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New therapy alternative for adults with immune deficiencies
Gary Jean with the Infusion Centre’s Nurse Unit Manager Sharon Ellis. Peninsula Health patients with primary immune deficiencies now have access to a new therapy alternative, giving adults the...
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Faces of Peninsula Health: Meet Sonny Sunny
Peninsula Health Associate Nurse Unit Manager Sony Sunny Associate Nurse Unit Managers like Sony Sunny play an important day-to-day clinical leadership role, for both our staff and patients alike....
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Faces of Peninsula Health: Meet Kaitlyn Drew
Peninsula Health Emergency Nurse Kaitlyn Drew When a patient’s journey begins in the Emergency Department, Frankston Hospital emergency nurse Kaitlyn Drew is there to provide comfort and care in those...
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Pop-up Covid-19 Screening Clinic opening outside PARC
A Covid-19 Screening Clinic is popping-up outside PARC in Frankston. We’re opening a Covid-19 Screening Clinic outside PARC – Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre – in Frankston. Our staff are...
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“Reassuring, calm and professional”: Frankston woman on her Emergency...
Frankston woman Anne Thompson was watching television when her heart went into arrhythmia. Photo: Supplied. Almost two weeks after an unplanned ambulance trip to the Emergency Department at Frankston...
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Celebrating Telehealth Awareness Month
Rosie House, a Senior Occupational Therapist in Hand Therapy, demonstrates the benefits of telehealth. October is Telehealth Awareness Month, and the perfect time to acknowledge the tremendous efforts...
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Faces of Peninsula Health: Meet Nicole Kruithoff
Peninsula Health Clinic Nurse Specialist Nicole Kruithoff. For Nicole Kruithoff, some things have to be done in person. While so many of our patients are taking advantage of telehealth through phone...
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Keeping our vulnerable communities safe during the pandemic
Peninsula Health staff, predominately nurses, are helping rough sleepers get access to a mask, a Covid-19 swab test and even a meal. Hundreds of rough sleepers across Frankston and the Mornington...
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Blood clots and VTE: am I at risk?
Peninsula Health Clinical Pharmacist, Esther Liu, celebrating World Thrombosis Day 2020. Blood clots in the veins can affect people of all ages. That’s why this World Thrombosis Day, our Pharmacy...
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Getting to know the Peninsula Health Podiatry Department
Peninsula Health podiatrist, James Canfor, demonstrating the human foot This blog post was written by the Peninsula Health Podiatry Department to celebrate Foot Health Week 2020 Regular exercise plays...
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Protecting our vulnerable communities during the pandemic
Peninsula Health staff, predominately nurses, are helping rough sleepers get access to a mask, a Covid-19 swab test and even a meal. Hundreds of rough sleepers across Frankston and the Mornington...
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A decade of keeping our health service smoke-free
Peninsula Health has been encouraging smokers to butt-out since 2010. [Photo: Supplied] A smoke-free public address system is just one of the many tools Peninsula Health’s developed to deter people...
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Faces of Peninsula Health: Meet Bethany Kinsey
Peninsula Health Clinic Graduate Nurse Bethany Kinsey. For our brilliant graduate nurse Beth Kinsey, working in a busy ward at Frankston Hospital during a pandemic is a rewarding experience like none...
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Sewing up colourful scrubs
Peninsula Health staff proudly wearing handmade scrubs. When Naomi Pratt asked the Somers Community Facebook page to help sew scrub caps for our frontline staff back in August, members were quick to...
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Rebuild, recover and reenage with occupational therapy
Peninsula Health occupational therapist Warne Metrowich with client Jeanette. It is World Occupational Therapy Day and the theme of this OT Week, is about how this profession supports communities to...
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Introducing Peninsula Health’s new state-of-the-art MRI scanner
Frankston Hospital’s new SIGNA Artist, a state-of-the-art MRI scanner Peninsula Health has installed a new state-of-the-art MRI scanner, the first of its kind in a Victorian public hospital. The...
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100th birthday won’t wait for COVID
Centenarian Muriel Bettes marks her 100th birthday from the comfort of home. Photo: Supplied. Turning 100 is no small feat, just ask Muriel Bettes. Instead of celebrating the milestone in isolation,...
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Joint initiative to support rooming house residents
Frankston City Council and Peninsula Health are working together to provide infection control and support for vulnerable residents in rooming houses. Council CEO, Phil Cantillon, said: “It’s critical...
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Frankston drive-through and walk-in Screening Clinics relocate
Peninsula Health is opening a combined drive-through and walk-in COVID-19 Screening Clinic on the Frankston Hospital Campus. The new testing site, on the corner of Hastings Road and Yuille Street...
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Faces of Peninsula Health: Meet Jenna Nelson
Peninsula Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Jenna Nelson. Normally Jenna Nelson is caring for patients in the Frankston Emergency Department, but for most of this year she’s been doing what she does...
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