General News
Red letter day for Rob and
Tricia
Rob Hicks, one of the Department
of Human Services’ most well-known and popular figures, has married fiancée
Patricia Gebbie before 140 family and friends at Abbotsford Convent.
Jan Snell appointed North and
West Director
Jan Snell has been appointed
Department of Human Services’ North and West Metropolitan Region Director.
Surgical oncology leader
recognised
Director of Surgical Oncology at
Peter McCallum Cancer Centre Professor Robert Thomas has been awarded a medal
(OAM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday
Honours.
New CEO for Eye and Ear
Ann Clark has been appointed
Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
Community safety call
The Victorian Safe Communities
Network (VSCN) is calling on organisations to take part in Community Safety
Month in October.
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Public Health
Intelligence gatherers guide
public health efforts
The Health Intelligence Unit
(HIU) of the Department of Human Services’ Public Health Branch may be small
but it monitors and reports on the health status of all Victorians.
Disability Services
Mentoring program boost
An innovative Government pilot
program will provide a business mentoring service for adults with Down syndrome
to encourage businesses to employ people with the condition.
Grants fund research into
disability services
Professionals working with
people with disabilities have shared more than $315,000 in research grants from
the State Government.
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Community Services
Bigger water concessions for
low-income Victorian households
Low-income Victorians have
access to one of the most comprehensive concessions packages in Australia under
a new range of concessions.
Aged Care
Frankston patients go from
strength to strength
Six months ago Lynne Raynor was
in a wheelchair, unable to put any weight on her foot after a rare form of
cancer attacked her ankle.
‘One stop shop’ for older person
services
Minister for Senior Victorians
Lisa Neville and Federal Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot have launched a
‘one stop shop’ for community care—delivering services for older people
and their carers.
The facts about community care
Community care provides older
Australians with the services they need to help them remain as independent as
possible in their own homes.
Treatment programs to keep
people at home
A new Bendigo Health program is
providing innovative treatment and support to older people with mental health
issues.
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Housing
Growth for gardens
The newly-revamped Fitzroy
Community Garden on the Atherton Gardens public housing estate will bring real
benefits for tenants and the environment, thanks to a grant of more than
$147,000 from the Government.
$7 million housing boost for
Norlane
Norlane public housing tenants
will benefit from a $7.4 million boost, Housing Minister Richard Wynne has
announced.
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Metropolitan Health
Funding doubled for hospitals
Victoria’s public hospitals have
had their bottom-line funding more than doubled since 1999, said Health
Minister Daniel Andrews announcing annual budgets.
Austin stroke expert honoured
Austin Health Director of
Neurology and internationally-recognised stroke expert Geoffrey Donnan has been
awarded this year’s prestigious Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation (BGRF)
medal.
Expansion for western suburbs
renal unit
The transfer of Sunshine
Haemodialysis Unit from Melbourne Health and the purchase of 15 new dialysis
chairs and 18 new dialysis machines has led to an expanded renal service at
Western Health.
Centre cuts surgery waits
The new $8 million elective
surgery centre at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital will treat up to 6,000
patients each year and help cut waiting times for elective surgery.
Royal Melbourne Australia’s
busiest
The Royal Melbourne Hospital is
the busiest hospital in Australia, according to the Commonwealth Department of
Health and Ageing’s The State of Our Public Hospitals 2008 report.
Fellowship for occupational
therapist
Caulfield General Medical Centre
occupational therapist Karen Roberts has been awarded a 2008 Churchill
Fellowship.
Research takes surgeons beyond
the Bionic Ear
It is 30 years since the world’s
first cochlear implant surgery by Professor Graeme Clark at the Royal Victorian
Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne.
Zach on hand for broken arm
rehabilitation
Zach is one of the 180 patients
treated by the Victorian Paediatric Rehabilitation Service—Eastern at
Angliss Hospital since its opening in 2007.
Red letter day for Pink Ladies
Rosebud Hospital’s Pink Ladies
have celebrated their 20th anniversary.
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Mental Health
More mental health beds for
Maroondah
A new mental health unit at the
Maroondah Hospital will provide new services to residents of Melbourne’s east
as the first part of a $24.5 million Government investment in mental health in
the region.
21st anniversary for support
service
About 130 people—including
past and current participants, their carers, family, friends, doctors, case
workers and neighbours and representatives of local government, churches,
businesses and agencies—celebrated the 21st anniversary of Fintry Bank
Community.
Former First Lady conference
guest
Former First Lady of the United
States of America Rosalynn Carter will be a special guest at the 5th World
Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and
Behavioral Disorders.
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Rural and Regional Health
Phone streamline for adult
transfer service
Calls to Victoria’s Trauma
Advice and Referral Line are now answered by a person, rather than with a
recorded menu.
Locals gather for hospital, ambo
station opening
More than 100 people attended
the opening of Rural Northwest Health’s new Hopetoun Campus and Ambulance
Station despite the rain.
Auxiliary always on hand to help
Whether it be sewing on name
tags or mending garments, members of the women’s auxiliary at Hopetoun Campus
of Rural Northwest Health are always on hand to help out.
Leongatha Hospital celebrates
half century
The publication of the history
of Leongatha Memorial Hospital has marked its 50th anniversary this year.
New ED opens to the public
A Geelong Hospital open day
coincided with the opening of the first stage of its $26.1 million emergency
department redevelopment.
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