Metropolitan Health
Smooth move to Austin Tower
Wards full of natural light, wide corridors and stunning views
mark the contrast between the old Austin Hospital and the new Tower.
Expansion for Monash Emergency
A $10 million redevelopment of the Monash Medical Centre’s
Emergency Department will help streamline patients and improve care.
New paediatric lung transplant program
Critically-ill Victorian children needing a lung transplant will
receive their lifesaving operation at the Alfred Hospital.
$5 million grant for Alfred healthcare
innovation centre
The Alfred Hospital has been awarded a Science Technology and Innovation
grant of $4.95 million for the establishment of the new Australian
Centre for Healthcare Innovation.
General News
Video spreads the word about hand
hygiene in hospital
A light-hearted educational video is spreading the word about hand
hygiene at the Royal Children’s and Royal Women’s Hospitals.
Helping to spread the newborn net
The world’s biggest baby transport service is getting two
new purpose-built ambulances costing $117,000 each.
Go-ahead for outer suburban Super
Clinics
The State Government has allocated $42 million to ensure the Lilydale
Super Clinic, and the other two Super Clinics in Melton and Craigieburn,
can now be built.
Complex care focus of postgraduate
course
La Trobe University’s School of Social Work and Social Policy
has developed an innovative education program to address the increasing
complexity in community care.
Melbourne to host conference of psychologists
The 40th Annual Australian Psychological Society Conference will
be held in Melbourne between Wednesday, September 28 and Sunday,
October 2.
Helping hand for ‘problem’
children
A groundbreaking program that identifies and manages problem children
whose bad behaviour is actually caused by a clinical condition is
being rolled out in the Ballarat, Ararat and Horsham areas.
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Public Health
Program to tackle hep C
An innovative Victorian project—the first of its kind in the
State—will tackle the growing incidence of hepatitis C among
Victorians with a focus on injecting drug users.
Family focus at drug conference
A one-day conference at La Trobe University explored strategies
to make alcohol and drug service practice more family-inclusive.
Grant for cystic fibrosis research
Alfred Hospital dietitian Susannah King has received the inaugural
Cystic Fibrosis Victoria Research Award.
Ali daughter guest at conference on
Parkinson’s disease
The daughter of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali will be a guest speaker
at the 5th International Symposium of the Asian and Pacific Parkinson’s
Disease Association.
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Juvenile Justice
YMCA extends juvenile justice program
The YMCA has expanded services to Parkville Youth Residential Centre
(PYRC) after 11 years delivering programs to young people in Melbourne
and Malmsbury Juvenile Justice Centres.
Disability Services
New housing for people with disabilities
Alkira resident Junith Milbourne describes her new home in Churchill
Street, Mont Albert, as ‘just wonderful’.
Conference to address service delivery
Australian clinicians, health professionals, health service managers
and policy makers will meet world experts in the delivery of services
to people with developmental disability at a September conference
in Melbourne.
Klub caters for kidz
Saturdays at Yooralla’s Narre Warren Early Childhood Intervention
Centre sees 10 local children playing in the sandpit, riding bikes,
painting pictures, having fun and making friends.
New premises for Mansfield disability
service provider
Mansfield-based disability services provider Central Access Limited
has moved into new premises in Early Street.
Kew Cottages to be consigned to history
Since its optimistic beginnings in 1887, Kew Cottages has had a
fascinating and often turbulent history.
Pilot project to aid communication
The Victorian Department of Human Services has provided pilot funding
for non-electronic communication aids for people who cannot speak
or have speech that is difficult to understand.
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Office for Children
Call for Robin Clark award nominations
The Office for Children is calling for nominations for the 2005
Robin Clark Memorial Awards.
New Child Safety Commissioner
Former Chief Executive Officer of Jesuit Social Services and executive
at St Vincent de Paul Society Bernie Geary has taken up his appointment
as Victoria’s first Child Safety Commissioner.
Website evaluation of interest to
youth services
A Melbourne University report on the Bursting the Bubble
website makes recommendations that may be of use to agencies developing
health promotion sites that target young people.
Aged Care
$100,000 swells surf for seniors on
the web
A new $100,000 program will help Victorian seniors from multicultural
backgrounds join the swell of internet users by providing training
in computer skills and access to the internet.
Course to address pet loss and grief
A short course in companion animal bereavement will provide workers
in the fields of animal care and welfare with a sound theoretical
understanding of grief and loss and the basic skills to assist their
grieving clients.
Helping seniors enjoy a healthy,
active life
A further $570,000 in State Government funding will help older
Victorians stay Well for Life.
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Housing
RSL hall now affordable accommodation
New life has been injected into the former Port Melbourne RSL hall
creating accommodation for 15 people struggling to get a home of
their own.
Units lead the way for living independently
A new three-unit development in Clayton will provide much-needed
independent accommodation for local people with intellectual disabilities.
Games Village boost for public housing
A 100-bed aged care unit and 100 public housing homes will be an
important part of the Commonwealth Games complex.
Rural and Regional Health
Workshops focus on country career
in health professions
Senior secondary students from South Gippsland region schools participated
in an all-day health careers workshop during Rural Health Week,
which coincided with Education Week.
Young Hawk returns to nest for flying
visit
Young AFL Hawk Jordan Lewis, 18, returned to home territory for
Rural Health Week.
Latrobe Valley project aims to attract
health professionals
A Latrobe Valley project aims to identify and overcome the barriers
to recruiting and retaining allied health professionals and dentists.
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Video
spreads word about hand hygiene
