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A new ‘Hospital in the Home’ service is helping more children with less severe respiratory illnesses receive medical care from the comfort of their beds.

Six year old James was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in December 2021. His mum, Annika, tells how a post on the WCHN Facebook page helped her to realise her son might be one of the 10,000 children in Australia living with this condition.

As part of a progressive plan towards safely ‘Living With COVID’, the Women’s and Children’s Hospital is bidding farewell to the security concierge staff who have conducted over 1.2 million visitor health screenings since the start of the pandemic.

The National Reconciliation Week 2022 theme, “Be Brave. Make Change.” is a challenge to all Australians — individuals, families, communities, organisations and government—to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation.

To celebrate the International Day of the Midwife, we introduce you to Steph who has been a midwife for 15 years and works at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

The Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN) has strengthened its response to domestic and family violence with the launch of Cedar Health Service: Inclusive Domestic and Family Violence Healthcare.