Good to Go at the RCH
The purpose of the RCH’s Good to Go program is to ensure efficient use of beds and improve patient access within existing resources.
RCH News
Telehealth sleep study
The RCH’s innovative Telehealth Sleep Study has allowed patients to be tested for obstructive sleep apnoea from the comfort of their own bed.
Why not Wallaby?
The RCH Wallaby ward allows the provision of acute care to RCH patients in the comfort of their own home; surrounded by parents, siblings and friends.
RCH Great Care Rounds
Great Care Rounds allow The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Executive team to experience life on the coal face of the hospital and assist staff to continually improve quality of care. The Great Care Round (GCR) is an interactive program that provide patients, families and staff the opportunity to interact with members of the RCH Executive team. … Continued
Influx of patients at the Teddy Bear Hospital
In 2013-14 University of Melbourne medical students were mobilised to help The Royal Children’s Hospital cope with an influx of…sick and injured teddy bears.
Specialist Clinics: Improving flow and access
The RCH has embarked upon several projects to improve Specialist Clinic access, make better use of current capacity and ensure the patient’s journey is managed in a timely and efficient manner.
2014 RCH Chairman’s Medal and Great Care Awards
The RCH Chairman’s Medal and Great Care Awards celebrate the people and programs that lead the way.
RCH rises to meet emergency demand
The RCH Emergency Department continues to experience unprecedented demand, with more 80,000 presentations in the 2013-14 financial year.
Santa makes spirits bright at the RCH
A very special visitor came to the RCH to launch Christmas.
RCH ‘My anaesthetic passport’ trial
The RCH’s ‘My Anaesthetic Passport’ enables parents and staff to follow a specific plan for anaesthesia, safeguarding the needs of each individual patient.