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 …
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 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 …
Sisters Jackie and Kaitlan were overjoyed to discover they were both expecting baby girls at the same time. What they didn’t expect was that they would give birth just a day apart, and only rooms away from each other, in the new Peninsula University Hospital maternity unit. Baby Addison, Kaitlan’s daughter, was born on 13 …
The management of Women’s and Newborn Services at Sandringham Hospital will transfer from Monash Health to Bayside Health on 1 July 2026. Bayside Health was established on 1 January 2026, following the merger of Alfred Health, Peninsula Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health and Kooweerup Regional Health Service. Bayside Health provides care to communities …
The Health Promotion team recently hosted free bike maintenance workshops for women across Frankston City and the Mornington Peninsula. Delivered by Brainwave Bikes, these fun, hands-on and beginner-friendly sessions gave participants the skills and confidence to keep their bikes clean, safe and running smoothly. Participants developed practical knowledge in areas such as: Here’s what some …
The Health Promotion Team at Bayside Health Peninsula and the Mornington Peninsula Shire have been working together for over 5 years to increase smoke and vape free areas across our community. Smoking is still the leading cause of preventable death in Australia (Department of Health 2025). Creating smoke and vape-free areas is important because they: …
Congratulations to Professor Richard Newton, Consultant Psychiatrist at Bayside Health Peninsula, on being made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours List. Professor Newton was recognised for his significant service to mental health care, and to the psychiatry profession. Professor Newton is also a former Clinical Director of …
