News

Patient to volunteer, companionship and conversation

20 May 2019

Volunteer Kate Pointon knows what it’s like to be a patient on the Neurosurgery ward at The Alfred – it’s where she spent three months last year recovering from a brain aneurysm. Now, she’s one of the first “Host Volunteers”, providing patients on the Neurosurgery and Trauma wards with companionship and conversation.

volunteers

Thanking our nurses

12 May 2019

As we recognise International Nurses Day on Sunday 12th (the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth) we celebrate all of our nurses at Alfred Health and the vital role they play in delivering quality healthcare to our communities.

nursing education

staff

Road to Recovery is clear for burns team

9 May 2019

The Alfred burns team has launched a new web resource designed to help regional clinicians care for patients with severe burns, once they return home.

burns

Honouring wartime Alfred nurses

29 April 2019

The Alfred Hospital Nurses League took part in the march to the Shrine of Remembrance on ANZAC Day 2019.

staff

Easter break warning from road trauma survivor

17 April 2019

Graham Arkle was driving an eight-tonne army vehicle to an exhibition in March when a b-double crashed into the back of him on the Hume Freeway near Glenrowan.

emergency & trauma

Take care while camping this Easter

17 April 2019

Burns specialists at The Alfred are urging people to take care while camping this long weekend, after new figures show the Easter period has the highest incidence of flame burns compared to any other time of year.

burns

Targeting tumours from the inside and out

15 April 2019

Alfred Health Radiation Oncology experts have demonstrated the benefit of combining two forms of radiation treatment to target prostate cancer.

cancer

radiation therapy

research & innovation

Trialling laughing gas for depression

12 April 2019

Researchers at The Alfred will trial using laughing gas to treat patients with depression after studies overseas showed promising results.

mental health

research & innovation

STI rise not linked with condom use among men using PrEP

10 April 2019

Sexual health experts are reinforcing the importance of frequent testing as new research highlights a significant increase in STIs among gay and bisexual men using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

hiv

sti

Patient turns mentor following traumatic brain injury

2 April 2019

A traumatic brain injury in July 2017 left 48-year-old Mark unable to move or communicate. After eighteen months of care and support from Alfred Health staff, along with his own strength and determination, Mark is now active and social, and he’s been invited back to hospital to mentor other patients.

allied health

physiotherapy