Sorrento Primary School’s Student Health Ambassadors, with help from Mornington Peninsula Shire (who are leading the project) and Bayside Health, have been getting behind an exciting new idea, The Sorrento Primary School Bike Bus! A Bike Bus is a group of families who ride to school together along a set route and timetable. Like a …
Overport Primary School’s Student Health Ambassadors have been busy bees spreading important messages about the importance of smoke and vape free school environments. Taking the lead, the students planned a fun poster competition, encouraging their friends to get creative while exploring the impacts of smoking and vaping on people and their local environment. The poster …
The first robot assisted shoulder replacement surgeries in an Australian public health service have taken place at Bayside Health’s Frankston Public Surgical Centre. “It’s a new technology that enables us to accurately plan and subsequently execute that surgical plan to within a millimetre and a degree – which was previously impossible to achieve,” said Dr …
When lifelong French Island resident Terry failed to show up for work one morning, his friends and co-workers knew something was wrong. What followed was a medical emergency that saw Terry one of the very first patients to be airlifted to the new helipad at Peninsula University Hospital. Terry has a history of epilepsy but …
Recently a celebration was held at our Community Care Units for their 30 year anniversary. The event was attended by Chief Operating Officer Kate Andrews, along with representatives from the office of Paul Edbrooke MP, past and present CCU staff, residents, their families, and staff from across Bayside Health Peninsula. A Welcome to Country was …
A family holiday on Phillip Island turned into a medical emergency for nine-year-old Alyssa and her parents, but expert treatment from teams at Peninsula University Hospital and Cowes Urgent Care Centre ensured she made a full recovery and is now back on the basketball court. “Alyssa had woken up during the night with a bit …
In partnership with the Langwarrin Positive Education Network, the Health Promotion team at Bayside Health Peninsula have been delivering THRIVE training sessions to local sporting clubs with encouraging results. These sessions have been implemented following feedback from local clubs identifying mental wellbeing as a significant and growing challenge within their settings. Over the past six months, 14 clubs …
The Health Promotion Team are supporting Bayside Health Peninsula to provide an environment which supports the health of everyone who works, stays and visits the health service. A smoke and vape-free environment contributes to this goal by protecting staff, volunteers and visitors from second hand smoke and vapour. It also supports the health and recovery …
The Victorian Sexual Health Network (VSHN) has welcomed two new partner clinics to its network, giving patients in Frankston and across the Mornington Peninsula access to high quality, low-to-no cost sexual health care closer to home. Young Street Medical and Dental and The Peninsula Medical and Dental are the latest to onboard to the VSHN, a network made …
The Health Promotion team recently welcomed Imogen from Deakin University for her Public Health placement. During her time with us, Imogen worked on a project Ride Her Way, which aims to support, encourage and motivate more women to ride a bike. As part of this project, Imogen conducted audits of four bike trails across Frankston …
