In August 2023, we announced the Safer Care for Kids project. This project aims to implement the following recommendations made by paediatric clinicians, consumers and health service managers who identified reasons for potential harm to paediatric patients:
We are committed to updating our maternity and neonatal eHandbooks as a priority project. Over the next 12 months, we will systematically update over 100 guidance items using the highest level of evidence available or by expert consensus agreement, where evidence is lacking.
The Neonatal eHandbook is a trusted and indispensable guide for healthcare professionals caring for neonates in Victoria. Our updates will strengthen this resource.
Recently published evidence has demonstrated that tight blood pressure targets in pregnancy are associated with improved maternal outcomes and are not associated with increased risk for the unborn baby. CCOPMM have observed an increase in maternal and fetal morbidity associated with delayed treatment of elevated blood pressure.
Rebecca (Bek) Van Wollingen is a distinguished healthcare leader with a proven track record in making significant contributions to safety enhancement and patient care. Armed with a Master of Public Health (Communicable disease control) and a Master of Business Administration, Bek brings a unique blend of expertise to her work.
Executive Director Safety, Dr Andy Phillips, has worked for the past 37 years as a healthcare leader in 6 countries. Before Safer Care Victoria, Andy was seconded to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and Health New Zealand to write the first national health plan for New Zealand and to provide clinical support for the development and implementation of health system values and behaviours.
We're developing an all-purpose resource for clinicians to provide to patients having planned surgery (also known as elective surgery). This work is part of the Surgery Recovery and Reform program aimed at improving care for patients on preparation lists (formally known as waitlists).
The Cardiovascular Learning Health Network (CVDLHN) brings cardiac and stroke clinicians, researchers, academics, and consumers together to improve the safety and quality of cardiovascular healthcare delivered in Victoria.
Clinicians, academics, and those with a lived experience of cardiovascular disease form the Victorian network that collaborates and shares information and experiences with each other to drive system wide improvements in cardiovascular health.