Health
$2.4
billion for health and aged care
More funding for hospitals,
improving services in the mental health system, reducing obesity,
tackling waiting lists and helping train more doctors are the main
priorities of a $2.4 billion boost to health, aged care and community
services in the 2006–07 Budget.
Conference
on patient safety
Internationally-recognised
leader of the patient safety movement, Harvard University Adjunct
Professor Lucian L. Leape, will be keynote speaker at the 4th Australasian
Conference on Safety and Quality in Healthcare.
Awards
focus on quality
Guidelines for submission
and an application form for the 2006 Australian Council on Healthcare
Standards (ACHS) Quality Improvement (QI) Awards are now available.
Metropolitan Health
Emergency
department overhaul
A $56.3 million overhaul
of the Royal Melbourne Hospital's emergency department will take
the State Government's investment in the hospital over the $200
million mark.
$1.5
million boost for Western Health equipment
Western Health has
received a $1.5 million boost for medical equipment, courtesy of
the State Government.
Quicker
treatment, more research on allergies
Victorians will receive
better treatment for life-threatening allergies and will be treated
more quickly as part of $430,000 package announced by Health Minister
Bronwyn Pike.
Green
light for Box Hill stage one
The first stage of
the Box Hill Hospital redevelopment will soon kick off, following
the Government's decision to spend $38.2 million in this year's
State Budget to begin works that will support the much-anticipated
rebuilding project.
Research
win for anaesthetist
A Peninsula Health
researcher has won a major award at the Australian and New Zealand
College of Anaesthetists Annual Scientific meeting in Adelaide.
Health
education centre opens at St Vincent's
A state-of-the-art
health education centre has been unveiled at St Vincent's Health.
McCulloch
House marks a decade of care
McCulloch House—Monash
Medical Centre's Palliative Care ward—has celebrated a decade
of caring for patients with life-limiting illnesses.
Major
boost for children's cancer research
The fight against children's
cancer has been given a major boost with the opening of new world-class
cancer research laboratories at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
at the Royal Children's Hospital.
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General News
Conference
targets amphetamine use
The first Australasian
Amphetamine Conference will tackle the ever-increasing problem of
amphetamine use and the tangled community and societal impact.
Public Health
$87
million to fight obesity and promote health
The Government will
spend an unprecedented $87 million in the 2006–07 State Budget
under a Healthy and Active Living program to fight the obesity
epidemic and promote good health and physical activity.
Teens
talk tough on dieting and obesity
The radical and unsustainable
weight loss of contestants in hit Australian television show The
Biggest Loser has prompted Health Minister Bronwyn Pike to sound
a public alarm about the dangers of fad diets.
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Juvenile Justice
Children's
Court of Victoria celebrates centenary
Attorney-General Rob
Hulls has marked the centenary of the Children's Court of Victoria
by launching an exhibition of its history attended by Minister for
Children Sherryl Garbutt and departing President Judge Jennifer
Coate.
Disability Services
More
help for Victorians with a disability
Help for young people
in nursing homes and extra funding to support more people with disabilities
are highlights of a significant Budget boost to disability services.
New
premises proves a boon for business
Supported employees
at CAL Industries are enjoying improved business opportunities with
a move new premises in the Benalla Rural City business park at the
gateway to Benalla.
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Office for Children
Record
funding for children's services
Families in Melbourne's
growth corridors and Victoria's child protection and foster care
systems are the major beneficiaries of a record $268 million funding
boost for children and child welfare services.
Kindergarten
relief for Victorian parents
The State Government
will deliver an extra $12.5 million to subsidise kindergarten fees.
Darebin
children set for best start in life
An $800,000 Government
boost will strengthen children services in Darebin.
Call
for nominations
The Victorian Government
is inviting nominations for the 2006 Robin Clark Memorial Awards.
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Community Health
Community
health Budget boost
Two key metropolitan
community health services will be relocated and rebuilt, services
across the State expanded and waiting times reduced as part of a
$29.8 million boost to community health.
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Aged Care
Seniors
to benefit from redevelopments
Hundreds of senior
Victorians needing aged care beds will benefit from a $188 million
plan to redevelop almost 300 aged care beds in high-need areas and
boost health services.
Housing
More
housing help for Victorian families and young people
The Government will
build 130 more homes for Victorian families and boost programs to
tackle homelessness, thanks to the 2006–07 State Budget.
Youth
programs get kick start
Young people in the
north-west region of Melbourne are set to benefit from a recreation
program announced during Housing Week.
Students
to excel with Housing Week scholarships
Victorian students
living in public or community housing or those at risk of homelessness
and completing their VCE at school and TAFE have been urged to apply
for scholarships announced during Housing Week.
Award
honours top tenant
Seymour public housing
tenant Alice Solomon has received the prestigious 2006 Frances Penington
Award.
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Mental Health
Mental
health gets $170 million Budget boost
The State Budget continues
Victoria's national leadership in mental health service delivery
and reform with a further $170 million boost over five years.
Major
boost for mental health nursing
Parliamentary Secretary
for Health Daniel Andrews has launched a Bachelor of Nursing degree
course with a major in mental health.
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Rural and Regional Health
Budget
funds country hospital upgrades
More people living
in rural areas of the state will be able to get world-class treatment
close to home with an extra $116 million to upgrade hospitals, aged
care and ambulance facilities across Victoria.
$21
million cancer care first for Gippsland
The new $21 million
Gippsland Cancer Care Centre is a regional Victorian first in cancer
care.
Midwife
visit to Wodonga Hospital
For Papua New Guinean
midwife Lucy Solomon, the high-tech facilities and sterile conditions
of the Wodonga Hospital maternity unit were in stark contrast to
medical sites at home.
Plan
places people in the picture
A Department of Human
Services plan lays out a 10-year vision and set of principles for
making health care more person-centred and community-focused.
Mums
make midwife the centre of attention
Mums who gave birth
at Hamilton Base Hospital have successfully nominated Helen Van
Dooren as Victorian Midwife of the Year for 2005.
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Children's
Court of Victoria celebrates centenary
