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COVID-19 (coronavirus) Fever Clinics and Community Assessment Clinics
Metro North Health is conducting COVID-19 (coronavirus) testing at Fever Clinics and Community Assessment Clinics at a range of locations.
Caboolture midwife and local family celebrate ten years and four births together
Most women never forget the day they give birth to a new baby, but Rebekah White has a more dramatic recollection than most from the arrival of her second child, Malachi, at Caboolture Hospital.
Virtual reality helping young patients
The Common Good has used funds from the National Curing Homesickness initiative to purchase virtual reality goggles, which provide an immersive and interactive experience for young patients in the Paediatric Unit at Caboolture Hospital.
New website built by young mothers for young mothers
The Caboolture Young Mothers for Young Women (CYMYW) program recently launched a new website to ensure young women are in control of their pregnancy.
RIPE program embeds strong research culture
The Research in Practice (RIPE) program was developed to address a gap in research skills and experience among the prevocational doctor workforce at Caboolture Hospital.
Virtual reality trial opens potential new therapies for acquired brain injury
A promising trial of virtual reality (VR) technology involving patients with an acquired brain injury may lead to the development of new speech pathology therapies.
Participants sought for state-wide COVID-19 vaccine study
Participants are now being invited to take part in a community-based COVID-19 vaccine immune response study run by a collaboration of health and university researchers.
Mini-brains set to revolutionise epilepsy treatment
Researchers at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) and the University of Queensland (UQ) are trialling a new technology which is set to help epilepsy patients find the best treatment for their condition sooner.
Metro North Health Launches Health Equity Starts with Me campaign
Metro North Health has unveiled a bold new campaign – Health Equity Starts with Me - to drive health equity and eliminate institutional racism across the health service.
Call for blood donations to assist vital chemotherapy treatment
Half of all regular blood donors have been unable to donate during COVID-19 peaks in Australia recently, leaving many essential services vulnerable to short supply.
Good Clinical Practice Course
Date: Friday 22nd July 2022
Time: 8.30-12.30pm
Venue: RBWH Education Centre Seminar Rooms 1&2
Course 2
2022 Cancer Preceptorship for General Practitioners
Date: Saturday, 23 July 2022
Time: tbc
Venue: Virtual Event
The 2021 Cancer Preceptorship for General Practitioners FREE Education session will be held as a virtual event with exclusive access to education content up to 12-months.
Good Clinical Practice Course
Date: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Time: 8.30-12.30pm
Venue: RBWH Education Centre Seminar Rooms 1&2
Course 3
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Social worker Jeanne and her team of allied health professionals are always REDy to go, even on the weekends! 🏥 The RED (rapid effective discharge) team is a Caboolture Hospital initiative trialling the effectiveness bringing on a social worker, physio, OT and clinical assistant to work on the weekends so patients can be discharged sooner. 😇
"We don't want patients to basically just be waiting here if they don't need to be in hospital anymore," Jeanne said.
"Allied health professionals don't typically work weekends but we wanted to offer an improved discharge service to our patients so they can go home on the weekend rather than waiting until Monday.
"We also found that it's easier for patient's families to pop to hospital on the weekend when they've got more time on their hands, it's been fantastic so far!"
What a great idea, congratulations Caboolture.
Great work Jeanne!
Jeanne, I miss you!!
Nice work Jeanne & Cab AH team 👏👏
Great idea.
Hi Jeanne! Looking good!
Yessss Jeanne 👏🏻🇮🇪
Sounds like a great plan
👏 Well done Jeanne and team!
"I had never been one for the gym and all my life I had abused my body, giving it a hard time with alcohol and cigarettes, that kind of thing. I signed up for the gym and kept feeling better and better. My wife Adrian and I would feel exhausted but fantastic! We committed to a new lifestyle, eating better, getting up and out, I just love it. I'm a bloody gym junkie now!"
#MondayMantra 💭 David, 70 years old, #Caboolture Hospital patient and proud gym junkie. 🏋️♂️
Well Done champion 🏆
Congratulations on making these changes to your lifestyle.
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Well done David 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻