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30 Oct 2017
Appreciating our experts in motion
As part of National Occupational Therapy Week, St John of God Health Care Hospitals celebrated the unique skills occupational therapy caregivers provide to patients.
30 Oct 2017
Merry Christmas from the CEO
Christmas provides most of us with the chance to slow down and to spend meaningful time with our family and friends, to reflect on the year that has past, and to share the Christmas spirit of caring and love with those around us.
30 Oct 2017
Exceptional care for mums and babies
Babies are born everyday across our hospitals, including Christmas day. Mothers and their babies receive the very best care informed by research, delivered by our doctors, midwives and nurses.
30 Oct 2017
A West Australian First
St John of God Foundation is excited to announce a West Australian first this Christmas.
30 Oct 2017
Arts and health enabling better patient outcomes
The benefits of using arts to enhance the wellbeing of patients at St John of God Warrnambool Hospital was recently highlighted through a program offered in partnership with Musica Viva Australia.
30 Oct 2017
Mother thriving not just surviving
This Christmas, St John of God Foundation is celebrating our donors who enable our caregivers to provide the best possible care to people like Fiona – 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days of the year.
30 Oct 2017
Caring for patients and families
Christmas babies born on the 25th of December will become a part of our special 12,000+ babies who are born each year across St John of God Health Care hospitals. Each and every one of them will be cared for by amazing caregivers like Cate.
30 Oct 2017
Western Australian boy raises funds for cancer
This Christmas, the Foundation is celebrating and acknowledging our brave fundraisers like Jake, who show the utmost of compassion for those in need.
30 Oct 2017
Unveiling of new St John of God Berwick Hospital
We are excited to announce the opening of the new St John of God Berwick Hospital, following this holiday season. Thanks to our generous donors, we are able to offer new and improved treatments locally.
30 Oct 2017
Moort Boodjari Mia achieves milestone for maternity care
St John of God Midland Public Hospital based service, Moort Boodjari Mia, recently supported its 80th patient since St John of God Health Care took over the maternity support program for women and men having a baby that identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and their partners.
27 Oct 2017
Introducing our 10,000th baby for 2017
This week St John of God Health Care is celebrating 10,000 babies born this year to date, with an average of 34 babies born each day.
26 Oct 2017
Open Day a success
Despite being the first rainy day in months, over 150 visitors braved the weather to experience first-hand St John of God Richmond Hospital’s famous hospitality and find out more about the hospital’s trauma services.
25 Oct 2017
Thank you to our pastoral services team
Did you know our Pastoral Services team are available for both you and your loved ones at St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital?
25 Oct 2017
New CEO announced for St John of God Bendigo Hospital
We are pleased to announce that Trevor Matheson has been appointed to the permanent position of St John of God Bendigo Hospital Chief Executive Officer, effective 30 October 2017.
20 Oct 2017
Multi-million dollar revamp at Geelong complete
The blessing and opening of the Bridget Clancy Wing at St John of God Geelong Hospital in August marked the completion of the hospital’s latest $21 million upgrade and represented the final stage of almost a $100m investment in new facilities and services during the past five years.
19 Oct 2017
A focus on welcoming all this Pastoral Care Week
This year the theme of Pastoral Care Week, from 22 to 28 October, is hospitality – which is also a core St John of God Health Care Value.
18 Oct 2017
How to be wound aware
Did you know that nearly half a million Australians a day suffer from chronic wounds? This can cost up to $10 000 per patient, adding an estimated $3 billion to the health care system.
16 Oct 2017
Using the whiteboard to improve patient care
At SJG Mt Lawley Hospital, our priority is to provide best quality patient care and to improve the way we communicate with our patients and families.
12 Oct 2017
Celebrating Perioperative Nurses Week
We recently celebrated Perioperative Nurses Week, recognising the amazing role our perioperative nurses play in delivering the best quality patient care at SJG Mt Lawley Hospital.
12 Oct 2017
St John of God Bendigo now providing L-Dex to Breast cancer patients
St John of God Bendigo Hospital is now able to identify early stages of lymphoedema in patients at risk of developing the condition from breast cancer treatment, thanks to the Valkyrie Groups generous donation.
11 Oct 2017
The story behind the photos
Seeing the intense emotions experienced first-hand as the new Nurse Manager for St John of God Bunbury Hospital’s Renal Unit, Kerry Smith was inspired to make the unit feel more welcoming. The results are breathtaking.
10 Oct 2017
World Mental Health Day
10 October is World Mental Health Day. One in five Australians are affected by mental illness, yet many don’t seek help because of stigma. We can all do something to help shed a more positive light on mental health.
9 Oct 2017
Celebrating Mental Health Week
St John of God Midland Public Hospital is holding a maternity wellbeing fair on 11 October and a mental health expo on Friday 13 October, as part of its activities for Mental Health Week.
5 Oct 2017
Celebrating our Foundations 1920 to 1950
Every year St John of God Health Care celebrates the Foundation of the Sisters of St John of God. This year, as a part of our Foundation Day celebrations we look back at the period from 1920 to 1950 when the Sisters’ kept their hospitals running ‘by the grace of God and a safety pin’.
4 Oct 2017
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer is the most common form of cancer in Australian women with one in eight females diagnosed by the time they reach 85. Although survival rates continue to improve, with 89 out of 100 women living more than five years past diagnosis, it is still more important than ever to raise breast cancer awareness given early detection yields the best prognosis.
3 Oct 2017
Stroke rehabilitation inspires Stroke4Stroke
Jeremy Naik, a radiographer at the time, was attending a cardiac conference in San Francisco in October 2015. That is when he suffered his first stroke. This is his story.
2 Oct 2017
Introducing the new St John of God Midland Public Hospital CEO
St John of God Health Care stalwart Michael Hogan appointed as St John of God Midland Public Hospital Chief Executive Officer.