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Children in the Emergency Department (ED) deteriorate unexpectedly. Paediatric sentinel events and coroners’ cases have recurring themes related to parent/carers' inability to effectively escalate their concerns about their child's deterioration whilst in the ED.

Ensuring early intervention and preventative care programs focus on improving outcomes for priority maternal and child populations is a key recommendation in the latest maternity and childhood data report.

Adverse patient safety events are rarely isolated to one health service and much can be learned by sharing review findings. 

Going beyond blaming human error, health services are encouraged to dive deep into the contributing factors behind the most serious cases of patient harm in Victoria.

With the support of Adult Retrieval Victoria, Ambulance Victoria, the Paediatric Clinical Network, Safer Care Victoria is introducing the Paediatric Critical Health Resource Information System (Paediatric CHRIS) on 16 March 2022 across Victoria.

Patients who are seriously harmed in hospitals will receive a genuine apology, understand what happened and why, and be part of future improvements – thanks to legislative amendments passed by Parliament yesterday.

Safer Care Victoria is delighted to announce the appointment of a new Chief Allied Health Officer, Ms Briana Baass. Briana will replace Ms Donna Markham who has served in the role since 2018, providing leadership and strategic direction for Victoria’s allied health workforce.

Children and adolescents with a post-COVID-19 systemic hyperinflammatory syndrome have been reported in Victoria and NSW in association with the current Delta variant.

The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak is testing us like never before. We send this open message of solidarity to you, the many healthcare workers in clinical, support and administrative roles across Victoria.