Champions for Children: Meet George and Greta

Everyone experiences pain differently and there are many ways to manage pain. For children living with chronic pain, the cause and effects can vary greatly. We chat with George Chalkiadis and Greta Palmer from the RCH’s Children’s Pain Management Service to learn more.

Do you know how to treat a burn?

As winter brings cooler temperatures and more time spent indoors, it is timely to consider burn safety inside the home. Many burn injuries are preventable and Elliott Doxey’s story is the perfect example of the benefits of knowing appropriate first aid treatment.

International Nurses Day: Meet Sarah McHugh

It’s International Nurses Day, celebrated around the world every May 12 on the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. Today we recognise the contributions of all of our nurses at the RCH, and around the world.

Hospital guardians: Meet the team keeping the community safe

In honour of International Women’s Day, we recognise three women who have played a vital role at the RCH over the past year – Kate O’Donaghue, Jane Tomlinson and Kareena Johnson from our Infection Prevention & Control team.

11th National Bioethics Conference now calling for abstracts

This year the 11th National Bioethics Conference will explore these challenges and the impact they have on healthcare – under the title ‘Respecting different perspectives’.We are now inviting submissions of abstracts for oral presentations – standard papers or de-identified case studies.

Children in immigration detention

About 1000 doctors, nurses and clinical support staff across the Royal Children’s Hospital have gathered to express their concern about children in immigration detention.