Public access defibrillator repairs

This week we received the sad news that Emeritus Professor Lawrie Powell AC passed away peacefully on Friday, aged 87.

Tier three – bed capacity

Business Case for Change

As we have all come to experience things are changing all of the time and it is tricky to stay up to date with new directions. Our response to COVID, our approach to managing influenza as well as deal with the huge demand on our inpatient bed stock continues to keep us extremely busy.

Today is the first day of Spring and I’m sure many of you are looking forward to some warmer weather ahead. We all acknowledge that the past number of months have been really challenging and I sincerely thank the team for everyone’s collective efforts in supporting our patients and each other.

A change again for all of us in the form of a drop back to Tier 2 -Covid Response as of Wednesday 17th at 7am. This includes an adjustment to our required PPE.

I acknowledge that a lot is happening at the moment with respect to COVID, Flu, Bed capacity and staffing so please see below for what I feel is most important for everyone to be across. Please read todays SITREP for all of the details.

Today is International Nurses and Midwives Day where we acknowledge and thank all of our Nurses and Midwives for their tireless contribution to the great care we deliver.

We have identified this week as possibly one of our most challenging weeks at RBWH which is not a good claim to make! In saying that, all efforts from each and every corner of this huge hospital has enabled us to continue to keep providing great care to our patients.

We have now released the Final Decision on the proposed Business Case for Significant Change RBWH26 Realignment Program. Thank you to all staff who assisted us in reaching this important decision through submitting feedback and working with their teams.

As we head into the weekend I wanted to acknowledge and call out the tremendous support so generously offered by our staff at RBWH across all streams and service lines. Amazing acts of kindness and generosity have been shown on a daily basis. Thank you for the extra effort given by so many to ensuring all services have been covered.

Please join me today as we formally acknowledge and welcome our colleagues from Patient Services and Medical Imaging back under RBWH governance.

As we emerge from the devastating impact of the recent Brisbane flooding and continue to transition towards living with COVID, I would like to thank you all for your tireless efforts in stepping up to respond to the challenges and ensuring uninterrupted healthcare for our community.

As we head into the weekend, RBWH has moved to a Code Brown Alert for the predicted weather event.

RBWH infrastructure update

Please note that Bowen Bridge Road is now open to motorists. Butterfield Street is still restricted until further notice.

Please note that Bowen Bridge Road is now open to motorists. Butterfield Street is still restricted until further notice.

RBWH Fit Testing

My sincere thanks to all staff for their response and support over the last few days and in particular those who worked the weekend. In true form everyone was simply outstanding in their efforts and I am very grateful to work with such a generous group of people. Our patients and their families are most thankful for the care and communications they received which kept them up to date and less anxious around what was happening with their loved ones.

Safely travelling to work and recommended access

The severe weather and flooding in Brisbane is having significant impacts to a number of areas across RBWH.

The severe weather and flooding in Brisbane is having significant impacts to a number of areas across RBWH.

Carpark flooding due to intense rainfall

Have you booked your fit testing appointment yet? There are many fit testing appointments available at RBWH. The flow chart below will help you ascertain if you need to be fit tested.

Preventing mould in the workplace

Fit Testing changes at RBWH

We have made it to Friday. Not normally an outstanding achievement to celebrate but as we approach an anticipated surge of COVID impact across the community, you all should be very pleased with how we have collectively responded to the challenges that keep rolling in.

We have made it to Friday. Not normally an outstanding achievement to celebrate but as we approach an anticipated surge of COVID impact across the community, you all should be very pleased with how we have collectively responded to the challenges that keep rolling in.

National and International evidence strongly supports the importance of a vaccine booster to maintain COVID protection for yourself, your family and friends, your colleagues and our patients. With the anticipated peak of COVID transmission within the next 2 weeks, the importance of booster vaccination is critical.

New COVID case numbers seem to be following the trajectories that have been modelled and are consistent with the trends we have seen in NSW and Victoria. The Omicron variant is dominating our cases and conversion to hospital care remains manageable at present however we face certain and significant challenges in the coming weeks and vigilance around PPE and other tried and tested infection control strategies is more important than ever.

Today our RBWH COVID vaccination service administered their 90,000th dose of vaccine

With more than 20,000 new COVID cases reported in Queensland today, we find ourselves in the thick of the pandemic response we have been planning for. Thanks for the calm and composed response across all of RBWH in the last week.