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Healing country and healing health this NAIDOC WeekThe Royal Women’s Hospital has celebrated NAIDOC Week with a special webinar for its staff exploring this year’s theme – Heal Country!
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The Women’s Disability Action Plan Advisory Committee seeks new membersWe are encouraging women with lived experience of disability to have their say on how our hospital can improve for staff and patients with disability, and give guidance on our current and future Disability Action Plan as committee members.
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How Katie found hope after devastating lossKatie was 28 weeks pregnant when she developed a life-threatening pregnancy condition. Watch and read her story and donate to support the Women’s life-saving research.
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Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2021The Women’s recently marked International Day of the Midwife (5 May) and International Nurses Day (12 May) by holding its annual Nursing and Midwifery Awards.
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Sorry, every day – marking National Sorry Day at the Women’sThe Royal Women’s Hospital has marked National Sorry Day with a special webinar for its staff exploring intergenerational trauma, the role of the Women’s in the Stolen Generations and the importance of reconciliation and healing.
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Welcoming emphasis on women’s health in Victorian BudgetKey announcements commended by the Women’s include the $6.5 million for new and existing sexual and reproductive health hubs; $354 million for family violence prevention and response; $70 million for public IVF services; and the $6.9 million for community perinatal health teams.
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Milestone for Melbourne’s life-saving preeclampsia prediction testA test predicting the potentially fatal pregnancy condition, preeclampsia, has reached a milestone in its use here at the Women's – the first hospital in Australia to study and rollout use of the test.
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Making access to fertility services more equitableThe Royal Women’s Hospital has welcomed yesterday’s announcement by the Victorian Minister for Health to invest $70 million to establish public fertility care services in Victoria.
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Landmark study finds women opting in to IVF ‘add-ons’Research conducted here at the Women's has found that many Australian women are opting to purchase unproven IVF add-ons in an effort to improve their chances of having a baby.
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Remembering lives lost from family violence in VictoriaOur hospital will light up purple this Wednesday night (5 May) alongside landmarks and monuments in Melbourne and across Victoria to remember the women and children who have died as a result of family violence.
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