<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Department of Health latest news</title><description>Latest news from Victoria's Department of Health as at Friday, 10 Feb 2012</description><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au</link><language>en-AU</language><webmaster>healthweb@health.vic.gov.au</webmaster><pubdate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:32:30 GMT</pubdate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:32:30 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/images/favicon.ico</url><title>Department of Health latest news</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au</link><description>Latest news from Victoria's Department of Health</description></image><item><title>Enterprise Agreements</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/enterpriseagreements/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:186</guid><pubDate> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:30:36 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Latest information about nurses and midwives enterprise bargaining agreement.]]></description></item><item><title>Premier&#39;s Award for Health and Medical Research</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/premiers-award-for-health-and-medical-research.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:185</guid><pubDate> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:15:28 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Applications are now open for the 2012 Premier&#39;s Award for Health and Medical Research.]]></description></item><item><title>Opportunity to contribute to alcohol and drug reform</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/alcohol-drug-reform-feb2012.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:184</guid><pubDate> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:10:28 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Victorians have a new opportunity to contribute to the development of the Whole of Government Victorian Alcohol and Drug Strategy.]]></description></item><item><title>A snapshot of Victoria&#39;s health</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/victorias-health-snapshot-feb2012.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:183</guid><pubDate> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:46:17 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The results of the Victorian Population Health Survey 2009 have been released, providing an annual snapshot of the state of Victoria&#39;s health.]]></description></item><item><title>Cracking down on teen cigarette sales</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/teen-cigarette-crackdown.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:181</guid><pubDate> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:14:42 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Victorian authorities have cracked down on retailers selling tobacco to under-aged smokers, with young people working undercover with councils.]]></description></item><item><title>Putting Victoria&#39;s heat health alert system to the test</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/health-heat-wave-jan2012.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:180</guid><pubDate> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:45:16 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Victoria&#39;s heat health alert system will be put to the test again this summer, Health Minister David Davis said today.]]></description></item><item><title>Leading the way with rapid world class cardiac care</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/world-class-cardiac-care.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:179</guid><pubDate> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:24:00 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Victoria&#39;s first chest pain assessment clinic at MonashHeart is leading the way in providing the fastest response and treatment for patients with chest pain.]]></description></item><item><title>Cannabis water pipes (bongs) ban now in force</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/bongs_ban.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:178</guid><pubDate> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:49:45 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The sale, display and supply of bongs in Victoria is now illegal under new laws introduced on 1 January 2012.]]></description></item><item><title>The arts and physical activity - a good fit</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/motion_pilot.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:177</guid><pubDate> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:38:39 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Seven unique projects funded under VicHealth&#39;s MOTION pilot program have been launched to promote the arts, physical activity and social connection.]]></description></item><item><title>Victoria&#39;s rural and regional health plan released</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/rural_health.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:176</guid><pubDate> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:41:20 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Victoria launches its vision for the future development of health services in rural and regional areas of the state with the release of the Rural and Regional Health Plan.]]></description></item><item><title>Taking up the fight against chronic disease and obesity</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/chronic_2011dec.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:175</guid><pubDate> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 01:06:28 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new agreement has been announced to provide more than $100 million from National Partnership on Preventive Health and other Victorian health prevention funding.]]></description></item><item><title>Technology to tackle major health challenges in Victoria</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/tech_health.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:174</guid><pubDate> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:58:44 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A call to healthcare professionals and community health providers to submit ideas on how technology may help patients and improve productivity in healthcare.]]></description></item><item><title>Glen&#39;s story - hospital associated infections</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/glen.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:173</guid><pubDate> Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:40:13 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Victorian Infection Control Professionals Association has produced a video to show how hospital associated infections can have a serious impact a person&#39;s health outcomes.]]></description></item><item><title>Victorian Flood Recovery Progress Report</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/flood_recovery.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:172</guid><pubDate> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:13:25 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Victorian Floods 2010-11 Recovery Progress Report shows the amount of work that has gone into repairing the physical, financial and emotional strain caused by the major floods across the state between September 2010 and March 2011.]]></description></item><item><title>International AIDS conference coming to Melbourne</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/aids_conference.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:171</guid><pubDate> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:36:16 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The world&#39;s premier international conference on HIV/AIDS and the largest medical event in Australian history will be held in Melbourne in July 2014.]]></description></item><item><title>Victoria&#39;s first Motorcycle Paramedic Unit</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/motorcycle_paramedic.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:170</guid><pubDate> Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:24:21 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Ambulance Victoria has officially launched Victoria&#39;s first Motorcycle Paramedic Unit to respond to emergencies in inner Melbourne.]]></description></item><item><title>Princess Mary launches new SunSmart campaign</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/sunsmart.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:169</guid><pubDate> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:33:16 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark launches a new campaign urging Victorians to guard against the dangerous effects of excessive sun exposure.]]></description></item><item><title>Consultation open for mental health research</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/consultation_mental.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:168</guid><pubDate> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:12:40 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Victorians with a mental illness, carers, researchers and treatment and support providers are invited to participate in a consultation process as part of the Mental Illness Research Fund.]]></description></item><item><title>Austin in national Alzheimer&#39;s trial</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/alzheimer_trial.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:167</guid><pubDate> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:42:28 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Austin Health is one of five sites across Australia participating in research aimed at preventing Alzheimer&#39;s disease.]]></description></item><item><title>Victoria&#39;s exceptional public healthcare leaders honoured</title><link>http://www.health.vic.gov.au/news/healthcare_awards2011.htm?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=newsfeed</link><category>News</category><guid isPermaLink="False">tag:166</guid><pubDate> Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:55:07 +1000</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The leadership and innovation of outstanding Victorian public health service providers has been recognised at the 2011 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards.]]></description></item></channel></rss>

