February 2012 – Department of Health, Victoria, Australia
Families to take a leading role in improving eating habits
Projects combine arts and action for better health
More Victorians win battle against cancer
Funds for fight against chronic disease
New faces greet patients in Goulburn Valley
Fast feedback improves experience
Young doctors flock to Northern Hospital
Box Hill breakthrough for leukaemia patients
Honour for heart services leader
Courageous Victorian community heroes honoured
Rehabilitation for ABI facility garden
Twins celebrate 30 years as nurses
Families to take a leading role in improving eating habits
Minister for Health David Davis has hosted a roundtable of Victorian families at Parliament House to share ideas on healthy eating.
Projects combine arts and action for better health
Seven unique projects funded under
VicHealth’s MOTION pilot program will promote arts, physical activity and
social connection.
New faces greet patients in Goulburn Valley
Goulburn Valley Health has
welcomed new medical interns, nursing graduates and dental graduates to its
growing team.
Population survey provides snapshot of Victoria’s health
Victorians do not eat enough fruit and vegetables and more are becoming obese or developing diabetes.
Forum on violence
Assistant Commissioner Andrew Crisp and other representatives from Victoria Police, WorkSafe and public health services took part in a best practice forum on occupational violence prevention in Victorian health services.
Courageous Victorian community heroes honoured
Brave Victorians who courageously helped others in medical emergencies have been recognised during a special ceremony at Parliament House.
Wellbeing and Integrated Care
Victorians do not eat enough
fruit and vegetables and more are becoming obese or developing diabetes.
Families to take a leading role
in improving eating habits
Minister for Health David Davis
has hosted a roundtable of Victorian families at Parliament House to share
ideas on healthy eating.
Projects combine arts and action
for better health
Seven unique projects funded under
VicHealth’s MOTION pilot program will promote arts, physical activity and
social connection.
Builder appointed
Victorian Minister for Health
David Davis and Commonwealth Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek have formally
appointed Plenary Health to build the $1 billion new Victorian Comprehensive
Cancer Centre (VCCC) facilities in Parkville.
More Victorians win battle
against cancer
More Victorians than ever are
winning their fight against cancer with five-year cancer survival rates in
Victoria climbing to a record high.
Funds for fight against chronic
disease
The Victorian and Commonwealth
Governments have agreed to target more than $100 million of National
Partnership on Preventive Health funding and other Victorian Government health
prevention funding to turn around unhealthy lifestyles.
Hospital and Health Services
New faces greet patients in
Goulburn Valley
Goulburn Valley Health has
welcomed new medical interns, nursing graduates and dental graduates to its
growing team.
A new MRI for Maryborough
A new 16-slice Computed
Tomography (CT) scanner at Maryborough District Health Service has transformed
the way in which local residents access diagnostic services.
Fast feedback improves
experience
A device that provides instant
feedback from patients has been rolled out across Eastern Health as part of a
suite of innovative methods to improve care and services.
Take note of health history
A ground-breaking development at
Barwon Health is putting healthcare back into the control of patients.
Young doctors flock to Northern
Hospital
A record 47 junior doctors have
started as medical interns at the Northern Hospital.
Box Hill breakthrough for
leukaemia patients
When Adam Bregu was diagnosed
with cancer during the final stages of his VCE, he was determined to get
through it – by being treated like a child.
Welcome to the Wimmera
Twelve interns and eight
graduate nurses have started their medical careers with the Wimmera Health Care
Group.
Holidays stitched up
A group of Wimmera girls had
their passion for sewing ignited during a school holiday program at the Wimmera
Health Care Group Day Centre.
Forum on violence
Assistant Commissioner Andrew
Crisp and other representatives from Victoria Police, WorkSafe and public
health services took part in a best practice forum on occupational violence
prevention in Victorian health services.
Early Christmas cheer
Christmas came early for a young
East Timor man, critically ill before being flown to MonashHeart for an urgent
double valve replacement.
ICU monitoring system upgrade
Wimmera Health Care Group has
installed a new monitoring system in its intensive care unit.
General News
SRS work recognised
Her work in the private
Supported Residential Services industry has earned the Department of Health’s
Mary Chan a Public Service Medal in the Australia Day Honour’s list.
Honour for heart services leader
Director of MonashHeart Ian
Meredith has been admitted as a Member of the Order of Australia in the
Australia Day 2012 Honours List.
Courageous Victorian community
heroes honoured
Brave Victorians who
courageously helped others in medical emergencies have been recognised during a
special ceremony at Parliament House.
Botox has Zac back on track
When Zac Quarrell was a toddler,
mum Tanya could see his development was significantly different from his older
siblings.
Rehabilitation for ABI facility
garden
Gardenview, a rehabilitation
facility for young adults with an acquired brain injury (ABI) has had a garden
make-over, thanks to 40 Bunnings staff.
Twins celebrate 30 years as
nurses
A group of Central Gippsland
Health Service staff – including identical twins Fiona White and Deidre
Chivers – has been recognised for 30 years or more of service.
Aged Care
Memories are made of this
A Maryborough District Health
Service (MDHS) project helps local residents with dementia reconnect with their
past by reminiscing about significant life events and collecting meaningful
memorabilia.
A pat for a pet makes residents
and staff happy
Otway Health and Community
Services aged care residents now receive a weekly visit from Misu,
a Bichon Frise/Maltese cross.
Word to the wise – stay
active, strong
Sixteen regional and rural-based
organisations have received a total of $163,374 in Active Ageing Network (AAN) Older
Wiser Stronger grants in the past two years.
