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General News
Glittering gongs for DHS
Five Department of Human
Services employees are among the 2009 Queen’s Birthday Honours recipients.
Honours across services sector
Austin Health Board Chair Tim Daly has been awarded a Member of the
Order of Australia Medal in the Queen’s Birthday honours.
Alfred ICU to host new TV series
The Alfred Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) will be the focus of
a new national television series produced by Channel Seven.
PapScreen anniversary
Since PapScreen Victoria was established in 1991, one woman’s life
has been saved from cervical cancer every week.
Nurse wins scholarship
Royal Children’s Hospital Clinical Nurse Specialist Sharon Downes has
received the inaugural Dame Elisabeth Nursing Development Scholarship for 2009.
Call for comment on climate
change paper
The Victorian Government has
released a Climate Change Green Paper for public comment.
Cultural creativity on display
Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre (SMRC) is staging an art exhibition
featuring the works of refugees.
Alfred study targets Parkinson’s
disease
A unique Alfred Hospital study
that combines a scratch and smell test with a heart scan could help establish
the first definitive test for Parkinson’s disease.
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Public Health
Forum focus on chlamydia
prevention
The Department of Human Services
Public Health Branch hosted a forum to plan Victoria’s response to chlamydia
over the next two to four years.
Guide to help councils plan
heatwave responses
The Department of Human Services
Public Health Branch has launched a guide to help local government develop
heatwave responses for municipal public health plans.
Health promotion skills taken
north, interstate
Participants from Victorian
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (VACCHO) and mainstream
community health services are taking part in an updated Aboriginal health
promotion short course in Mildura.
Food allergy training for
hospitality staff
A pilot program involving two
councils is educating hospitality staff about food allergies and intolerances.
Vaccine cuts genital wart
diagnoses
Australia is leading the way in the elimination of genital warts
thanks to the success of a national vaccination program.
Hospitals go smoke free
Southern Health, the Royal
Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and Eastern Health chose World No Tobacco Day to go totally smoke
free.
Disability Services
Residents sing along with Joe
Dolce — ‘what’sa matta you, hey!’
Musician Joe Dolce got a dose of his own medicine when a group of
Gardenview residents told him to ‘shaddap you face’ recently.
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Rural and Regional Health
Health professionals down on the
farm
Twenty-one regional and rural
nurses from four states have taken part in a train-the-trainers program at the
National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) based in Hamilton, in western
Victoria.
Yarrawonga Hospital sees a ton
of babies
For the second time, Yarrawonga and District Hospital’s maternity
service has welcomed 100 babies in a year.
First flight for south-west
helicopter
Residents of Victoria’s south-west will now have access to the very
best ambulance services after the new $20.8 million emergency helicopter made
its inaugural flight from Essendon to Warrnambool.
New Chair for Barwon Health
Dr Owen Donald has been appointed Chair of Barwon Health.
Tests on eyes and ears
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital has partnered with the
Victorian Aboriginal Child Care Agency (VACCA) to provide eye and ear health
checks for Aboriginal children.
Hear, hear for babies on the
Mornington Peninsula
Almost 1,000 babies have had their hearing screened since the launch
of the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) at Peninsula Health
hospitals in December.
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Metropolitan Health
New Chair for Eastern Health
Joanna Flynn has taken up her
role as the Chair of Eastern Health.
Southern Health pair recognised
as leaders in their fields
Two senior staff at Southern Health have become leaders in their
chosen field.
MRI technology used to destroy
uterine fibroids
Specialists at the Royal Women’s
Hospital are treating uterine fibroids with a revolutionary, scalpel-free
surgery using magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) technology.
Ben’s one in a million
The Royal Children’s Hospital
Auxiliaries have sold their one millionth Tote Bag—to a young, and very
surprised, leukaemia patient.
Boost for study on traumatic
brain injury
Neurotrauma research has been given a local boost with the award of
more than $800,000 to the Alfred Hospital’s National Trauma Research Institute
(NTRI).
Cardiac rehabilitation program
participants mark 10th anniversary
The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s unique community-based cardiac
rehabilitation program has celebrated its 10th anniversary.
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Community Services
Conference to focus on young
people
The Australian Research Alliance
for Children and Youth (ARACY) conference will be held at the Melbourne
Convention and Exhibition Centre between September 2 and 4.
Water Wise project delivers in
Geelong
A $3.1 million innovative
Government program is delivering reduced water consumption and bills for
Geelong families.
Postgraduate courses for child
protection workforce
Victoria’s child protection and
family services workforce are being boosted by Government scholarships for new
professional training.
Aged Care
State-of-the-art aged care
facility celebrates
Gippsland Southern Health
Service’s state-of-the-art 36-bed residential aged care facility Koorooman
House has been officially opened.
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Housing
Moe shares nation building funds
Moe-based Eastcoast Housing has received $397,000 in funding from the
Commonwealth Nation Building and Economic Stimulus Plan for maintenance work on
47 homes in East Gippsland and Melbourne’s bayside suburbs.
The news is good for the
neighbourhood
The Government’s successful Neighbourhood
Renewal program will be extended with an investment of more than $1 million in
Flemington and $650,000 in the Maryborough area.
Conference focus on new era for
housing
The 6th National Housing
Conference will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
between November 24 to 27.
Mental Health
Novel treatment for depression
A clinical trial by the Mental
Health Research Institute, Barwon Health and other community health services
could reveal a unique way of relieving the symptoms of depression using a safe,
tolerable, affordable and readily-available antioxidant.
Young people target of ad
campaign, website
A series of TV, cinema, radio
and print advertisements and a new website are among beyondblue: the national depression initiative projects targeting young people.
Deer Park PARC on the road to
recovery
Victoria’s newest ‘mid-way house’ to treat people with a mental
illness and assist in their recovery has opened in Deer Park.
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