SHEPPARTON’S local hospital, Goulburn Valley Health, has taken out two of the top accolades for this year’s Victorian Public Health Awards.
In the Safer Care Victoria Partnering in Healthcare category, GV Health was highly commended for its vaccination buses, Jabba the Bus and Maxine Vaccine, which enjoyed a particularly popular profile during the initial rollout of Covid vaccines.
In the same category, GV Health was awarded top honours for its collaboration with Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Eastern Health, St Vincent’s Hospital, Deepdene Surgery, healthAbility and Access Health and Community for its innovative iCanEAT initiative.
The iCanEAT approach is a specialised pathway that assists patients with cancer, carers and health professionals to achieve and deliver optimal nutrition care.
In conjunction with its two impressive wins, GV Health also became a finalist for its Community Kitchen Project which incorporated aged care facilities, Grutzner House, Waranga Aged Care/hostel and Tatura Parkvilla Aged Care. For this initiative, GV Health was a proud finalist in the Excellence in Public Aged Care category.
Recognising the positive impact of possum skin cloaks for indigenous patients undergoing cancer treatment, GV Health created a program to incorporate the culturally significant skins to foster healing through emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
For its Possum Skin Cloaks in Oncology program, GV Health became a finalist in the Improving Aboriginal Health category.
In praise for GV Health’s outstanding achievements, CEO Matt Sharp said, “These awards recognise excellence in innovation across the state and show that GV Health teams and initiatives are amongst the best in Victoria. Congratulations and thank you to all staff involved in these activities.”
