Families are putting off important routine childhood immunisations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest findings from The RCH National Child Health Poll has found.

26 August 2020.

The Centre for Community Child Health’s Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) has successfully adapted its operations to ensure babies continue to receive the best chance of normal speech and language development despite challenges posted by COVID-19.

13 August 2020.

Leonardo Htoo Doe was only 16 months old when he went through a life-changing operation.

10 August 2020.

A new shared electronic medical record (EMR) system is now up and running across The Royal Children’s Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Royal Women’s Hospital and Royal Melbourne.

10 August 2020.

The RCH’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit has resumed normal services.

3 August 2020.

Evie’s family will never forget being told their six-year-old daughter would die if she did not have a liver transplant within 48 hours.

28 July 2020.

The RCH is Victoria’s dedicated paediatric pandemic hospital and our team – like all Victorian hospitals – have prepared ourselves to respond to increased case numbers and outbreaks.

28 July 2020.

How do you express a smile when half of your face is hidden? It’s a question confronting many Melburnians living in an unfamiliar new masked reality, where the go-to gesture for putting one another at ease suddenly feels so obstructed.

27 July 2020.

National Diabetes Week runs from July 12 – 18, and this year, the focus is on raising awareness and supporting the emotional and mental health needs of people living with diabetes.

16 July 2020.

Wednesday July 15, 2020

15 July 2020.