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.
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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.
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- Maternity and newborn
- Paediatric
SCV’s Mental Health Improvement Program is recruiting one Clinical Lead and two Lived Experience Leads (consumer and carer) to support the Safety for all: Towards elimination of restrictive practices - Breakthrough Series Collaborative.
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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.
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Interested in taking a deep dive into Victoria’s voluntary assisted dying data and using your research skills to compare our experience with overseas programs?
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Safety for all is a Mental Health Improvement Program initiative, which will respond to the Royal Commission’s key quality improvement priorities.
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Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) data is driving new initiatives to improve care for 20,000 people who present
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- Paediatric
- Emergency care
Tonsillectomy is one of the most common childhood surgeries and is usually performed to treat snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea or frequent tonsillitis.
New resources are now available to help families decide whether their child needs surgery to remove their tonsils.
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More babies are getting a better start to life, according to the latest data from Safer Care Victoria (SCV).
The annual Perinatal services performance indicators report compares outcomes for women and newborns at Victorian hospitals.
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- Paediatric