December 2011 – Department of Health, Victoria, Australia
Our healthcare leaders honoured with awards
Smooth move for patients into new Children’s Hospital
Motorcycle
paramedics for busy CBD
Peter Mac’s young patients get some space
Family room at Monash has that homely feeling
Diwali fundraiser lights up Royal Melbourne
Multi-faith facility opens in Goulburn Valley
Box Hill Hospital redevelopment goes forward
Tele-health project to boost service access
Child heart doctor receives prestigious Victoria Fellowship
Regional medical, education centre opened
Gift takes Royal Melbourne down Jane Bell memory lane
Communities urged to act on diabetes
Support is just a telephone call away
Smooth move for patients into new Children’s Hospital
It took just under eight hours on November 30 to move 143 inpatients from the old hospital into the new Royal Children’s.
Motorcycle paramedics for busy CBD
Minister for
Health David Davis has launched Ambulance Victoria’s first Motorcycle Paramedic
Unit
Family room at Monash has that homely feeling
Ethan Monck, 3, is the face
behind the new respite centre for families of children treated at Monash
Children’s Hospital.
Diwali fundraiser lights up Royal Melbourne
Community leaders raised more than $13,000 for the Oral and Maxillofacial Service at The Royal Melbourne Hospital during Diwali celebrations.
National award for Northern Health translators
Northern Health’s dedicated team of language professionals has won a prestigious national award.
Hospital and Health Services
Our healthcare leaders honoured
with awards
Premier Ted Baillieu has
honoured the leadership and innovation of outstanding service providers at the
2011 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.
Smooth move for patients into
new Children’s Hospital
It took just under eight hours
on November 30 to move 143 inpatients from the old hospital into the new Royal
Children’s.
Motorcycle
paramedics for busy CBD
Minister for
Health David Davis has launched Ambulance Victoria’s first Motorcycle Paramedic
Unit
National award for Northern
Health translators
Northern Health’s dedicated team
of language professionals has won a prestigious national award.
Peter Mac’s young patients get
some space
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
now includes a bright, fresh space for adolescents and young adults with
cancer.
Family room at Monash has that
homely feeling
Ethan Monck, 3, is the face
behind the new respite centre for families of children treated at Monash
Children’s Hospital.
Diwali fundraiser lights up
Royal Melbourne
Community leaders raised more
than $13,000 for the Oral and Maxillofacial Service at The Royal Melbourne
Hospital during Diwali celebrations.
Multi-faith facility opens in
Goulburn Valley
Goulburn Valley Health has a new
multi-faith room.
Midwife wins leader award
Eastern Health’s Vanessa Watkins
has been acknowledged for her dedication.
Box Hill Hospital redevelopment
goes forward
Minister for Health David Davis
has announced Baulderstone Pty Ltd as the builder of the redeveloped, $447.5
million, state-of-the-art Box Hill Hospital.
Mental Health and Drugs
Doors open for people with a
mental illness
An innovative project that helps
people with a severe mental illness into private sector housing has been
unveiled by Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge.
General News
Tele-health project to boost
service access
Minister for Technology Gordon
Rich-Phillips has announced a project that will revolutionise access to
healthcare in Western Victoria.
Research Week in West
Partner organisations have
joined Western Health to mark Research Week.
Child heart doctor receives
prestigious Victoria Fellowship
Children’s heart doctor Darren
Hutchinson has been awarded a prestigious 2011 Victoria Fellowship to travel to
Canada for specialist training in foetal cardiology.
Regional medical, education
centre opened
The Greater Wimmera and Southern
Mallee community can find a wide range of vital health services under one roof
with the opening of a new medical centre in Horsham.
Gift takes Royal Melbourne down
Jane Bell memory lane
Memorabilia that belonged to
former Lady Superintendent Jane Bell has been donated to the Royal Melbourne
Hospital.
…from the Secretary
Not only did I have the pleasure
of attending the 2011 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, I had the honour of
chairing a judging panel and presenting the Health Leader’s Award to Rumbalara
Aboriginal Co‑Operative.
Wellbeing and Integrated Care
Maryborough District Health
Service (MDHS) partnership with Grampians BreastScreen and Ballarat Health
Service is offering a new service to women.
Communities urged to act on
diabetes
Local communities across
Victoria are being asked to take urgent action as new data reveals rates of
diabetes have soared in the past 10 years.
Support is just a telephone call
away
Hodan Ali is one of a number of
skilled volunteers trained to provide telephone support, information and early
intervention to myalgic encephalomyelitis sufferers.
Web help for spine injury
patients
A website aimed at better
informing, as well as socially connecting, those with a spinal cord injury has
been launched by a collaboration of health experts.
