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General News
$1.9 billion boost for Victorian
health services
More funding for elective
surgery, expanded health and ambulance services and investing in the best
medical professionals are highlights of a $1.9 billion Budget boost for health.
Public Health
Call for fellowship nominations
Nominations for this year’s
Victorian Travelling Fellowship Program close on June 29.
Jab makes flu bug out
With winter fast approaching,
staff at Southern Health have lined up for their annual free influenza
vaccination.
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Disability Services
$215 million for people with
disabilities, carers
Support packages for 1,300
people with a disability, wider access to aids and equipment, more support for
carers and expanded services for people with acquired brain injury are
highlights of a major $215 million Budget boost to disability services.
Mobility centre makes Melbourne
accessible to more people
A Melbourne City Council/State
Government facility is providing a unique service dedicated to improving access
in the heart of Melbourne.
Winter celebration
A beach scene with volleyball,
jumping castles, a football clinic with AFL players, face painting, balloon
giveaways and bands on stage will be among the attractions at Interchange’s Sunny Day in Winter at Federation Square on Friday, June 1.
Victoria’s first Disability
Services Commissioner appointed
Laurie Harkin has been appointed
Victoria’s first Disability Services Commissioner.
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Housing
Record Budget for affordable
housing
The Budget’s $510 million is the
largest single investment ever made by a State Government in Australia in
social and public housing.
Housing estate community leaders
have their say
The development of facilities
and programs for young people living on the Flemington and North Melbourne
public housing estates was the focus of a meeting between Housing Minister
Richard Wynne and representatives of the estates’ community groups.
Grant reminder for Housing Week
Housing Week—Victoria’s
annual celebration of public and community housing—will run from
September 8 to 16 this year.
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Mental Health
More beds to treat mental
illness
An extra 95 psychiatric beds
will be delivered as part of a $69 million boost for mental health in the
Budget.
Creative writing competition for
schools
Students are being invited to
take part in the annual Creative Writing Competition for Victorian Schools in
the lead up to Mental Health Week.
$156 million ensures State’s war
on drugs continues
Drug prevention and treatment
services will benefit from Budget funding of $156 million.
Taking psychiatric nursing to
the next level
Victoria’s first Psychiatric
Nurse Practitioner, Cayte Hoppner, has no time to stop work and accept
accolades about her ground-breaking career achievement.
Rural and Regional Health
New CEO for Bendigo Health
Barwon Health Deputy Chief
Executive Officer and Executive Director of Operations John Mulder has been
appointed CEO of Bendigo Health.
Bendigo Health in switch to
solar
Bendigo Health’s first solar hot
water system—on the north wing tower of the Anne Caudle Centre
campus—has been commissioned.
Forum focus on stroke
More than 80 clinicians from 22
hospitals took part in the Rural Organisation of Australasian Stroke Teams
(ROAST) conference at Bendigo Health.
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Metropolitan Health
$464 million for hospital,
health service capital works
The State Budget delivers a $464
million capital works program to help rebuild or upgrade Victorian hospitals
and community health services and build two new surgical centres.
Twins double the delight,
triplets treble the thrill
It was a case of seeing
double—and in some cases triple—when more than 33 sets of twins and
triplets came together at the Royal Women’s Hospital.
Research provides hope for heart
patients
New Austin Hospital research
challenges the prevailing view that muscle-strengthening exercise is dangerous
for patients with damaged hearts.
Melbourne Health CEO appointed
Linda Sorrell has been appointed
Chief Executive Officer of Melbourne Health.
Intensive care for Sunshine
patients
Patients in Sunshine Hospital’s
general wards will benefit from the introduction of an Intensive Care
Unit-skilled nurse service.
Specialist Alfred clinic for
sufferers of Parkinson disease
A clinic for sufferers of
Parkinson disease and other movement disorders has been set up at the Alfred
Hospital.
Bed takes strain off theatre
staff
Anaesthetists, surgeons and
theatre nurses are now better equipped to care for obese patients at Frankston
Hospital with the purchase of a $60,000 operating bed.
Governor launches Southern
Health research partnership
Governor of Victoria Professor
David de Kretser has officially launched an organisation to foster increased
co-operation between Southern Health and its world-leading research partners.
Alfred paves the way for teen
patients
A 12-month study is addressing
the needs of young respiratory patients making the jump from the Royal
Children’s Hospital to the Alfred.
Office for Children
$171 million for Victorian
children and families
A $171 million Budget investment
in services will ensure Victorian children get the best start in life.
Community Services
New law to help vulnerable
children and their families
Putting children first and
providing earlier support for vulnerable families is at the heart of tough new
child protection laws that have come into effect in Victoria.
Helping young people stay on
track
The Government has provided an
$875,000 funding boost to an innovative housing and support program for young
people leaving the juvenile justice system.
Aged Care
Budget to better life for
seniors
A $166 million Budget boost will
help older Victorians live independently, redevelop residential aged care
services and provide additional dentures, spectacles and personal alarms for
thousands of Victorians.
Kingston Centre marks ANZAC Day
Southern Health’s Kingston
Centre staff, residents and families marked ANZAC Day with an understated and
respectful service that drew the biggest crowd in years.
Seminar on health benefit of tai
chi
Arthritis Victoria is holding a
Highlights from the first International Conference of Tai Chi for Health
evening seminar on Friday, June 29.
Lotus Lodge residents ‘walk
round the Bay’
Thelma Horton, 92, and other
residents of Peninsula Health’s Lotus Lodge at Rosebud are ‘walking around the
Bay.’
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