by CALHN | 17 Dec, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH
Lyall Pearce was feeling fit and healthy, having just celebrated his 50th birthday. “My grandmother lived to 101, so I was thinking I had about another 50 years left,” the husband and father of two from Hillcrest said. But when the ride to work he did every day...
by CALHN | 9 Dec, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH, TQEH
Patients will now have a more visual picture of their care thanks to a new initiative called ‘My health plan for today’ that is popping up on patient walls across CALHN sites. Designed as a visual engagement tool for patients, staff and their families, the My health...
by CALHN | 27 Oct, 2020 | Community, RAH
Surgeons at the Royal Adelaide Hospital are performing world-first hip replacement revision techniques, which are changing the lives of patients with failed hip replacements. The technique, developed by orthopaedic and trauma surgeon Professor Bogdan Solomon, helps...
by CALHN | 17 Oct, 2020 | Community, RAH
A new pilot program is supporting South Australia’s most vulnerable with better access to mental health care. In a partnership with Baptist Care, people experiencing homelessness and accessing services at Baptist Care’s WestCare Centre will have access to mental...
by CALHN | 15 Oct, 2020 | Community, RAH
Clothing care packs are being provided to women in crisis who present to the Royal Adelaide Hospital emergency department, thanks to a partnership the Betty Cares Foundation. The initial trial is a first for a South Australian hospital and is aimed at supporting women...
by CALHN | 14 Oct, 2020 | Central Adelaide LHN Staff, Community, RAH, Research
Implementing world-best practice for spinal cord injury, and a project improving outcomes for Aboriginal patients on dialysis, are among the initiatives to receive CALHN CEO Clinical Rapid Implementation Project Scheme (CRIPS) grants. This year four projects will each...
