Staff News
Caring Together Update
Staff News
Caring Together Update
September 2022
June 2022
Message from the Acting Executive Director
We are growing bigger and expanding. Who is moving to a new place soon?CHRP regular update
Let the countdown begin – it’s just 11 months until forecast construction completion.Strengthening culture for our First Nations people
The Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Project (CHRP) is just one way that Metro North Health is helping to close the gap of health inequities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...Celebrating 10 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, ...Inaugural appeal focusing on children’s ward
The Common Good (an initiative of The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation) has launched its first fundraising appeal at Caboolture Hospital, focusing its efforts on the children’s ward to provide both ...Caboolture Hospital helps Lyn quit!
Caboolture is known for having some of the highest rates of smokers in the Metro North community, but a team of Caboolture Hospital staff and consumers are committed to turning ...Do you know how to recognise, respond, refer?
The health system is often a first point of contact for people who have experienced domestic and family violence (DFV) but do you know how to recognise, respond and refer ...‘Walk a mile in my thongs’ continues to take off!
Three years on and the ‘Walk a mile in my thongs’ initiative is still going strong in its aim to collect and distribute new thongs to the people who need ...Navigating patients through their health journey
Caboolture Hospital’s team of nurse navigators are using community partnerships to make a world of difference for patient’s navigating the public health system.Our new team is always ‘REDy’ to go!
Social worker Jeanne Tedge and her team of allied health professionals are always ‘REDy’ to go, even on the weekends!Helping the wellbeing of pregnant women and new mums
Around three million Australians experience post-traumatic stress disorder at some stage in their lifetime.News in brief
More news from Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Service.
May 2022
Message from the Executive Director
Metro North Health is committed to providing equity of access to high quality health care services and building relationships based on inclusion with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and ...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.Longreach the right prescription for Belinda
Caboolture Hospital Pharmacy Director Tim Dunn received a mayday call from friends at Central West HHS on Friday 1 April, flagging a critical shortfall in their pharmacy workforce due to ...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.CHRP regular update
Metro North Board Chair Jim McGowan AM and State Member for Morayfield Mark Ryan MP joined the Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Team in April for a site tour of the ...Upcoming changes to the Wellness Centre
The Caboolture Hospital kitchen refurbishment project is now well underway and making good progress.Kilcoy Hospital Auxiliary fete returns!
It’s on! The Kilcoy Hospital Auxiliary Fete will make a welcome return to the events calendar next month, promising to be bigger and better than previous years.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.Study makes positive difference in the workplace
Caboolture Hospital’s Senior Health Information Manager Leonie Beakey is using knowledge gained through study to make a positive difference in the workplace.Virtual reality helping young patients
It’s amazing how much good a jar of pasta sauce can do to help sick kids!News in brief
More news from Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Service.
March 2022
Message from the Executive Director
The CKW Directorate is full of wonderful people who share a strong commitment to care for patients and improve the health of our community.Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment Project update
Construction activities on the up and up: Clinical services building Level 4 concrete pours underway.Ready, set, move!
Planning is underway to move to the new Clinical Services building.Now the garden isn’t the only thing that’s green!
It’s been said that working outdoors keeps you fit and in a much healthier, clearer state of mind.Celebrating 25 years of chaplaincy at Caboolture Hospital
Caboolture Hospital chapel is celebrating 25 years of service to the hospital community.Community craft donation improves women’s health
Women having breast surgery at Caboolture Hospital are benefitting from the kindness of local crafters.Have Your Say – You said, we are doing….
More than 50 per cent of CKW staff completed the Have Your Say survey in 2021. Teams have been busy working on their action plans and it’s great to see ...Charging stations now on the RADAR at Caboolture Hospital
Caboolture Hospital now has two charging stations to cater for the increasing number of electric vehicles in the Metro North Health car fleet.Sundae sales help our Eat Walk Engage patients
With the Brisbane Ekka cancelled for a second year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caboolture Sports Club Group stepped up and became a regional re-seller of The Common Good’s ...More than 12,000 people catch a lift with the Red Rocket!
Since its maiden voyage almost ten months ago, Caboolture Hospital’s Red Rocket has helped transport almost 12,000 patients and visitors safely around campus.What to do if you see someone smoking
Smoking is banned at public and private hospitals, schools, aged care homes, public health facilities and within five metres of their boundaries? This includes e-cigarettes and vaping, and in cars ...News in brief
More news from Caboolture and Kilcoy Hospitals and Woodford Corrections Health Service