General News
A fond farewell and a warm
welcome
When new Department of Human
Services Secretary Fran Thorn takes up her post this month she will bring both
public and private sector experience with her.
New Director for DHS Hume Region
Angela Connors has been
appointed Department of Human Services’ Hume Regional Director, based in the
Wangaratta office.
‘Yes’ to youth employment
Peninsula Health is tapping into
a valuable resource in the Mornington Peninsula community—its young
people—through a program offering them job and training opportunities.
State Trustees call for grant
applications
State Trustees is inviting
eligible Victorian community and not-for-profit organisations to apply for a
limited number of discretionary grants of up to $5,000.
Drought counsel a phone call
away
Victorians suffering because of
the drought are being encouraged to seek assistance through the Drought
Personal Support Line.
More help for fire-affected
regions of Victoria
The Government has allocated an
additional $240,000 to three local councils affected by the long-running Great
Divide fires to help them provide local bushfire recovery services.
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Public Health
Quit chief becomes VicHealth
head
Quit Victoria Chief Executive
Officer Todd Harper has been appointed Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
CEO.
Caulfield walking bus program
moves on
Caulfield Community Health
Service (CCHS) is expanding its Walking School Bus program to include four more
schools.
Forum on world public health
A Monash University symposium
will identify the challenges of conducting ‘real world’ public health research
in other countries, particularly in medium and low-resource regions of the
world.
Pre-emptive strike in ice war
The Victorian Government will
launch a pre-emptive strike on the highly-addictive drug ice to prevent it
gaining a foothold in Victoria.
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Disability Services
Exercise program meets specific
needs
An exercise program that
addresses individual physical needs and abilities is helping children with
spina bifida get fit.
Safety messages take to the road
Vehicles used to convey people
with limited transport options in the inner northern suburbs are promoting road
safety.
New centre opens
The Ménière’s Support Group of
Victoria has celebrated 15 years of service and growth with the opening of its
Information and Resource Centre in Frankston.
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Housing
More affordable housing for
older people
Elderly single people living in
Dandenong will benefit from additional affordable homes.
Rural and Regional Health
Football feast at Rosebud
Hospital
Two generations of football
players came together to talk footy and health at Rosebud Hospital during
summer.
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Metropolitan Health
$12 million to extend waiting
list blitz
More than 2,500 additional
patients will undergo elective surgery during the next six months as the
Government extends its blitz on waiting times for surgery in public hospitals.
Pedal push on organ donation
Health Minister Bronwyn Pike,
Department of Human Services’ staffer and liver recipient Frank Carlus and
fellow members of the Better Health Channel cycling group joined young cyclist
Josh Moorman to raise awareness of organ donation.
Boost for fight against cancer
A new facility will speed up the
search for new anti-cancer treatments at
Melbourne-based medical research establishment, St Vincent’s Institute (SVI).
Cold facts about accidental
hypothermia
Alfred Hospital Emergency
Department Clinical Nurse Specialist Sharyn Ireland is researching accidental
hypothermia as part of her Nursing Doctorate.
‘Super’ melanomas under
microscope
Rapidly-growing melanomas that
no longer fit the classical description of melanomas—and that can
potentially kill in a matter of weeks—are the focus of a study led by
Alfred Hospital researchers.
Pete Murray puts memories on
record
Singer/songwriter Pete Murray
has recorded songs written by two young cancer victims during music therapy
sessions at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Book traces bone marrow journeys
A book giving an intimate
insight into the lives of people affected by bone marrow transplantation marks
the 20th anniversary of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at the Royal Melbourne
Hospital.
New Royal Women’s Hospital
structurally complete
Health Minister Bronwyn Pike has
visited the site of the new Royal Women’s Hospital in Parkville to celebrate
structural completion of the $250 million state-of-the-art facility.
Rethink on liver cancer
Research undertaken by the
Alfred Hospital’s Gastroenterology Department has uncovered significant changes
in the incidence and prevalence of liver cancer in Australia.
Program helps breast cancer
patients
The Breast Prostheses Subsidy
Program administered by Southern Health is an unqualified success.
Swimmer in good hands after YMCA
pool mishap
When a Dandenong woman suffered
a full cardiac arrest at the YMCA Dandenong Oasis Swim Centre she was fortunate
expert help was close at hand.
Decontamination exercise at
Western Hospital ED
Western Health staff have had a
first hand look at what might confront them when patients needed to be
decontaminated before treatment.
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Office for Children
Laverton children’s centre opens
Children will have access to
high-quality care, education and family support at a new Laverton centre.
Community Health
Art breaks down barriers
Cranbourne Integrated Care
Centre has received a facelift thanks to Home and Community Care Planned
Activity Group participants and the students in Chisholm Institute’s Koorie Art
class.
Carefree fun day for young women
Young carers will be treated to
some pampering during a Fun Day for Young Women Who Care at the Hume Global
Learning Centre in Pascoe Vale Road, Broadmeadows, on April 11.
Focus on community-based health
care
Fifty people with a commitment
to improving community-based health services took part in the first Care in
your community (CiYC) stakeholder workshop.
Aged Care
Home carers graduate speaking
your language
Home carers who speak their
clients’ ethnic languages will help make services more culturally-friendly,
says Community Services Minister Gavin Jennings.
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