Adj Assoc Prof Jackie Hanson, Chief Executive

Certificate of appreciation

The Have Your Say survey is coming to a close. If you haven’t completed the survey but would like to share your thoughts, please take 15 or so minutes in the next 24 hours to give your feedback. Thank you to the more than 10,300 people who have already submitted your surveys.

The PROV-ED Project has launched new initiatives to support value based healthcare decision making in emergency departments, with videos about each initiative. They include:

• Occupational Violence ABC developed at the Princess Alexandra Hospital ED,
• Criteria Led Discharge developed at Redcliffe Hospital ED, and
• Blood Culture Target from Gladstone Hospital.

They will also soon launch an initiative to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers in emergency departments. For more information or to receive the tool kits for these initiatives, contact PROVED.Project@health.qld.gov.au.

Congratulations to Metro North Retail Services who have been recognised by Health and Wellbeing Queensland for consistent high performance against the A Better Choice targets. The team received a certificate of appreciation for their efforts including going above and beyond to ensure the availability of healthier products for staff, patients and visitors in our facilities.

The Retail Services team has worked hard since the introduction of the Healthier Food in Healthcare Facilities Directive, including overhauling menus at food outlets and working with vending machine suppliers and retail tenants to ensure compliance with the A Better Choice strategy. They were even the caterers for the Health and Wellbeing Queensland event in May. Well done to the team!

On Wednesday RBWH Foundation held its annual Giving Day which raised more than $562,000 to support advancements in patient care and research. Thank you to everyone who helped the Foundation through fundraising activities and donations. As part of the Giving Day, former RBWH patient and chef Matt Golinski visited Herston Biofabrication Institute to learn about the burns research program. HBI General Manager Mathilde showed him the virtual reality headsets being used in the burns ward to assist with pain management and distraction therapy.

Just a reminder that we are still offering free staff flu vaccinations. If you haven’t yet had your flu shot, please consider it to reduce the impact of flu in our community and in our services. Staff who have had your vaccination at a GP or pharmacy can submit a vaccination notification form in myHR which helps us with planning and modelling.

Kind regards,

Jackie.