cheeky pages of a book launched by the Minister for
Children and Early Childhood Development Maxine Morand.
Not-for-profit sector summit
The Victorian Department of
Planning and Development’s Office for the Community Sector is inviting
representatives of Victoria’s not-for-profit sector to come together to plan
for the future.
CD provides natural family
planning info
The Ovulation Method Research
and Reference Centre in East Burwood is providing Billings Ovulation Method
Information Packs to Community Health and Maternal and Child Health Centres
throughout Victoria to mark Natural Family Planning Week.
Leadership in limelight
The Department of Human Services
has reaffirmed its commitment to Aboriginal staff with a leadership development
program delivered by its Human Resources Branch.
New social inclusion course
The University of Melbourne is
offering a professional development opportunity that provides a pathway to
further education at the university.
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Public Health
Taking steps to prevent diabetes
More than 100 members of the Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative walked
around the 2.5 kilometre perimeter of Lake Victoria in Shepparton to promote
Diabetes Australia—Victoria’s campaign to prevent type two diabetes.
Diabetes self-help program for
Stawell
A diabetes self-management program established early last year has
become part of Stawell Regional Health’s early intervention strategy for people
with type two diabetes.
Tobacco strategy wins medical
association award
The State Government has won a top award for its action on tobacco
control.
Disability Services
Young people on the employment
pathway
Southern suburbs residents with
a disability are being assisted on the pathway to employment by a $3.9 million
State Government funding boost.
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Metropolitan Health
Surgery record despite surging
demand
A record 76,618 Victorians received elective surgery in public hospitals
in the six months to the end of December, 2008, the latest Your Hospitals report shows.
Computer games help spinal cord
injury patients
A study will test home-based online rehabilitation that enables spinal
cord injury patients to regain hand movement through computer games.
Hospital highlight for Jordyn
Geelong teenager Jordyn Griffin has seen first-hand how she is helping
build the new Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne.
Funding boost helps Casey babies
Families in Melbourne’s outer
south east will soon have even better access to the best maternity services
with planning and design well underway for the $4.2 million expansion of
Casey Hospital’s special care nursery.
Queen’s Birthday Honours for
Alfred Health colleagues
Alfred Hospital Director of Renal Services and Head of the Monash
University Department of Medicine Professor Napier Thomson was awarded a Member
of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2009 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Spotlight on children
Southern Health has renamed its children’s service—Monash
Children’s.
Trial run takes the mystery out
of MRI
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s Educational Play Therapy and Medical
Imaging Departments’ work preparing children for an MRI scan has been
recognised internationally.
Books for children tell dialysis
story
Two new books have been written
to help children and their families learn about renal conditions and treatment.
Eye and Ear staff join Walk for Harmony crowd
Staff from the Eye and Ear
Hospital participated in the 2009 Walk
for Harmony.
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Aged Care
Aged care providers focus on
emergency planning
About 350 participants from the aged care sector—including
providers of residential aged care, home and community care and supported
residential services—took part in an Emergency
Planning and
Management in Residential Aged Care seminar.
Housing
Funds boost for social housing
Housing Minister Richard Wynne
has welcomed tenants into a newly-renovated home in Eaglehawk.
Young Cooks at home to visitors
Laura Cook, 13, and her brother Stephen, 11, had some surprise visitors
to their new home recently.
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Drugs and Mental Health
Anti-cannabis campaign targets
young
A new online campaign targeting young Victorians warns of the impacts of
cannabis use on the brain.
Project addresses physical
wellbeing
A groundbreaking project will boost access to vital health services for Victorians with a
mental illness thanks to a $400,000 State Government funding increase.
Booklet helps young people bring
black dog to heel
Walking
the Black Dog by Ingi Barr is one of the few books for young people
that deal with depression.
Push to change drink culture
Community groups with an
innovative approach to tackling alcohol misuse at a grassroots level are being
urged to apply for an inaugural Building Safer Drinking Cultures Innovation
Grant.
Rural and Regional Health
Retrieval service set to expand
Adult Retrieval Victoria (ARV) is set to significantly improve retrieval
services over the next three years after being given the go-ahead for its
Service Improvement Plan.
Albury Wodonga Health appoints
inaugural Chief Executive
Experienced health administrator
Stuart Spring has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer of
newly-amalgamated Albury Wodonga Health.
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