Outstanding public health services named
Victoria’s world-class health services have been recognised for their excellence, dedication and innovation in the 2018 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards. Source
Safer Care Victoria Clinical Fellowship
Safer Care Victoria is seeking clinicians to help drive high profile healthcare improvements, in the first Clinical Fellowship of its kind in the country. Source
New credentialing and scope of clinical practice policy out now
Clearer requirements for annual credential checks and an expanded appeals process are among some of the updates to the state’s policy for credentialing and scope of clinical practice for senior medical practitioners. Source
Helping Victoria’s health services respond to serious clinical incidents
Health services will be able to draw on independent expertise when reviewing serious clinical incidents, under a new Safer Care Victoria proposal. Source
Better Care Victoria launches new website
Discover tools and knowledge around best practice healthcare innovation and improvement, learn more about BCV, and read about the team, board and committee members. Source
Two-pronged attack increases potency of new anti-cancer drugs
The combination of birinapant and p38 inhibitors showed promise in preclinical studies as a new treatment for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Both drugs have been studied alone in clinical trials for treating cancer, offering hope that the combination could be safely given to people with AML who have few other treatment options. Dr Najoua Lalaoui, […]