This week is Palliative Care Week, and the theme for 2020 is ‘Palliative Care… It’s more than you think!’ Palliative care supports the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of people with life-limiting illnesses to live...
All patient-facing employees must complete their Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) training before 1 July. If a team member has arrived for their first shift in a while, then it is an excellent opportunity to complete the face-to-face and...
National Sorry Day is a significant Australia-wide observance held on May 26 each year. It is a day we remember and commemorate members of the Stolen Generation. Stolen generations refer to Indigenous Australians who were forcibly...
Monash Pathology continues to receive a large number of samples for COVID-19 PCR testing from inpatients, emergency departments and screening clinics; and is working hard to get results out in a timely fashion. Currently, the turn-around...
Monday 25 May marks the beginning of Exercise Right week – an awareness campaign led by Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA), the professional body for exercise physiologists. The Week is designed to help educate Australians about...
Mindfulness practice can shape the way we respond to situations around us and allows us to respond compassionately to whatever arises even in the most pressing of times, such as the COVID-19 outbreak. No matter how COVID-19 is affecting...
The Push-Up Challenge 2020 is underway, and our Adolescent, Drug and Psychosocial Pregancy Team (ADaPPT) is getting down and dirty - and starting conversations around mental health by doing push-ups. It is important to talk about...
Michelle Paton, Clinical Lead Physiotherapist for Critical Care and Surgical Services, was recently approached by the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) to develop an online training course for NSW Health to upskill physiotherapists to meet the...
The completion of the Casey Hospital Expansion Project is a major milestone for the entire organisation. With construction complete, we are recognising and celebrating the ways many teams from across Monash Health prepared, consulted, planned, and...
Understanding the likely psychological impacts of a crisis on healthcare workers, Monash Health Head of Psychology, Adjunct Professor Melissa Casey, and her team reached out to offer real and practical support to their colleagues as...