Great Ocean Road Health
Young docs want coast work
Great Ocean Road Health’s GP registrar applications for next year have hit record numbers, despite GP shortages across Victoria, particularly in regional areas.
COVID protocols stay in place
With Victoria’s pandemic declaration and isolation requirements ending, Great Ocean Road Health is still working to protect its consumers, aged-care residents and staff members.
Support for palliative care
Not everyone enjoys talking about the end of life or death, but Great Ocean Road Health wants to make the end-of-life experience as comforting as possible for patients and their loved ones.
Students boost nursing care
Great Ocean Road Health will benefit from new registered nursing and midwifery students, as part of a government investment to support the state’s healthcare workforce.
Census data reveals Bay’s health burden
Apollo Bay’s population is growing, getting older, and dealing with high levels of asthma, arthritis and cancer.
Bay community’s new doc on block
The Apollo Bay Medical Centre has welcomed a new locum doctor.
Health service hubs to facilitate industry training
Great Ocean Road Health and Timboon Health and District Healthcare Service will establish new hubs to form an industry-based network of rural health agencies to facilitate health industry training.
Nurse back from Pacific post
A Lorne nurse unit manager has again put his hand up to assist a neighbouring country with its response to a COVID-19 outbreak – this time in Vanuatu.