General News
Hospital system withstands pressures
The latest hospital performance figures show the Victorian health
system is continuing to withstand mounting pressures with all key
indicators improving on the corresponding 2002 figures, says Minister
for Health Bronwyn Pike.
Nurse recruitment drive in high gear
More than 4,000 nurses have been recruited to Victoria’s public
hospitals over the past three years.
Report details strategies to reduce
adverse events
The Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care has
presented to Australian Health Ministers national strategies promoting
a culture of safety to reduce adverse events in health care.
Red alert for donors
The Bone Marrow Donor Institute’s Red Alert Day will be held
on Friday, November 21.
Housing workers help young people
leaving juvenile justice centres
Two new Department of Human Services’ Juvenile Justice Housing
Information Referral (JJHIR) workers will help young people leaving
juvenile justice centres find stable and appropriate post-release
housing and support.
Travel grants for health professionals
Eleven Victorian healthcare professionals will receive funding
for short-term overseas study fellowships to help improve the quality
and safety of patient care in the State’s health system.
Onsite demos of website info
A Department of Human Services team is demonstrating the online
Health Translations Directory to organisations that provide services
to culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
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Public Health
Booklet injects humour into child
vaccination
A new picture storybook will help children in primary schools understand
how immunisation works in their bodies.
Disability Services
Former Kew residents
call the community home
Former ‘Kew Cottages’ residents are
enjoying a better quality of life in community housing, says Minister
for Community Services Sherryl Garbutt.
Scope for improvement
Scope—formerly Spastic Society of Victoria—has two new
metropolitan sites.
Forum looks at life transitions
The Down Syndrome Association of Victoria’s Moving On forum
will address life’s transitions.
$6 million extra for early intervention
services
The Government will provide an additional $6 million over four
years to boost early childhood intervention services across Victoria.
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Community Care
Celebrations for preschool
Koo Wee Rup Preschool will celebrate its 50th anniversary with
a special afternoon tea on November 9.
Juvenile justice program to expand across
Victoria
The Government is providing $342,000 to expand an innovative juvenile
justice program for young offenders throughout Melbourne and country
Victoria.
Clinicians receive information about
children at risk
A new booklet will help clinicians in Victoria’s emergency
departments identify, report and manage children at risk of abuse
or neglect.
Congress conveners call child experts
Organisers are calling for papers for the OMEP One World: Many
Childhoods World Congress.
New advocate for children in care
The new Advocate for Children in Care will be a watchdog for the
rights of vulnerable children across Victoria.
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Aged Care
Active older people have the last
laugh
Aged Care Minister Gavin Jennings has encouraged Victorian seniors
to become more active in a bid to reduce high levels of obesity.
Media challenge puts seniors back
in the picture
A new Government campaign will challenge the entertainment industry
to provide greater roles for seniors with more authentic images
of ageing.
$250,000 relief for carers of people
with dementia
A $250,000 Government funding increase will provide more support
services for hundreds of carers of people with dementia.
Housing
New homeless service in Melbourne’s
east
A 17-bed crisis accommodation facility opened in Croydon by Housing
Minister Candy Broad will offer vital accommodation and support
for local adults and families either homeless or at risk of homelessness.
New call centre has all the answers
The Office of Housing’s new Maintenance Call Centre is open.
SHIP project launched in east
The Government’s Social Housing Innovations Project (SHIP)
has funded two newly-opened housing projects in Melbourne’s
east.
Seymour renewed
The first anniversary of the Neighbourhood Renewal project in Seymour
brought together public housing tenants and representatives of the
Seymour community–including children from local schools.
New youth facility in Morwell
Housing Minister Candy Broad has opened a new purpose-built Morwell
youth facility to provide crisis accommodation for young homeless
people.
$670,000 to upgrade public housing
units in Wedderburn
A $670,000 redevelopment of 25 public housing units in Wedderburn
will provide upgraded, affordable accommodation for local older
residents.
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Mental Health
Art at the heart of mental health
Nine students from the KODE school (Koori Open Door Education)
aged between 13 and 16 produced paintings that are now displayed
in waiting rooms at each Royal Children’s Hospital Mental Health
Service site.
Statewide events mark Grief Week
A variety of events throughout the State by National Association
for Loss and Grief (Vic) chapters marked Grief Week.
Award for mental health partnership
Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria and Goulburn Valley Area Mental
Health Service have won the National Achievement Award for Innovation
in Service Partnerships at the 2003 Mental Health Service Awards.
Metropolitan Health
New treatment trials for Austin patients
Austin Health patients will be the first to trial new treatments
for colon cancer following a $6.7 million funding grant to conduct
research and clinical trials on the disease.
Commemoration of children’s hospital
history
A commemorative plaque has been placed at the site occupied by
the Royal Children’s Hospital from 1876 until it moved to its
current site in 1963.
Call for volunteers to aid falls prevention
program
Caulfield General Medical Centre (CGMC) is seeking volunteers to
help with its Falls Prevention Program.
Mother and baby unit delivers peace
of mind
Troubled new mothers in Melbourne’s west can now access professional
help closer to home at a $1.6 million specialist unit in Werribee.
Country Victoria to benefit from
trauma upgrade
An upgrade of trauma services at the Royal Melbourne will improve
the access of patients transported from rural and regional Victoria
to the very best health services.
Funding boost for medical research
institutes
The Government has announced almost $20 million in infrastructure
funding for 20 of Victoria’s top medical research institutes.
Leukaemia families closer for comfort
Leukaemia and other blood disorder patients in major Melbourne
hospitals can now have families living within walking distance for
comfort and support.
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Media
challenge puts seniors back in the picture
