Kids health
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NICU awareness month: inspiring hope
September is Newborn Intensive Care Unit month, a time to celebrate the continuous hard work and dedication of our NICU team.Monday 11 November 2019 -
“Life for Bella started the day she had her operation.”
Ten years on, Isabella is thriving after being one of Australia's first children to have a spring cranioplasty surgery.Tuesday 15 October 2019 -
Share the journey this Mental Health Month
Mental illness affects one in five Australians. The World Health Organisation estimates between 10-20% of children and adolescents worldwide experience mental health disorders, with half of these occurring before the age of 14.
Thursday 10 October 2019 -
Asthma education for our culturally diverse community
The Aiming for Asthma Improvement in Children Program (AAIC), an initiative of the Respiratory Department at SCH, has won the Multilingual Health Information Awards, Patient Safety Category, for their newly developed and translated resources around ‘Working together towards asthma improvement and zero deaths’.Friday 6 September 2019 -
Families the focus in Child Protection
The Network has Child Protection Units (CPU) across both hospitals. These multi-disciplinary teams consist of social workers, doctors and occupational therapists, and provide assessments for children and young people (up to the age of 16) where there are concerns raised regarding suspected physical abuses, sexual abuse and neglect.Wednesday 4 September 2019