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General News
$2.6 billion for a better health
system
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funding for hospitals, medical staff, disease prevention and dental clinics is
the main priority of a $2.6 billion boost to Victoria’s health services in the
2009 State Budget.
World-class cancer centre for
Parkville
A $1 billion world-class cancer
centre will be built in Parkville to drive the next generation of progress in the prevention, detection and
treatment of cancer.
Project provides access to vital
health care
Aboriginal Victorians will have
better access to vital health services thanks to a new $1.5 million Government
project to close the gap in Aboriginal life expectancy.
Secretary hosts Hong Kong group
Department of Human Services Secretary Fran Thorn has hosted a
delegation led by Hong Kong Secretary for Food
and Health York Chow.
Accessibility the key to future
home design
A new community awareness campaign and regulatory measures will allow
the one in five Victorians who have a disability or are over the age of 60 to build accessible features
into new homes.
Praise for bushfire support
Minister for Housing Richard Wynne has praised Department of Human
Services Loddon Mallee Region and Loddon Mallee Housing Services personnel who
swung into action in the aftermath of Black Saturday and continue to provide
much needed and valuable assistance.
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Metropolitan Health
Patients become friends for life
Royal Melbourne Hospital
rehabilitation program LifeMoves has expanded its support for patients with acquired neurological conditions by
setting up a friends’ group.
New CEO for Alfred Health
Chief Executive of the Royal Free Hampstead National Health Service
Trust, London, Andrew Way, has been appointed to Alfred Health.
Music therapy helps women
recover after cancer treatment
Fourteen women who recently
completed treatment for breast or gynaecological cancer have taken part in a
trial music therapy program.
Doc’s a good sport
After contracting a virus while
on a surf trip to Bali in 2000, Karl Hardy was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a
serious heart condition that can put sufferers at risk of sudden death.
Blood cancer study boost
Blood cancer studies have been given a boost with the opening of a
dedicated phase one clinical research area at the Alfred Hospital.
More services for cancer
patients
South-east metropolitan
residents now have access to vital cancer services closer to home with the
opening of new chemotherapy day-stay chairs at Dandenong Hospital thanks to a
$300,000 Government funding boost.
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Disability Services
Investment in disability
services
Reform of Victoria’s disability
services will continue with the Budget focusing on flexible, personalised
support.
State plan supports Victorians
with autism
A Budget boost will better
support Victorian children, adolescents and adults with an Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD).
Young people reach milestone on
road out of nursing home
Disability services provider
Villa Maria has hosted a ‘turning the soil’ ceremony in Austin Street,
Alphington.
Victorians with a disability
take control of their own support needs
A new publication outlines how
the Victorian Government will transform the way disability supports are
planned, funded and delivered.
Ballarat residents celebrate
their independence
McCallum Disability Services’ new $1.6 million independent living
unit complex offers another accommodation option for 14 people with
disabilities in Ballarat.
New team for Scope
Disability services provider
Scope has activated a team to implement the Individual Support Packages
program.
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Community Services
Victoria’s most vulnerable the
focus of record investment
Protecting Victoria’s most
vulnerable children is the focus of a record $160.8 million Government
investment and sweeping reforms in the Out of Home Care sector.
New CEO
Barwon region agency St Laurence Community Services has appointed
Toby O’Connor as Chief Executive Officer.
Aged Care
$60.6 million to help Victorian
seniors
A $60.6 million package will
help senior Victorians remain independent at
home.
Hepburn service redevelopment
under way
The State Government’s $8 million redevelopment of the Trentham
campus of Hepburn Health Service will give local residents even better access
to modern health and aged care services and create around 50 jobs.
Victorians called to check on
older people in emergencies
Victorian seniors will receive
telephone check-up calls and personal visits before and during heatwaves,
bushfires, floods and other significant emergencies as part of a $1 million
Government initiative.
Bone health helps reduce falls
in aged care facility residents
A simple and cheap nutrition
supplement reduces falls among elderly
residents in aged care hostels, according to the results of a study.
Search on for state’s
outstanding seniors
Victorians have been urged to
nominate older people for the Victorian Senior of the Year Awards 2009.
Mornington pacers love Monday
walks
Rain, hail or shine, members of
the Mornington Pacers Group have been exercising on Monday mornings for 21
years.
One-stop-shop for aged care
Federal Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot and Victorian Minister for
Senior Victorians Lisa Neville have launched a $2.5 million ‘one stop
shop’ to improve services for older Victorians and their carers in the
Grampians region.
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Housing
$104.8 million for housing
initiatives
The Government is investing $104.8 million in the Budget for
homelessness and housing initiatives.
Funding for housing maintenance
Work is underway to provide repairs and maintenance to thousands of
social housing dwellings across Victoria as part of the Federal Government’s
Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan.
Mental Health
$150.6 million for mental health
reform
As many as 280 new mental health workers are the centrepiece of the
Government’s $150.6 million reform to mental health services in Victoria.
Mental health beds double
A State Government investment in Melbourne’s northern growth corridor
will create 140 jobs from a new mental health facility under construction at
the Northern Hospital in Epping.
Rural and Regional Health
Shepparton centre focuses on
rural sexual health
Long-time Department of Human Services Public Health Branch staff
member Jane Tomnay has been
appointed Director of Victoria’s first regional Centre of Excellence in Rural
Sexual Health—in Shepparton.
Local nurses graduate—then stay on
Thirteen local nurses have graduated after completing their final
year at the Central Gippsland Health Service.
Health service builds up
leadership skills
Central Gippsland Health Service has strengthened its workforce
development capacity through an enhanced leadership role for Denise McInnes.
Dunmunkle health services open
Local residents gathered en masse for the opening of a brand new $2.5
million home for Dunmunkle Health Services in Murtoa.
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