Since starting in March 2020 in response to the pandemic, our COVID Positive Pathways program has provided clinical care and support to more than 100,000 people. Staff from our community care department banded together with volunteers to ensure community members who tested positive for COVID-19, who were sick but didn’t need to be hospitalised, were …
We’re delighted to be celebrating Helen’s 50th year at Bayside Health Peninsula. It is a milestone few people ever see in their careers. As a Registered Nurse, Helen has spent the majority of her professional career leading and delivering the provision of high quality healthcare to children and their families. She is the current Nurse Unit …
National Pain Week (25 July – 31 July) is dedicated to raising awareness about chronic pain and reducing the social stigma associated with it. Chronic pain is pain that lasts longer than three months or exceeds the normal healing period. Chronic pain may be a symptom of an illness, an injury, or both, but it can …
As part of National Diabetes Week, our Diabetes Educators, Jane, Brooke, Caroline and Vanesa, are providing a ‘Heads Up on Diabetes’. As part of our Community Health services, the Diabetes Education team helps people manage their diabetes and provides further individualised support through programs designed to break down the stigma around diabetes. Research has found …
This week, we turned the first sod on the construction of our brand new hospital building. Works are now underway, and we look forward to watching this development as it progresses. This new facility will help us provide improved hospital care to patients across Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula. Our new hospital will comprise of: …
We are very proud to announce that Helen Hutchins, our Paediatrics Nurse Unit Manager, has been awarded the 2021 Medal of Distinction by Children’s Healthcare Australasia. This award recognised Helen’s highly valued contribution to improving the health of children through paediatric nursing care and education in Australia and abroad. Children’s Healthcare Australasia Chief Executive Officer …
This month is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, an important campaign to raise awareness about Australia’s second deadliest cancer. While many people die from bowel cancer, it is one of the most treatable types of cancers if detected early. To delve deeper into the significance of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, we spoke to our Director of …
Bayside Health Peninsula’s Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health service recently opened a medical abortion service – Clinic 185 – in Hastings. The clinic aims to provide easier and safer access to medical abortions for those living on the Mornington Peninsula. Abortion is a common and essential health service. Clinic 185 has received a number of …
As you get older, everyday tasks can become more difficult and you may find that you need help completing tasks around the home. From 1 July2022, Bayside Health Peninsula will become the provider of regional assessment services within the Frankston local government area, to be known as the Peninsula Regional Assessment Service (RAS). Peninsula RAS …
It’s Men’s Health Week and this year’s theme is ‘building healthy environments for men and boys’. We spoke with Mental Health Clinical Educator, Rohan de Mel, about the significance of the theme. “It’s so important for men and boys to feel safe and comfortable to share, listen, engage and be vulnerable. This can be super …
