Since taking on the role of Executive Director at Community and Oral Health, I’ve been meeting some wonderful people – all dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of their patients, residents and communities. In the weeks and months to come, I’m looking forward to getting to know the Oral Health side of the directorate even better too.
Community and Oral Health brought home three Metro North’s Australia Day Achievement Awards. A/Executive Director, Glynis Schultz said the awards celebrated some of the heroes of the directorate and thanked those who had taken the time to nominate their peers.
Metro North’s virtual COVID Ward was named as a finalist in the Premier’s Awards for Excellence, in the Keeping Queenslanders Healthy category. The virtual COVID ward was led by COH’s Mary Wheeldon, as Director of Operations.
Clinical Council Chair Kerry Feilding: Even with all the challenges of the last twelve months, our Clinical Council has been heartened to see Community and Oral Health staff working together to put people first, whether they be staff, patients or residents.
This month we’re sharing a compliment that came to COH about our home palliative care team: Thank you so much for the support, guidance, and care you provided for the short time we had [the patient] at home in palliative care.
Hi team, What a week! I’m still chatting with and receiving emails from individuals and teams who are feeling exhausted and treated poorly at times by patients and at times by colleagues. They describe the constant pressure as frustrating and relentless. I respect we [...]
A draft Metro North HHS Diabetes Clinical Service Plan 2021-2026 (the Plan) has been developed to guide diabetes service delivery across the HHS over the next five years. In scope for the Plan are diabetes services for persons aged 15 years and older associated [...]
I returned from leave on the 1st of February after having a very welcome break over Christmas and New Year. It was an exciting time for my family. While COVID had kept us apart, my Melbourne based sister was able to travel in one of the brief [...]
Hi everyone, In the past few weeks Metro North has achieved a Queensland Health first. STARS is the first new public hospital in Queensland to open as a digital hospital from day one. This is a remarkable achievement when we consider the hospital has not only [...]
Thank you for making me feel so welcome to the role of Metro North Executive Director Clinical Governance, Safety, Quality and Risk. This is my third week in the role. Over the coming weeks, I will be meeting with the facility executives, clinical directorates [...]
Dear colleagues, You might have heard about the recent changes to how we recruit and retain staff. Our HR teams are continuing to support the responsible workforce management arrangements across the HHS. If you have questions about the process, your directorate HR business partners [...]
Dear colleagues, One of the things I hear a lot is that staff get too many emails and that they want to hear more from their leaders. So, we’re trialing a weekly combined message which will be a one-stop shop for updates from the [...]
Dear colleagues, After six years of planning, recruiting, building, and schmoozing, our Herston Biofabrication Institute is now officially open! We started working on the HBI around the same time we started planning for STARS, so it’s fantastic to see both facilities come to fruition. [...]
Welcome to the new-look News at the Royal and the first edition back in a number of months.
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital’s sustainability warriors have been out in force with their latest initiative, the Food Waste Recycling Program. In its first month, the program has saved more than six tonnes of kitchen scraps from going into landfill.
Our touchpoint cleaning team have been doing an incredible job keeping RBWH sparkling clean and COVID-safe! We sat down with PSO and touchpoint cleaner Deb Conner to find out what she loves most about her job.
It’s no secret that 2020 has been a huge year for everyone at RBWH. Earlier this year, we put a call out for nominations for staff members who went above and beyond during the ‘first wave’ of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Margaret and Merv are Deaf and rely on the Interpreter Services to schedule appointments and comprehend important health advice. After years of facing communication barriers in healthcare system, they are finally relieved to have the support of our Patient Services team, who are facilitating reliable access to Interpreter Services.
Staff and patients are now enjoying a vibrant and inviting Physio Outpatient waiting space after almost 18 months of fundraising.
Earlier this year, RBWH clinicians Dr Adam Stewart, an Infectious Diseases registrar, and Dr Matthew Roberts, received the prestigious Avant Foundation awards for research.
On the 30 June 2020, our Surgical and Perioperative Services colleague Carolyn Lister tragically died on her way to work.
Earlier this year we announced the passing of former RBWH Registered Nurse Miss Cecilia Brazil.
2020 has been a huge year for RBWH Research Ambassador Professor Jeffrey Lipman. The internationally recognised researcher has been honoured twice this year, receiving a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Queen’s Birthday Awards and Honorary Membership of the European Society of Intensive Medicine (ESICM).