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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.

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.

Last month VAHI released our most recent report

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. 

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.

Disadvantaged women continue to experience poorer outcomes through pregnancy and birth amid broader improvements, the latest maternity and childhood data report reveals.

Our Paediatric Clinical Network is looking for a paediatric Nurse Unit Manager to chair the Nurse Unit Manager NUM Group and help enhance the care of children across Victoria... Read more...

Safer Care Victoria’s Critical Care Clinical Network is developing tools to improve and refine recognition and response systems across the state. We are looking for health services, clinicians and consumers to join the next phase of this project.