What began as an offhand remark has led to a group of doctors, nurses, support staff and consumers taking an icy plunge into Port Phillip Bay in an effort to raise funds for Bayside Health Peninsula’s Take a Break for Cancer appeal. Nine keen dippers made the mad dash into the water on Thursday …
Throughout July and August, our health service hosted several Cultural Immersion Tours. These tours offered a unique and authentic insight into Aboriginal culture, history, and practices, enabling staff to experience the rich heritage and traditions of the local Aboriginal community on the Mornington Peninsula. Each session provided opportunities to learn, reflect, and engage in meaningful …
Bayside Health Peninsula is making a significant contribution to a major international study aimed at improving recovery outcomes for patients after surgery. The SNaPP (Sugammadex, Neostigmine and Postoperative Pulmonary Complications) study is a large, four-year clinical trial examining the effects of different drugs used to reverse muscle relaxation after surgery. Bayside Health Peninsula is proud …
Quit Victoria and Bayside Health Peninsula’s Health Promotion team worked in partnership to capture Lily’s story on how she was able to quit vaping. Vaping involves using e-cigarettes (also known as vapes) which are lithium battery-powered devices filled with liquids like nicotine, artificial flavourings and chemicals (Quit Victoria 2024). Lily was vaping socially as she …
Each year, Chronic Pain Australia draws attention to the experiences of people living with chronic pain and, by doing so, helps reduce the social and other barriers related to living with and managing chronic pain. Being heard can be a painchanger, a new treatment can be a painchanger, or a person who supports someone living …
This DonateLife Week (28 July – 4 August 2024), donation nurse Danielle Griffiths shares how she ended up in her dream job, supporting patients and families in considering organ donation. Q. Why do you do this job? A. I started working in intensive care in 2000 at a large trauma hospital where I cared for …
Australians living with dementia will gain access to an improved level of care thanks to new clinical practice guidelines released by Speech Pathology Australia, developed by a team of health professionals including Bayside Health Peninsula speech pathologist and cognition clinical lead Myf Guay. “Speech pathology has a significant benefit for people living with dementia, especially …
Janine Davies, Director of Nursing Mental Health and Wellbeing Service at Bayside Health Peninsula. We are delighted to congratulate Janine Davies on her appointment to Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University. Janine has been a key leader in our Mental Health and Wellbeing Service for the past six years, and is currently on a 12 …
In a wonderful collaboration, Bayside Health Peninsula’s Health Promotion team has partnered with St Mary’s Primary School in Hastings to support an exciting initiative: the Student Health Ambassador Project. This year, a group of passionate students are stepping up to use their voices and agency to foster a school environment that thrives on connection, inclusion, …
In 2023 Bayside Health Peninsula Senior Social Worker Louisa Whitwam, along with researchers from Monash University, authored an article which was published in the journal Australian Social Work. The article Clinician Perspectives of the Evidence Underpinning Suicide Risk Assessment: A mixed Methods Study was based on research conducted at Bayside Health Peninsula and has been awarded the …
