Latest Posts

Personalised care of children with medical complexity and their families:

Dr Doug Bryan is a paediatrician who has worked at the Royal Children’s Hospital since 1970. During those 48 years the prognosis and life prospects for children with chronic and complex medical conditions have improved dramatically. This has occurred partly from the discovery of new interventions but also in large part to the development of systems of care that specifically focus on the care and needs of these children and their families.

.

Australia’s refugee law and policy in a global context

Although Australia receives a disproportionately small share of the world’s refugees, the ‘problem’ of unauthorized boat arrivals has been a highly controversial and political one in recent decades.  In this Grand Round for Refugee week, Professor Michelle Foster, from the Melbourne Law School, will discuss the key problems with Australia’s current system of refugee protection, focusing in particular on mandatory indefinite detention.

.

Impartial handling of health complaints for all Victorians

On the first of February 2017 the office of the Health Complaints Commissioner came into operation under new legislation, the Health Complaints Act 2016. This Act repealed the Health Services (Conciliation and Review) Act 1987 and thus replaced the previous office of the Health Services Commissioner with the Health Complaints Commissioner.

.

New therapies for genetic diseases

This Grand Round will present data on the latest clinical trials in Friedreich ataxia, haemochromatosis and inherited skeletal disorders (achondroplasia and Schmid chondrodysplasia).

.

Suspected child abuse: a forensic challenge

Television has brought forensic medicine into everyone’s living room, but the reality of the discipline is far removed from these dramas. But what really is clinical forensic medicine and what is this discipline’s role in the investigation of suspected child abuse?

.

Paediatric MR PET imaging at the RCH: New insights in cancer and neurology

MR PET imaging is a new technology that allows the simultaneous acquisition of Magnetic Resonance (MR) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Images for clinical studies. It has provided invaluable diagnostic information in children with cancer, complex neurological problems and other conditions.

.

The Charter of Human Rights in Victoria: Does it matter for practice at RCH?

Victoria was the first Australian State to adopt a comprehensive human rights law in the form of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006. Human rights can help build stronger and transparent decision making that focuses on the person, and is particularly beneficial in strengthening healthcare decision making.

.