Grampians Health celebrates Harmony Week
25 March 2022 Grampians Health proudly recognises and celebrates the cultural diversity of our staff, clients and patients, and our community, every day of the year. Today Claire Woods, Grampians Health Interim Chief People Officer visited the Edenhope campus where she spoke on the importance of bringing together people of all cultures in our organisation. Read the full article…
Community voices to inform the direction of Grampians Health
23 March 2022 Community Reference Groups (CRGs) across the Grampians region will provide an ongoing, formal channel of communication between the newly formed Grampians Health and its community. The four groups based at Edenhope, Horsham/Dimboola, Stawell and Ballarat, will represent community interests and advocate for their local communities in their role to continually inform the Read the full article…
COVID-19 Clinic Entering a New Phase
Stawell Regional Health thanks the Community, Staff and All Partners Stawell Regional Health is extending a heartfelt thank you to all members of our community and our staff who have helped us make it this far in the pandemic. Thank you as well to our partners such as Northern Grampians Shire Council and Grampians Community Read the full article…
Dale Fraser appointed Grampians Health CEO
Grampians Health has appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer Dale Fraser to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Bill Brown, Board Chair of Grampians Health, said the appointment was a positive step forward for the health service, which was established in November 2021 to deliver improved quality, accessibility and sustainability of healthcare services closer to home. Read the full article…
Community asked to come forward for testing following a report of a second unexpected COVID-19 detection in the Stawell wastewater treatment plant.
MEDIA AND COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT – Wednesday, 10 November 2021 Today the Grampians Public Health Unit (GPHU) received a report of a second unexpected COVID-19 detection in the Stawell wastewater treatment plant from samples collected over the past five days (this time very strong). This means that it is likely that someone living or working in or visiting Stawell has COVID-19 and does not know. For this reason anyone who lives, works in or Read the full article…
Announcement: A new health service for the Grampians
The boards of Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services have welcomed the Victorian Government’s approval for the health services to come together as one. The new health service called Grampians Health will officially commence on 1 November 2021, following years of strong collaboration and close Read the full article…
COVID Clinic – Drive-through Testing Back at the Hospital
The COVID Clinic will do drive-through testing back the Hospital premises from Tuesday, 12 October, 10 am until 2pm. The team will be available daily to assist the community with doing their swabs. No appointment is necessary, anyone needing a test can come through the marquee. Current turnaround time for test results is 36 – Read the full article…
COVID-19 ALERT – Positive COVID-19 case confirmed
SRH can confirm that a clinical team member tested positive to COVID-19. The staff member worked on site in the radiology department Monday, September 27th, Tuesday, 28th and Wednesday 29th September. If you had an ultrasound over those three days, you will need a test and isolate for 14 days. The Grampians Public Health Unit Read the full article…
A Call to Arms: Support the local COVID19 Response – join the Stawell Regional Health COVID clinic testing and vaccination teams
Stawell Regional Health CEO, Kate Pryde, is reaching out to the medical, paramedicine, nursing and allied health workforce in our community to think about joining the local COVID response efforts at the Stawell Regional Health COVID clinic that offers both COVID-19 testing and Vaccination Clinic services. “The Vaccination services are offering many more appointments times Read the full article…
Changes to Visitor Hours due to current Covid-19 restrictions
We are encouraging our community to act responsibly and follow the new state-wide restrictions for movement. We aim to keep our patients and community safe and will be following the guidelines set out by the Department of Health. Some exceptions can be made for carers, special circumstances and visitors of palliative care patients. Phone numbers Read the full article…