Wear Pink for Breast Cancer - Queensland Health · 23-10-2019  · concerns via a ramp, while the service entry area will be used as a disability access point. Parking is unaffected

OCT 23, 2019www.health.qld.gov.au/widebay /widebayhealth [email protected]

A BOOK celebrating the history of public health care in the Mundubbera community has been launched at a special dinner marking 20 years since the opening of the town’s Multipurpose Health Service.

The Mundubbera Hospital Auxiliary was joined by 120 community members when it hosted the launch on October 12th of The History of the Mundubbera Hospital 1923–2019 by Sue Croft, at the Mundubbera Bowls Club.

Among the attendees were Peter, Bill and Rob O’Regan, who are the sons of Dr Stanley O’Regan, the first medical superintendent of the original Mundubbera Hospital.

Wide Bay Hospital and Health Board Chair Peta Jamieson and current superintendent of Mundubbera MPHS Dr Graham Rowles spoke about the changes in health care over the years, in areas including technology, staffing and the broad range of services provided.

“This new book provides a living document that enables people to reflect on the journey of public health care in the Mundubbera area,” Peta said.

While much has changed about healthcare and the services provided at Mundubbera over the years, what hasn’t changed is that they’ve been delivered by people who are dedicated, compassionate and caring.

On top of serving as the launch of the book and anniversary of the hospital move, the evening was a fundraiser for the refurbishment of the palliative care area with an auction raising more than $8,000 for the project.

“It was amazing to see so many of the community come together for this auspicious occasion,” Mundubbera Multipurpose Health Service Director of Nursing Jan-Adele Hotz said.

“Mundubbera hospital staff, residents and patients are truly thankful for the support of the Mundubbera Hospital Auxiliary, who work tirelessly for the betterment of the facility.

“Book author Sue Crofts is also to be congratulated on the amazing job she has done ensuring the history of the Mundubbera hospital up until 2019 will be forever in print and appropriately remembered.”

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What’s inside l Mental Health Week l Operational Services Week l Eidsvold Upgrade l Allied Health Professionals Day l Donations to our Hospitals l Telehealth Awareness Week l 60 Seconds with Vicki Sparkes l Stroke Symposium

Wear Pink for Breast CancerWIDE BAY Hospital and Health Service staff are encouraged to wear something pink on Wednesday October 30 to support breast cancer research.

There are many ways that staff can join in and GO PINK on the day. From decorating your work area pink, dressing in pink, or even hosting a pink morning tea.

Please note that staff are required to adhere to the WBHHS Uniform policy where applicable. Staff in the first instance should discuss with their line manager if it is operationally appropriate to participate.

If staff areas are wearing pink or a morning/afternoon tea, they are encouraged to collect donations which can be handed into the Bundaberg or Hervey Bay BreastScreen clinics.

There will also be a Pink Ribbon Cake Stall in the Hervey Bay Hospital Foyer on Monday October 28 from 9–11am.

Come along and make a purchase to support this great cause.

Have a story to share? Email the Media and Communications team.

Jan-Adele Hotz, Peta Jamieson, Susan Crofts (author), Monica Wooldridge (president Mundubbera Hospital Auxiliary) and Medical Superintendent Dr Graham Rowles. 

Launch turns new page on Mundubbera’s history

Staff actively promote mental wellnessWBHHS Mental Health staff joined together with members of the community to put mental wellness in focus, as part of Queensland Mental Health Week earlier this month.

Our Mental Health team organised and supported a range of positive community events during the week, from October 5–13, to support the theme of “Take time

for mental health”. The activities included ParkRun events, dragonboating come and try days, rock painting, a sausage sizzle and a flash mob dance in the Bundaberg CBD.

Executive Director of Mental Health and Specialised Services Robyn Bradley congratulated her team members on organising all the events, which she said were a great way to engage with the

community and encourage them to prioritise their mental wellness.

It was an amazing commitment from a great team of people who took their own time to continue to raise the importance of mental health for all the community,” Robyn said.

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ACROSS the Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service, our teams celebrated Operational Services Week by recognising their colleagues who keep our facilities and services running.

Operational Services Week recognises how our cooks, cleaners, wardies, theatre technicians, environmental services officers, security guards, plasterers, Allied Health Assistants and many other operational

officers serve in vital roles in each and every day.

A number of celebrations were held across our sites during Operational Services Week to mark the occasion and recognise the team members.

On behalf of WBHHS, the Wave hopes it was a chance for these team members to reflect on their often unsung efforts that make a real difference to the lives of patients and work colleagues.

Celebrating the teams who keep us running

Did you know?You can find information about our facilities including maps, visiting hours, contact details and patient guides on our website.

Visit www.health.qld.gov.au/widebay and check out our services and facilities pages to learn more.

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UPGRADES to Eidsvold Multipurpose Health Service have reached the next stage with work on relocating the administration area to the entrance of the hospital commencing on today (October 23).

As a result of the work, access to the facility has changed and all patients, visitors, community members and services are asked to follow the signage.

Eidsvold MPHS Director of Nursing Nicci Maher said the work to the entrance area followed the completion of upgrades to the

pharmacy, therapy room, several patient/resident rooms and clinical store room.

“It’s fantastic to have these upgrades completed as it makes our hospital a safer and more functional health facility for staff, patients and visitors,” Nicci said.

One of our urgent needs was to make the entry of Eidsvold MPHS safer and more welcoming, which is why we’re upgrading the area and moving the administration to the entrance.

“This will require some significant work, so we are altering the entrance and exit points of the building for the safety of our community, patients, visitors and services.”

There is still access for people with mobility concerns via a ramp, while the service entry area will be used as a disability access point.

Parking is unaffected by the work and there is clear signage for visitors to follow when they arrive on grounds.

“When people arrive at the hospital they will need to follow the signage and present to the nurse’s station for further direction,” Nicci said.

Eidsvold welcomes next stage of work

THE contributions of Allied Health professionals to patient care was celebrated by our rural team last week, as part of a new and growing movement.

The rural team had a day of learning and training as well as enjoying hot dogs and cake together.

Executive Director of Allied Health Stephen Bell said International Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Day was commemorated on October 14 for the first time this year in some health services across Australia, and WBHHS planned to mark it widely next year.

“This is an initiative that was started in 2018 by two clinicians in the UK to celebrate who Allied Health professionals are, what they do and why they are so valuable,” Stephen said.

“AHP Day is a social movement to recognise their contribution to patient care and population health, and a chance to get to know and celebrate their skills and achievements.

“In 2020, we intend to mark this day by holding service-wide celebrations of Allied Health professionals. Opportunities will be provided for our allied health teams to have input into planned activities and celebrations.”

Rural team celebrates Allied Health Professionals Day

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WBHHS teams across the Fraser Coast have expressed their thanks to the community groups, charities and schoolchildren who have supported them and their patients with recent donations.

Among the generous gifts was a cuddle cot donated by the Bears of Hope Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support to the Marie Gundesen Women’s Unit at Hervey Bay Hospital, in support of parents experiencing the loss of a baby.

The cot, valued at $4,500, has a special cooling system to enable parents to have extra time with their babies and say goodbye, and was donated in honour of baby Lily Cambridge Duesbury.

Students from all years at Fraser Coast Anglican College also showed their community spirit by donating copies of books they had written, illustrated and published to the Hervey Bay Hospital paediatric unit.

Teacher Kathryn Williams said the students had wanted to share their special books with the unit as a gesture of goodwill toward other children who had to spend time in hospital.

The Lioness Club of Maryborough donated $8580 to the Maryborough Hospital for the purchase of an AccuVein machine in memory of their late member Sandra Bradshaw. The AccuVein helps clinicians to see veins.

WBHHS would like to thank all these groups for their generous donations in support of our patients.

Community gives to local hospitals

Top: Cuddle cot donated to the Women’s Unit at Hervey Bay Hospital by the Bears of Hope Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support. Middle: Fraser Coast Anglican College students donate their books to Hervey Bay Hospital’s paediatric unit. Bottom: The Lioness Club of Maryborough with the AccuVein machine they donated to the Maryborough Hospital.

Become a Mo Bro this NovemberTHAT yearly excuse to grow some hair on your upper lip is almost upon us with Movember just over a week away.

From a certain point of view, terrible (or stylish) moes are grown across the Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service during November each year.

The point isn’t the look, after all whatever you grow will save a bro.

Movember is a yearly event which raises funds and creates awareness for prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention.

To get involved as a WBHHS staff member or to make a donation visit https://au.movember.com/team/2252409

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THE IMPACT of telehealth bringing care closer to home has been revealed on the eve of Telehealth Awareness Week with data displaying that Wide Bay patients have saved 1.5 million kilometres of travel by using the service.

Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service currently provides regular telehealth clinics for a variety of specialties including: diabetes, endocrinology, gastroenterology, aged care assessment, rural paediatrics, cancer care and rural allied health.

Our telehealth team also facilitates telehealth appointments for WBHHS patients with specialists, from a multitude of specialties, from outside our local area.

Telehealth Awareness Week will be celebrated and promoted next week to encourage more take up of the service with a range of come and try sessions as well as a celebration of the week which all facilities are welcome to take part in,” WBHHS Acting Telehealth co-ordinator Kathy Tobin said.

“Our aim for the week is to empower consumers to ask their medical provider ‘could my appointment be by telehealth’ and challenge our staff to consider ‘could I see this patient by telehealth next time’.”

There are many benefits of Telehealth for consumers including:• Reduced burden of navigating unfamiliar

hospital services• Reduced travel time and parking

arrangements• Reduced travel costs• Reduced time away from home • Reduced time off work • Reduced family or child care arrangements • Supporting local services keeps services

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The growth in telehealth appointments conducted by WBHHS has been impressive, growing from 1421 outpatient telehealth appointments in 2013/14 to 6971 outpatient telehealth appointments in 2018/19.

As part of Telehealth Awareness Week, the following “Come and Try” sessions will be held:• Bundaberg Hospital, outside cafeteria —

October 28, 10am–2pm• Hervey Bay Hospital, dining room —

October 31, 10am–2pm• Maryborough Hospital, foyer —

November 1, 10.30am–2.30pm

“We encourage all staff and consumers to come along in and there is no need to sign up beforehand,” Ms Tobin said.

“You can also come and join us for cake to celebrate Telehealth Awareness Week and all the hard work that everyone puts in to make it happen.”

Rural facilities will celebrate on October 29 at 9.30am while Bundaberg and Fraser Coast will celebrate on October 30 at 10am.

Locations for the celebration will be the Bundaberg Hospital dining room, Hervey Bay Hospital dining room, Maryborough Hospital foyer and staff from rural facilities should contact their Director of Nursing for details of where they will be celebrating.

WBHHS Telehealth contacts are: Kathy Tobin – Acting Telehealth Coordinator 0455 081 388 or 4303 8211 Miranda Keys – Acting Telehealth Administration Officer 4150 2295.

Save the date!No make that save two dates!

Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service will be hosting two balls next year to mark the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife.

So mark: he following details in your diary:

• Saturday May 9 at the Hervey Bay RSL

• Saturday May 3 at the Brothers Sports Club, Bundaberg.

Further details will follow in a future Wave, including how to book a ticket.

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What’s OnOCTOBER1–31 Anxiety and Depression Awareness

Month1–31 Breast Cancer Awareness Month1–31 Pink Ribbon Breakfast1–31 Girl’s Night In1–31 Ocsober1–31 Pink Ribbon Breakfast1–31 Polio Awareness Month1–31 Sexual Violence Awareness Month1–31 Shoctober1–31 Walktober29 Safe Work activities, Maryborough28–3 Telehealth Awareness Week30 Wear Pink for Breast Cancer dayNOVEMBER1–30 ALPHA-1 Awareness Month1–30 Lung Cancer Awareness Month1–30 Movember1–30 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month10–16 Perinatal Depression and Anxiety

Awareness Week

Your role? Senior Occupational Therapist, Rurals.

How long have you been at WBHHS? I began in July last year.

How do you describe what you do? As one of two OTs, I cover a diverse caseload, from babies to the elderly. The whole goal of what I do is to help our rural patients return to activities they want and need to do. We do this over eight towns, so we see some countryside.

What’s best about your job? The best part of my job is knowing that we get to provide quality services to those who love and choose the rural lifestyle. I don’t think healthcare should be limited based on where you live.

When you’re not at work, you are… The biggest homebody! I enjoy playing in my garden, spending time with my cattle dogs and husband (not in that order). I also enjoy taking candid photos

of people. It always brings a smile to my face.

What do you enjoy about living in Wide Bay?

The wide open space. The kind people. The country lifestyle. And, it’s close enough to my family in an afternoon, but far enough that my mother isn’t within earshot ☺

Tell us a fun fact about you. I lived and worked as an OT in rural Colorado for 2 years. I’m very familiar with the small town USA feel!! I loved my time there.

What was the last movie you saw? 007 Casino Royal.

Tea or coffee? Cat or dog? Maroons or Blues? Tea, tea, tea; Dogs! My husband and I have 7 working dogs; No question, Maroons!!

TrainStation reminderEarly in November WBHHS will be transitioning to a new look TrainStation.

The volume of traffic on the current platform exceeded expectations, resulting in the need to transition to a more flexible, user friendly system.

To assist the process, staff should ensure email addresses in the current system are up to date before October 31.

To check CLICK on your User Name on the top RH corner of the page.

The new TrainStation will send you an email with your user name and password when the system goes live.

If you have a query or need assistance, please contact: [email protected]

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Joke of the dayPaddy’s wife was getting ready to give birth, so he took her to the hospital.

When they got there, the midwife said to him: “How dilated is she?”

Paddy beamed and replied: “Ah, we’re both just over the moon.”

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Contact WBHHS Education, Training and ResearchPhone: Hervey Bay – 4325 6104 Maryborough – 4122 8315 Bundaberg – 4150 2228 Email: WBHHS-ETR-Services@

health.qld.gov.au

To access registration forms, training information or resources, go to the Education, Training and Research page on QHEPS

Training CalendarOccupational Violence Prevention (Maybo) Level 3

BBH 24 Oct

PROMPT (Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training)

MH 24 Oct

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with VAC

MBH 24 Oct

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Practices

EMP 24 Oct

PRAISE General Work Health and Safety Fundamentals

BBH 25 Oct

SRAM-ED Foundational GH 25 OctOccupational Violence Prevention (Maybo) Level 3

BBH 28 Oct

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Practices

BBH 29 Oct

Central Venous Access Devices

MBH 30 Oct

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Practices

BBH 30 Oct

Workplace Harassment (Bullying), Sexual Harassment, and Discrimination

MBH 30 Oct

OPTIMUS CORE HBH 31 OctPROMPT (Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training)

BBH 31 Oct

Managing Performance MBH 31 OctALS Refresher (non-accredited with ACRRM or ANZCA)

BBH 1 Nov

Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK) Refresher and Audit

BBH 1 Nov

neoResus Advanced HBH 1 NovAdvanced Life Support MH 5 NovDementia Essentials BBH 5 NovOccupational Violence Prevention (Maybo) Level 3

BBH 5 Nov

BBH–Bundaberg Hospital; BMP–Biggenden Multipurpose Health Service; CCB–Cancer Care Bundaberg; CMP = Childers Multipurpose Health Service; EMP–Eidsvold Multipurpose Health Service; GGH = Gin Gin Hospital; GH–Gayndah Hospital; HBH–HBH; MBH–MBH; MMP–Mundubbera Multipurpose Health Service; MOH–Monto Hospital; MPH - Mount Perry Health Centre; OFF - Off site.Find out more by logging into TrainStation

BUNDABERG HOSPITAL has hosted an Acute Stroke Management Symposium in an effort to utilise the latest clinical knowledge and grow the collaboration with our tertiary partners.

Clinical Director Associate Professor Dr Andrew Wong, Dr Andrew Bivard PHD, Dr Michael Roizman and Neurology Nurse Practitioner Meaghan Osborne from the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Acute Stroke Team led sessions at the symposium alongside Tim Howell from Medtronic and a range of WBHHS staff.

More than 50 doctors, nurses and allied health staff attended the symposium.

“It was fantastic to have the RBWH Acute Stroke Team led by Clinical Director Dr Andrew Wong at Bundaberg Hospital to share their knowledge and experience as part of our Acute Stroke Symposium,” WBHHS General Manager, Division of Medicine, Peter Wood said.

“We’ve been working collaboratively with the RBWH to ensure Wide Bay patients have improved treatment pathways and the symposium is part of strengthening the knowledge of everyone involved in that collaboration.

“Our team not only learn the latest information from the Acute Stroke team, while we can pass on our first-hand knowledge about care in regional Queensland.

“Not only does that lead to education, but a better understanding by all parties which improves communication and delivers better outcomes for our patients.”

Topics covered at the symposium included:• Acute stroke presentation• Code stroke management• Management of stroke vs Functional

neurological disorder• Learning from our journey to endovascular

clot retrieval • CT Brain perfusion – how it value adds in

stroke evaluation and management• Thrombolysis decision making• Endovascular clot retrieval• Stroke prevention

As part of a session on endovascular clot retrieval, Bundaberg Hospital Staff Specialist Physician Dr Dhananjay Parshuramakar shared the case study of the first Bundaberg patient who had the procedure performed following the use of CT perfusion to accurately identify the extent of recoverable brain tissue.

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Members of the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Acute Stroke Team and Wide Bay Hospital and Health Service Staff share their experiences at the Acute Stroke Management Symposium.

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