When talking about people with diabetes, it is easy to overlook the toll the condition has on their mental and emotional wellbeing. That’s why Bayside Health Peninsula is seeking to help raise awareness of ‘diabetes stigma’ within the community. According to Diabetes Australia, people experience this stigma when they are blamed for having diabetes while managing …
Bayside Health Peninsula’s commitment to providing world-class care is deeply ingrained in our Community Health Family Violence Service (FVS). Pleasingly, this commitment was formally recognised recently following a successful accreditation review of the FVS by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards. Our FVS offers a number of client-focused programs which see trained and compassionate staff …
Karen Garnett (far right) is a Bayside Health Peninsula Clinical Support Nurse, who took on the new role of Clinical Support Nurse with the Learning Hub at the beginning of 2021. Name: Karen Garnett Role: Clinical Support Nurse Bio: Karen’s journey began in aged care where she worked as a Patient Care Attendant (PCA) for ten …
MePACS staff including Bree Ambry (pictured left) Take a Break for Cancer in a COVIDSafe way. Picture: Supplied. Wearing masks did not get in the way of the MePACS team gathering around the staff kitchen table today in a COVIDSafe way, raising funds for cancer services at Bayside Health Peninsula. Take a Break for Cancer …
Some members who make up the Bayside Health Peninsula Hip Fracture team. Hip fracture is a common debilitating injury particularly for older people. Majority of those are associated with a fall. As we get older, our strength and balance can reduce and our bones become thinner due to conditions like osteoporosis. Geriatrician Dr Angel Lee …
Bayside Health Peninsula Nurse Unit Manager James Bonnamy. Photo: Supplied. Nurse unit manager James Bonnamy is leading the hardworking staff behind Bayside Health Peninsula’s COVID-19 high volume vaccination centre. He says every one of his colleagues deserves praise and recognition – for the way everyone is working together daily, to protect staff and the …
Members of the Bayside Health Peninsula HOPE team (L-R: Ann Fuller, Kate Woolaston, Ingrid Baarsma, Joanne Weir). With mental health support more important than ever, we are proud to acknowledge the tremendous work of our Hospital Outreach Post-Suicidal Engagement (HOPE) service. HOPE is a community-based outreach team that works with clients who have attempted suicide or been …
Bayside Health Peninsula Nurse Unit Manager Amy Hill. Photo: Supplied. Meet Amy Hill, the Nurse Unit Manager in charge of our COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics. Every week, Amy and her team are finding new ways to give eligible members of our community and colleagues the opportunity to receive their dose. “We’ve moved quickly to set up …
From left to right, Mornington Peninsula Shire Councillor Kerri McCafferty, Mayor Despi O’Connor, Cr Lisa Dixon Cr Antonella Celi, Lyn Dawes and Martin Dawes from Safety Beach/Dromana Beach Patrol and Cr Debra Mar. Photo: Supplied, prior to COVID-19 restrictions. Mornington Peninsula Shire, together with local beach patrol, community groups and Bayside Health Peninsula, is working hard to make the Peninsula happier, …
Skin Integrity Nurse Tara Noorman (pictured left), alongside Podiatrist Daryl Susigan and Clinical Nurse Consultant in Wound Care Meagan Shannon. Picture: Supplied This week marks the beginning of Bayside Health Peninsula’s Winter Pressure Injury Awareness Campaign, an annual event held across the health service to celebrate the multidisciplinary team approach for preventing and managing pressure injuries every day. A pressure …
