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Our patient experience champions: Meet Arnica Gregory 30 April 2020 Patient Experience Week is an opportunity to celebrate healthcare staff who have an impact on the patient experience, every day. This year, we are taking a minute to acknowledge those who are going above and beyond in our vision of healthy kids, healthy communities! Meet Arnica Gregory Child Health Nurse, Community Health "I attended Arnica's mother's group in Atwell as my local mothers' group didn't provide educational information. Arnica's session was well structured and informative with practical techniques which worked trying to get my newborn to sleep. The group was for Chinese speaking mums. Although I don't have any problems with English after living in Australia since I was a teen, I can see the benefits to the Chinese speaking community. Arnica is knowledgeable and willing to help in anyway." - Compliment from mothers' group member How long have you worked for CAHS? I have worke... -
Patient Experience survey 28 April 2020 Help us create our Patient Experience survey Perth Children’s Hospital is working to adapt the Australian Hospital Patient Experience Question Set to provide for every parent or carer of an inpatient when they stay at PCH. We are inviting parents or carers to help us develop this survey. Contact Cathy on 6456 5155 or email cahs.research@health.wa.gov.au to participate in a 15 to 30 minute telephone interview. -
Coronavirus: Information for patients and families 22 April 2020 All you need to know about Coronavirus and the health of your child. We know that this is a scary and challenging for parents who are worried about their child and family's wellbeing. We've gathered information and resources to help you answer some questions and provide some reassurance as we face this challenge. Service changes In response to the restrictions around Coronavirus, we've made some changes to how we deliver our services. Find out more below: Community Health Child Health Child Development Service Mental Health Perth Children's Hospital Resources HealthyWA HealthyWAhas daily updates and information about Coronavirus for the Western Australian community. Department of Health, Western Australia TheDepartment of Healthincludes the latest information and impacts on health across the state. Department of Health, Australian Go... -
Join the flu fight! Get your child's flu vaccination today 20 April 2020 The influenza vaccination program is here and with the risks around Coronavirus (COVID-19), now is the time to get your child vaccinated. What is influenza (the flu)? The flu is an illness that typically affects the nose, throat and lungs, and can spread easily. One in three children who catch the flu are hospitalised and most flu-related hospital admissions and deaths occur in previously healthy children. The best way to prevent the flu is to get the influenza vaccine. The vaccine will give your child immunity for up to 6-12 months. Getting the flu vaccine for free The flu vaccine is free for: Children aged 6 months to year 6 of primary school Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and children who have medical conditions including: asthma chronic lung, liver, kidney, heart and neurological conditions impaired immunity cancer diabetes metab... -
Celebrating our nurses: Celeste Coleman 28 February 2020 International Year of the Nurse & Midwifecelebrates the invaluable contribution that nurses and midwifes make to global healthcare. At CAHS, we're profiling the diversity of roles and people that make up our nursing services. Meet Celeste Coleman. Celeste is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in our Gender Diversity Service, atPerth Children's Hospital. Tell us about your background and how you became a nurse I started my nurse training in 1993 at Curtin University. Funnily enough I was told I didn’t have a 'nursing personality'. But here I am 27 years later, and still loving it. I always wanted to be a nurse, never anything else and I wouldn’t change a thing! I have worked in medical, surgical, nursing education and psychiatric from neonates to adults in just about every aspect of the job both here and overseas. What made you want to be in a leadership role? I got into the Gend...
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22/06/2021