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Events
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 15 April 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
Level 1 courses are for those clinicians who want general competence in airway management and basic life support for a deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest. Suitable if you normally are part of team rather than the lead.
Adult Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO Course 2026
Date:28 April - 1 May 2026
3 - 6 November 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital, Education Centre
This 4-day course will enable multidisciplinary teams with little ECMO experience to provide ECMO for patients with severe cardiac and respiratory failure.
Advanced Life Support - Level 2
Date: 14 - 15 May 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
2-day course focusing on developing advanced skills in managing the deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.Kallangur Satellite Hospital
9 Stoker Way
KALLANGUR QLD 4503
Phone: (07) 3285 0000
/ MetroNorthHHS
Nutrition plays a vital role in managing dementia but can often be overlooked for other aspects of care. The Memory Diet Clinic at The Prince Charles Hospital provides targeted nutritional care for those living at home with dementia and dedicated support for carers and loved ones. ❤️🩹🥪
The service was collaboratively designed with geriatricians, dietitians, nurses, and individuals with lived experience of dementia spearheaded by project co-leads and dieticians Bri and Hannah.
“We identified significant barriers to people with dementia accessing appropriate nutritional care, largely due to a lack of services tailored to their specific needs,” Hannah said.
“Our clinic is led by dietitians with extensive experience in geriatric care. We recognise that the patient experience is really important, and that meaningful support for loved ones and carers is essential."
“We aim to reduce stress around nutrition and ultimately support patients while empowering those who care for them,” Bri added.
This service is currently available to those under the care of a TPCH geriatrician and have a dementia diagnosis.
Amazing initiative by two very passionate dieticians. A very worthy winner of a recent Internal Medicine Services Award (Education & Research). Your dedication to our vulnerable older patients is appreciated by all your colleagues.
A fantastic example of a co-designed research project being implemented into practice and making a meaningful difference to our consumers. Thanks for your dedication, expertise and care in getting this service up and running ladies!
Yes. Very difficult looking after a loved one in the community with poor nutrition. We need more of this kind of service for our vulnerable elderly.
As a Geri nurse working in CQ; how can we access the info from your clinic to best help our patients? x
Fantastic work Hannah & Bri - very proud to have your hard work acknowledged by Metro North Health !!
Great work
Very interesting great work
Amazing work ladies! So grateful for your expertise at TPCH!
Amazing work champions
Awesome work Hannah and Bri- love working with such amazing dieticians🤩🍽
Superstars!
Awesome work, well done 👏
Our fave dietician girlies 🫶🏼❤️
Amazing work by 2 awesome Dietitians providing top level care to some of our most vulnerable and voiceless 🫶🏼
Great photo Hanna
❤️👏👏👏👏
👏🏻❤️
A step in the right direction! Time to phase out the drugging that has long plagued our medicine.
A family member was at TPCH Dementia care for 12mths and has not been informed of this service...gp referred us to a private clinic at $ cost.Is the service availabke at the satilite hospitals kallangur?
Our social workers sit at the heart of our hospitals ensuring that our most vulnerable patients are supported. ❤️🩹🏡
Senior Social Workers Tania and Emily are critical in improving patient flow throughout TPCH by providing discharge planning advice to assist patients returning home.
Their work extends beyond the hospital by providing alternative discharge solutions including the use of the new St Martins Interim Care service where patients who are awaiting a permanent residential aged care spot can be cared for instead of staying in hospital.
"We help to overcome systemic barriers and concerns during the discharge process whilst ensuring every person is treated with dignity, respect and kindness," Tania said.
"You have to be so creative and really understand systems and discharge planning, but also advocacy is so important, otherwise people wouldn’t get out of hospital. That’s what social workers are really great at," Emily said.
#ShoutoutSaturday to all of our Metro North social workers including Tania and Emily. 👏
Congratulations 🎉 Emily!
I do not know if you were the beautiful people who helped me back in 2024 when I had a massive break in my humerous and other problems at the time to have to stay in TPCH for a week repairing. No help at home and the lovely staff in that area helped me to get a Program at home to ensure I could survive. My greatest thanks to the wonderful people who ensure that people like me get help at home which I needed for almost 4 months as was unable to do most daily tasks. No family to help and I survived due to these wonderful people. Congratulations to all involved in this program. 🥰
It is a great team.
Congrats to you both! Amazing Social workers💖🙏💖
Wise words and great pic SW superstars! Lovely to see your smiling face here Tania after having the chance to catch up in person recently 😊
Best in the biz!
Two of the best! 👏🏼
Thankyou for all you do 💜
We miss you Tania. Looking fabulous.
Two fabulous social workers right there!! We are so lucky to have you guys
I've worked with Emily, and I'd love to do so again!
2 absolutely icons of the team! Fab work Tania and Em! 🙌
Shout out well deserved. Go the social workers
Can only vouch for Tania but, more broadly can for SW. Thank you, thank you. You are all so amazing. You make me smile, you help me in my efforts to improve the surgical pathway for frail, older & vulnerable patients. Let's keep working together 💖 Big hugs!
What a beautiful and special shout out to 2 of the most dedicated, skilled and well respected Senior Social Workers that I know. Well done, Tania and Emily. We are so lucky to have you in our team.
Thank you for the invaluable work that you do 🩷
Deserved recognition Emily! Great SW representation 🫶🏻
Congrats Dont Let a system that's broken, under funded… Change your reason for choosing to make a difference
Phoebe Guy 🫶🏼🩷 future Social Worker superstar
Latest news
Managing stress for a healthier life
The start of a new year often brings fresh goals and motivation. But as the weeks go by, the pressures of every day life can leave people feeling overwhelmed.
Just steak on your plate? An expert reviews the carnivore diet trend.
From TikTok testimonials to Instagram transformation shots, the carnivore diet is having its moment right now, but experts warn of the risks of the extreme diet trend.
Events
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 15 April 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
Level 1 courses are for those clinicians who want general competence in airway management and basic life support for a deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest. Suitable if you normally are part of team rather than the lead.
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.
/ MetroNorthHHS
Nutrition plays a vital role in managing dementia but can often be overlooked for other aspects of care. The Memory Diet Clinic at The Prince Charles Hospital provides targeted nutritional care for those living at home with dementia and dedicated support for carers and loved ones. ❤️🩹🥪
The service was collaboratively designed with geriatricians, dietitians, nurses, and individuals with lived experience of dementia spearheaded by project co-leads and dieticians Bri and Hannah.
“We identified significant barriers to people with dementia accessing appropriate nutritional care, largely due to a lack of services tailored to their specific needs,” Hannah said.
“Our clinic is led by dietitians with extensive experience in geriatric care. We recognise that the patient experience is really important, and that meaningful support for loved ones and carers is essential."
“We aim to reduce stress around nutrition and ultimately support patients while empowering those who care for them,” Bri added.
This service is currently available to those under the care of a TPCH geriatrician and have a dementia diagnosis.
Amazing initiative by two very passionate dieticians. A very worthy winner of a recent Internal Medicine Services Award (Education & Research). Your dedication to our vulnerable older patients is appreciated by all your colleagues.
A fantastic example of a co-designed research project being implemented into practice and making a meaningful difference to our consumers. Thanks for your dedication, expertise and care in getting this service up and running ladies!
Yes. Very difficult looking after a loved one in the community with poor nutrition. We need more of this kind of service for our vulnerable elderly.
As a Geri nurse working in CQ; how can we access the info from your clinic to best help our patients? x
Fantastic work Hannah & Bri - very proud to have your hard work acknowledged by Metro North Health !!
Great work
Very interesting great work
Amazing work ladies! So grateful for your expertise at TPCH!
Amazing work champions
Awesome work Hannah and Bri- love working with such amazing dieticians🤩🍽
Superstars!
Awesome work, well done 👏
Our fave dietician girlies 🫶🏼❤️
Amazing work by 2 awesome Dietitians providing top level care to some of our most vulnerable and voiceless 🫶🏼
Great photo Hanna
❤️👏👏👏👏
👏🏻❤️
A step in the right direction! Time to phase out the drugging that has long plagued our medicine.
A family member was at TPCH Dementia care for 12mths and has not been informed of this service...gp referred us to a private clinic at $ cost.Is the service availabke at the satilite hospitals kallangur?
Our social workers sit at the heart of our hospitals ensuring that our most vulnerable patients are supported. ❤️🩹🏡
Senior Social Workers Tania and Emily are critical in improving patient flow throughout TPCH by providing discharge planning advice to assist patients returning home.
Their work extends beyond the hospital by providing alternative discharge solutions including the use of the new St Martins Interim Care service where patients who are awaiting a permanent residential aged care spot can be cared for instead of staying in hospital.
"We help to overcome systemic barriers and concerns during the discharge process whilst ensuring every person is treated with dignity, respect and kindness," Tania said.
"You have to be so creative and really understand systems and discharge planning, but also advocacy is so important, otherwise people wouldn’t get out of hospital. That’s what social workers are really great at," Emily said.
#ShoutoutSaturday to all of our Metro North social workers including Tania and Emily. 👏
Congratulations 🎉 Emily!
I do not know if you were the beautiful people who helped me back in 2024 when I had a massive break in my humerous and other problems at the time to have to stay in TPCH for a week repairing. No help at home and the lovely staff in that area helped me to get a Program at home to ensure I could survive. My greatest thanks to the wonderful people who ensure that people like me get help at home which I needed for almost 4 months as was unable to do most daily tasks. No family to help and I survived due to these wonderful people. Congratulations to all involved in this program. 🥰
It is a great team.
Congrats to you both! Amazing Social workers💖🙏💖
Wise words and great pic SW superstars! Lovely to see your smiling face here Tania after having the chance to catch up in person recently 😊
Best in the biz!
Two of the best! 👏🏼
Thankyou for all you do 💜
We miss you Tania. Looking fabulous.
Two fabulous social workers right there!! We are so lucky to have you guys
I've worked with Emily, and I'd love to do so again!
2 absolutely icons of the team! Fab work Tania and Em! 🙌
Shout out well deserved. Go the social workers
Can only vouch for Tania but, more broadly can for SW. Thank you, thank you. You are all so amazing. You make me smile, you help me in my efforts to improve the surgical pathway for frail, older & vulnerable patients. Let's keep working together 💖 Big hugs!
What a beautiful and special shout out to 2 of the most dedicated, skilled and well respected Senior Social Workers that I know. Well done, Tania and Emily. We are so lucky to have you in our team.
Thank you for the invaluable work that you do 🩷
Deserved recognition Emily! Great SW representation 🫶🏻
Congrats Dont Let a system that's broken, under funded… Change your reason for choosing to make a difference
Phoebe Guy 🫶🏼🩷 future Social Worker superstar
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.Latest news
Managing stress for a healthier life
The start of a new year often brings fresh goals and motivation. But as the weeks go by, the pressures of every day life can leave people feeling overwhelmed.
Events
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 15 April 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
Level 1 courses are for those clinicians who want general competence in airway management and basic life support for a deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest. Suitable if you normally are part of team rather than the lead.
/ MetroNorthHHS
Nutrition plays a vital role in managing dementia but can often be overlooked for other aspects of care. The Memory Diet Clinic at The Prince Charles Hospital provides targeted nutritional care for those living at home with dementia and dedicated support for carers and loved ones. ❤️🩹🥪
The service was collaboratively designed with geriatricians, dietitians, nurses, and individuals with lived experience of dementia spearheaded by project co-leads and dieticians Bri and Hannah.
“We identified significant barriers to people with dementia accessing appropriate nutritional care, largely due to a lack of services tailored to their specific needs,” Hannah said.
“Our clinic is led by dietitians with extensive experience in geriatric care. We recognise that the patient experience is really important, and that meaningful support for loved ones and carers is essential."
“We aim to reduce stress around nutrition and ultimately support patients while empowering those who care for them,” Bri added.
This service is currently available to those under the care of a TPCH geriatrician and have a dementia diagnosis.
Amazing initiative by two very passionate dieticians. A very worthy winner of a recent Internal Medicine Services Award (Education & Research). Your dedication to our vulnerable older patients is appreciated by all your colleagues.
A fantastic example of a co-designed research project being implemented into practice and making a meaningful difference to our consumers. Thanks for your dedication, expertise and care in getting this service up and running ladies!
Yes. Very difficult looking after a loved one in the community with poor nutrition. We need more of this kind of service for our vulnerable elderly.
As a Geri nurse working in CQ; how can we access the info from your clinic to best help our patients? x
Fantastic work Hannah & Bri - very proud to have your hard work acknowledged by Metro North Health !!
Great work
Very interesting great work
Amazing work ladies! So grateful for your expertise at TPCH!
Amazing work champions
Awesome work Hannah and Bri- love working with such amazing dieticians🤩🍽
Superstars!
Awesome work, well done 👏
Our fave dietician girlies 🫶🏼❤️
Amazing work by 2 awesome Dietitians providing top level care to some of our most vulnerable and voiceless 🫶🏼
Great photo Hanna
❤️👏👏👏👏
👏🏻❤️
A step in the right direction! Time to phase out the drugging that has long plagued our medicine.
A family member was at TPCH Dementia care for 12mths and has not been informed of this service...gp referred us to a private clinic at $ cost.Is the service availabke at the satilite hospitals kallangur?
Our social workers sit at the heart of our hospitals ensuring that our most vulnerable patients are supported. ❤️🩹🏡
Senior Social Workers Tania and Emily are critical in improving patient flow throughout TPCH by providing discharge planning advice to assist patients returning home.
Their work extends beyond the hospital by providing alternative discharge solutions including the use of the new St Martins Interim Care service where patients who are awaiting a permanent residential aged care spot can be cared for instead of staying in hospital.
"We help to overcome systemic barriers and concerns during the discharge process whilst ensuring every person is treated with dignity, respect and kindness," Tania said.
"You have to be so creative and really understand systems and discharge planning, but also advocacy is so important, otherwise people wouldn’t get out of hospital. That’s what social workers are really great at," Emily said.
#ShoutoutSaturday to all of our Metro North social workers including Tania and Emily. 👏
Congratulations 🎉 Emily!
I do not know if you were the beautiful people who helped me back in 2024 when I had a massive break in my humerous and other problems at the time to have to stay in TPCH for a week repairing. No help at home and the lovely staff in that area helped me to get a Program at home to ensure I could survive. My greatest thanks to the wonderful people who ensure that people like me get help at home which I needed for almost 4 months as was unable to do most daily tasks. No family to help and I survived due to these wonderful people. Congratulations to all involved in this program. 🥰
It is a great team.
Congrats to you both! Amazing Social workers💖🙏💖
Wise words and great pic SW superstars! Lovely to see your smiling face here Tania after having the chance to catch up in person recently 😊
Best in the biz!
Two of the best! 👏🏼
Thankyou for all you do 💜
We miss you Tania. Looking fabulous.
Two fabulous social workers right there!! We are so lucky to have you guys
I've worked with Emily, and I'd love to do so again!
2 absolutely icons of the team! Fab work Tania and Em! 🙌
Shout out well deserved. Go the social workers
Can only vouch for Tania but, more broadly can for SW. Thank you, thank you. You are all so amazing. You make me smile, you help me in my efforts to improve the surgical pathway for frail, older & vulnerable patients. Let's keep working together 💖 Big hugs!
What a beautiful and special shout out to 2 of the most dedicated, skilled and well respected Senior Social Workers that I know. Well done, Tania and Emily. We are so lucky to have you in our team.
Thank you for the invaluable work that you do 🩷
Deserved recognition Emily! Great SW representation 🫶🏻
Congrats Dont Let a system that's broken, under funded… Change your reason for choosing to make a difference
Phoebe Guy 🫶🏼🩷 future Social Worker superstar
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