May 2011 – Department of Health, Victoria, Australia
Extra $2.5 billion builds healthier Victoria
Landmark plan to map future health needs
Ambo membership fees halved and 340 more staff to serve Victoria
Cycling award recognises a community leader
Conference to encourage participation in society
Eccentric surgeon’s life on display
Robot to unlock keyhole surgery
Team learns from overseas studies
Wimmera children get together for speech therapy
New emergency care at Werribee Mercy
Rural Northwest Health marks 120 years of service
Strategies to stamp out superbugs
Brain research gain as new centre opens
New homes a haven for those in need of support
Global experts gather for alcohol conference
Map pinpoints places that provide arthritis care
$217.9 million boost for older Victorians
April falls day no joke for older people
Program helps keep people in community
New homes a haven for those in need of support
Innovative new housing for people with a severe mental illness has been officially opened by Minister for Mental Health Mary Wooldridge.
Wimmera children get together for speech therapy
Wimmera Health Care Group is
trialling a new speech therapy format for children.
Students, staff lose locks for cancer cause
Students and teachers of Mt
Erin Secondary College shed their locks to raise money for local cancer
patients.
April falls day no joke for older people
Eastern Health used April 1 to remind older people about falls prevention.
Robot to unlock keyhole surgery
New robotic technology at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre will reduce the time cancer patients spend in hospital for highly-complex keyhole surgeries.
Cycling award recognises a
community leader
Frank Carlus left the Murray to Moyne 2011 cycling event a happy and tired man.
General News
Extra $2.5 billion builds
healthier Victoria
The Victorian Government is
expanding the health system to benefit all Victorians through an additional
investment of more than $2.5 billion over the next four years in the
2011–12 Victorian Budget.
Landmark plan to map future
health needs
Health Minister David Davis has
released the Victorian Government’s priority plan for the future development of
Victoria’s health system.
Pantry doors open in Avoca
The Avoca campus of Maryborough
District Health Service is an important resource for the whole community.
Ambo membership fees halved and 340
more staff to serve Victoria
Victorian Government Budget
funding of $241.9 million will halve membership fees and $151 million will
employ 340 additional ambulance staff over the next five years.
Cycling award recognises a
community leader
Frank Carlus left the Murray to
Moyne 2011 cycling event a happy and tired man.
Conference to encourage
participation in society
La Trobe University’s Institute
for Social Participation invites submissions of abstracts for its forthcoming Social
Participation: Knowledge, Policy and Practice conference.
Eccentric surgeon’s life on
display
The conduct of a surgeon who
drank and served champagne to guests watching as he performed operations with
bejewelled hands would be condemned today as outrageous and unacceptable.
…from the Secretary
The month of May sees us
celebrate the contribution of midwives and nurses to the health sector and
the community.
Hospital and Health Services
Robot to unlock keyhole surgery
New robotic technology at the
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre will reduce the time cancer patients spend in
hospital for highly-complex keyhole surgeries.
Team learns from overseas
studies
Visits to leading brain injury
rehabilitation services in the UK and Canada completed the fact-gathering
mission of a small Caulfield Hospital team.
Wimmera children get together
for speech therapy
Wimmera Health Care Group is
trialling a new speech therapy format for children.
New emergency care at Werribee
Mercy
Minister for Health David Davis
has officially opened the new short stay unit in the Werribee Mercy Hospital
emergency department.
Cool new treatment on trial
An international clinical trial
led by researchers at the Royal Women’s Hospital has shown a simple cooling
treatment could save newborn lives at risk from lack of oxygen to
the brain.
Rural Northwest Health marks 120
years of service
Rural Northwest Health welcomed
55 guests to dinner at Yarriambiack Lodge to celebrate 120 years of health
service provision.
Strategies to stamp out
superbugs
Northern Health has implemented
a range of strategies to combat superbugs and to prevent their spread.
Brain research gain as new
centre opens
Austin Health welcomed 150
neuroscientists, neurologists and support staff to its Heidelberg campus when
the Melbourne Brain Centre opened one of two new buildings.
Mental Health
Budget betters access to mental
health care
Victorians with a mental illness
will be able to access improved and integrated hospital and community-based
mental health care services under the Victorian Government’s $104.8 million
investment in mental health.
New homes a haven for those in
need of support
Innovative new housing for
people with a severe mental illness has been officially opened by Minister for
Mental Health Mary Wooldridge.
Drugs and Alcohol
Alcohol and drugs program to
reduce harm
The Victorian Government is
investing $188 million in new funding for improved prevention and treatment
services to reduce the harm that alcohol and drugs cause in the community.
Global experts gather for
alcohol conference
Researchers at Eastern Health’s
Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre joined colleagues from around the world
as part of an international conference on alcohol research.
Wellbeing and Integrated Care
Students and teachers of Mt
Erin Secondary College shed their locks to raise money for local cancer
patients.
Map pinpoints places that
provide arthritis care
People living with arthritis and
other musculoskeletal conditions now have access to an online map of services that
support their health care.
Aged Care
$217.9 million boost for older
Victorians
The Government will help seniors
live active and healthy lives with more than $217.9 million over the next four
years in the 2011–12 Victorian Budget.
April falls day no joke for
older people
Eastern Health used April 1
to remind older people about falls prevention.
Program helps keep people in
community
Maryborough District Health
Service’s Hospital Admission Risk Program is preventing avoidable hospital
presentations and admissions.
Boost for palliative care
service funds
A Victorian Government Budget
boost of $34.4 million over the next four years will help Victorian
families who require palliative care services.
Residents game to play
Since the introduction of an
activities program for residents at the Maryborough District Health Service’s
Dunolly nursing home – everyone’s a winner!
Search for special senior
The call is out for nominations
for the 2011 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards.
