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Ask your children, what was your favourite moment today?
Virginia McRae with the activity for parents and children to do together. Parents are being urged to have more conversations with their children. A parent talking with their child is a powerful tool...
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Helping veterans like Douglas get back on their feet
Veteran Douglas Clayton is recovering in Rosebud Hospital after having major orthopaedic surgery. “He had a fall and broke his hip,” explains Margaret Clayton, Douglas’ wife of 65 years. “He was just...
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Baby Zayn goes home after 73 days in the Special Care Nursery
First-time Mum Kelly McQuillan is over the moon to be taking baby Zayn home to Rosebud – 73 days after he was born. “It is a relief to finally be taking him home,” says Kelly. “It’s exciting but also...
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DIVERSITY GETS A RAINBOW TICK AWARD
Peninsula Health is proud to have been recognised for its role in improving health outcomes for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community at last night’s Victorian Public...
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Young tradies drinking less than previous generation
Building and plumbing apprentices are drinking less and making better choices than Generation X, according to new research. “We found 52% of apprentices consume less alcohol than work-mates in the...
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Celebrating Research 2017: Prize Winners
It’s Research Week at Peninsula Health which celebrates our strong research culture and all the fantastic research our staff members are involved in. This week, staff presented their research on...
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Local builder gets new lease on life thanks to Peninsula Health’s Respiratory...
Blairgowrie builder Ken Douglas thought he only had ten years to live after having severe problems with his breathing which continued to get worse. However he now has a new lease on life after being...
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Exploring treatments for Dupuytren’s contracture
Associate Professor David Hunter-Smith and Brent Coulson. Around five per cent of people in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula have Dupuytren’s disease, a progressive disease which causes a...
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Game changing eye device comes to Rosebud
Rye Opportunity Shop Treasurer Bill Mace tries out the new device. People living on the southern end of the Mornington Peninsula will no longer have to travel to the city, or Frankston, if they have...
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A dedicated information space for cancer patients at Frankston Hospital
Cancer patients and their families on the Mornington Peninsula now have a dedicated space to find out more information and talk to others, with the opening of the Cancer Information and Resource...
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Big plans for cancer services at Peninsula Health with new Head of Oncology
Cancer patients on the Mornington Peninsula will soon have access to more clinical trials and potentially new treatments for cancer, as part of plans to expand the oncology service at Frankston...
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Rosebud Dialysis Unit wins award for their fantastic holiday patient program
Holiday patient Cheryl with DATA committee members and Rosebud Dialysis Unit staff. For more than a decade, Rosebud Dialysis Unit has been caring for holiday patients, so people living with kidney...
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Near death experience prompts Mark to change his lifestyle and his career
Mark Carson woke up one morning and went to go to lay bricks, like he did every other day. But this day was different – he had pains in his chest. “I came to Frankston Hospital and ended up having...
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Peninsula Health thanks Esso for 25 years of support
Peninsula Health and Esso staff with some of the equipment they have purchased over the years. Frankston Hospital Emergency Department now has a vital new piece of equipment to save lives of people...
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Australian Arrow donate $50,000 to Frankston Hospital Women’s Health Unit
Left to right: Mike Lush, Australian Arrow Corporate Services Manager, Sharyn Hayles, Operations Director of Women’s Health at Peninsula Health, Frankston City Mayor Colin Hampton, Australian Arrow...
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Meet Tony – a grandfather, golfer and keen gardener, living life to the...
“The unknown is the worst part about having cancer,” says Tony Burgess, who was diagnosed with myeloma 18 months ago. “It can be lonely and hard going through treatment. It’s good to have someone to...
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Father of three recovering from mysterious infection
Andrew with his son Camden. When local father of three Andrew Sims went to the GP with an ear ache, he never expected to spend the next week in Frankston Hospital, being treated for something he’d...
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Lisa’s three-time motherhood journey with Frankston Hospital
Langwarrin Mum Lisa Schefman shares her experience of having her three children at Frankston Hospital. I first began my motherhood journey with Frankston Hospital in 2010 when I signed up for shared...
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Novel patient centred outcome measures after surgery
Professor Velandai Srikanth, Professor Paul Myles, Diana Heggie, David Anderson, Dr Tim Williams and Dr Nathan Pinskier at the oration. Professor Paul Myles gave the annual Jeremy Anderson Oration at...
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Anaesthetist celebrates 35 years of service with Peninsula Health
Dr John Copland has performed tens of thousands of anaesthetics during his 35 years working at Peninsula Health. But its patient care and teaching – not numbers – that the long-serving staff member...
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