May 2022

• Message from the A/Executive Director

  
  2022 has thrown its fair share of challenges at us so far: COVID-19, an accreditation survey, opening new wards, floods and more. Despite all of this, we have lived our ...

• Message from the STARS Director of Medical Services

  
  The last few months have been a whirlwind of COVID-19 and floods, as well as Christmas, school holidays and further expansions at STARS. The medical teams have responded well and ...

• Message from the STARS Director of Nursing

  
  Welcome to 2022. This year we have already been tested with some trying times with COVID and more recently the floods, but, as always, you have all worked diligently over ...

• Message from the STARS Director of Allied Health

  
  STARS has been opened for just over a year. In that short period of time STARS Allied Health has achieved so much. I have provided a snapshot below of just ...

• STARS rehabilitation specialist helping patients recover and reclaim independence

  
  STARS rehabilitation medicine staff specialist Dr Sarah Anderson believes in making sure her patients leave hospital feeling happy and healthy, even if their body doesn’t work the way it once ...

• The role of dietetic assistants in a digital hospital

  
  The many digital systems within a digital hospital enable a team of dietetic assistants to fully realise their roles.

• Stroke education sessions helping patients and families prepare for life outside hospital

  
  Stroke is one of Australia’s biggest killers and a leading cause of disability, which affects not only the person recovering from stroke but also their family and loved ones. As a ...

• The STARS Rapid Antigen Test Clinic

  
  With COVID-19 case numbers rising in the community after the Queensland borders opened, STARS had to rapidly stand up a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) clinic to ensure the safety of ...

• Closing the gap: Towards health equity at STARS

  
  National Close the Gap Day, observed each year on 17 March, brings people together to take meaningful action in support of achieving health equality for First Nations Peoples. STARS Cultural Capability ...

• Meet our new Indigenous Health Service team

  
  Meet Allira and Lillian – the newest members of the STARS Indigenous Health Service team.

• Peer Responders at STARS

  
  Peer Responder programs across Metro North promote staff wellbeing by utilising the skills and experiences of our staff to create an approachable, accessible and friendly pathway to support for staff ...

• News in brief

  
  More news from the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service.

September 2021

• Message from the Executive Director

  
  With Debbie McNamara’s departure, I have been appointed as Acting Executive Director for STARS. I feel very privileged to be given this opportunity and am really looking forward to working ...

• STARS’s new joint replacement service a shining success

  
  STARS’s new Accelerated Arthroplasty Service is delivering fast results and shorter hospital stays for joint replacement patients.

• Maintenance Care Service helping patients and easing bed pressures

  
  STARS is helping ease bed pressures across Metro North Health with the opening of the new Level 5 Maintenance Care Service, adding an additional 40 beds to our network.  

• Recreation officer improves patient experience

  
  STARS Recreation Officer Ana Monisse is an unsung hero of our Rehab Unit, working hard to improve patients’ experiences that ultimately contribute to a better time in hospital. 

• Patients chatting away thanks to collaborative clinical treatment

  
  Comprehensive High-Dose Aphasia Treatment (CHAT) is a new clinical service and research program delivered at STARS in collaboration with the Queensland Aphasia Research Centre (QARC).

• STARS delivers hospitality worthy of recognition

  
  The STARS Dietetics and Food Services team served up a win in all categories at the recent Queensland Institute of Hospitality in Healthcare (IHHC) awards night!

• Orthoptist, optometrist, ophthalmologist, oh my!

  
  Everyone has heard of an optometrist, and you might have heard of an ophthalmologist, but have you ever heard of an orthoptist?

• The STARS Monthly Awards… the winners are in!

  
  For the first time ever, we are excited to announce the winners of the STARS Monthly Awards.  

• Taylah’s STARS experience

  
  After having a procedure at STARS, Taylah Hughes shared her experience of what it was like to be one of our patients.

• Meet Joy Dunbar

  
  Joy Dunbar, STARS Risk Coordinator

• News in brief

  
  More news from the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service.

July 2021

• Message from the Executive Director

  
  Welcome to the first STARS Gazer newsletter. I am very proud to share with you some of the wonderful highlights and outcomes of the past few months in what has ...

• Meet Professor Foster

  
  As the Director of the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) Education and Research Alliance (SERA), I am a conjoint (or joint appointment) between Metro North Health and The University ...

• Patients give STARS the tick of approval

  
  The results are in: patients positively rate their experience at STARS. By using real-time collection and reporting system implemented by Queensland Health, STARS is able to capture Patient Reported Experience Measures ...

• Meet our Deadly Indigenous Health Liaison Officer

  
  John Corowa is the latest addition to the STARS Indigenous workforce as the STARS Indigenous Health Liaison Officer. John joins the STARS team to help Close the Gap and provide safe ...

• Meet Kim Minniecon

  
  As Patient Experience Officer I am responsible for ensuring our staff are able to give the best possible experience to our patients at STARS. Sometimes this is about accepting compliments, ...

• News in brief

  
  More news from the Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service.