Patients living with impaired kidney function require dialysis – a particular type of treatment that helps their body remove extra fluid and waste products from their blood when their kidneys are unable to. Instrumental to that treatment is Andrea Sutton, the Nurse Unit Manager of the Dialysis and Chemotherapy Unit at Rosebud Hospital. Managing the …
Building a new Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing service that supports the needs of younger members of our community would not be possible without input from young people and their families, carers and supporters. Acting on a key recommendation from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System, Mel joined Peninsula Health …
Fostering a community free from family violence across the lifespan would not be possible without people like Ali. Ali is one of our dedicated clinicians working within our Keeping Families Safe Program, committed to improving the behaviours of young people who may be using violence at home. Working closely with parents, carers, family members and …
Wouldn’t it be great if kids started their day building connections with peers, feeling happy and ready to learn? That’s exactly what happened last week at Tootgarook when the school community excitedly met at a local park to walk to school together. Tootgarook Primary School is nestled in the heart of the Southern Mornington Peninsula. …
Monoclonal antibody treatments have transformed the lives of severe asthma patients. Yet, the lack of comparative trials and real-world usage data poses a challenge for clinicians. Peninsula Health researcher Professor David Langton set out to fill this gap by evaluating and comparing the performance of Benralizumab and Mepolizumab treatments using real clinic data from two …
Whether you are dining in or taking away, you’ll now have access to a range of healthier food and drinks at the food outlets and vending machines across our health service. In the last two years, our Health Promotion team have been working hard to implement the Victorian Government Healthy choices: policy directive, a directive …
Congratulations to Capel Sounds Educational Child Care Centre (ECCC) and Kindergarten for winning our FoodChecker prize draw, a brand new android tablet! Capel Sounds ECCC recently completed a FoodChecker menu assessment to ensure their service was meeting the Victorian Menu Planning Guidelines for Long Day Care. By meeting the guidelines, Capel Sounds ECCC are ensuring …
Elisabeth Murdoch College (EMC) is celebrating after recently achieving recognition from the Victorian Government and Cancer Council Victoria’s Achievement Program (AP), for the Mental Health and Wellbeing health area. This well-deserved recognition acknowledges the schools ongoing efforts to prioritise the health and wellbeing of all students, staff and families. To support this work, EMC is …
Recovery following an injury is never easy, particularly if it is an injury to the brain caused by a stroke. Delayed intervention can lead to widespread and long-lasting problems, so it is important that best practices are in place to give stroke survivors optimal chances at regaining their strength. Photo: Dr Laura Jolliffe completes arm …
Meet Aymee, one of our Registered Nurses here at Peninsula Health! Aymee has been a Registered Nurse with our health service since her graduate year in 2021. However, her Peninsula Heath journey started a year earlier as a third-year nursing student at Rosebud Emergency Department. “I have spent the majority of my nursing career at …
