EGHS staff vaccine rollout commences
11 April 2021
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout for staff at East Grampians Health Service commenced on March 24. Staff in phase 1A received their vaccine first, followed by all remaining staff in phase 1B, with the program to be completed soon after Easter. They are receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. The first staff member to receive the vaccine was…
Learn MoreNational Advanced Care Planning Week 22-29 March 2021
23 March 2021
Starting the conversation about advance care planning is an important first step in ensuring a person’s preferences for future care are known and respected. If a person’s preferences are not known, families may feel burdened by the worry that they will make a wrong choice. Thinking about and planning for the future is a normal…
Learn MoreGraduate nurses commence at EGHS
8 March 2021
Eight Graduate Registered Nurses commenced their Graduate Nurse Program at East Grampians Health Service last month. Some of the new staff members are local and some are new to the Ararat community – so please welcome them if you see them around. The nurses will rotate through clinical areas such as Inpatient Unit, Urgent Care…
Learn MoreHealth service pays tribute to staff
18 February 2021
East Grampians Health Service paid tribute to its staff at the annual general meeting, following a challenging year managing the responsibilities of running a health service during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year the EGHS annual general meeting was held via zoom webinar, due to COVID-19 restrictions. “At the commencement of this financial year no one…
Learn MoreWillaura staff to face the clippers!
7 December 2020
Each year, 20,000 people face the clippers and bravely shave their hair as part of the World’s Greatest Shave, to send a powerful message of hope to the 47 Australians who are diagnosed with blood cancer every single day. In 2021, five staff members from East Grampians Health Service who work at Willaura Healthcare will…
Learn MoreVolunteers recognised by health service
7 December 2020
East Grampians Health Service has recognised the long service of some of its 150 volunteers. Volunteers were awarded for five, 10 and 15 years, and an outstanding 40 years of service to Willaura Healthcare and the Willaura Healthcare Auxiliary by Val Albert. East Grampians Health Service Chief Executive Andrew Freeman congratulated all award recipients. “Our…
Learn MoreShopping spree new format a great success
7 December 2020
This year’s East Grampians Health Service Residents’ Support Group Shopping Spree took on a different format, to ensure a COVID-safe experience for both shoppers and participating businesses. This year’s Shopping Spree was held over the period of week, rather than just one night, allowing shoppers to move about in a COVID-safe manner, and proved a…
Learn MoreWreath donated for Remembrance Day
7 December 2020
Patricia Hinchey Centre staff and consumers were pleased to receive a magnificent wreath to display on Remembrance Day. Special thanks to Graeme and Marianne Bailey for presenting Patricia Hinchey Centre with their stunning wreath arrangement. The wreath was lovingly made from poppies grown from poppy seeds purchased from France, which flowered just in time for…
Learn MoreNAIDOC Week celebrated in food
7 December 2020
During NAIDOC Week East Grampians Health Service celebrated Australia’s Indigenous foods. The Cafe Pyrenees team, lead by Leonie Clayton, cooked up a range of delicious meals inspired by Indigenous foods. Tempting treats included emu burgers, saltbush dukkah crusted kangaroo salad and warrigal greens, crispy whitebait and tartare sauce, crispy wallaby skewers, seared emu salad with…
Learn More25th EGHS AGM via webinar
7 December 2020
The 25th annual East Grampians Health Service annual general meeting will be held via zoom webinar due to COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday December 16 at 6pm. In a first for the health service, COVID-19 gathering restrictions necessitated the need to ‘think outside the square’ for this year’s AGM. The AGM will receive the report of…
Learn More16 Days of Activism
7 December 2020
Commencing on 25th November 2020 through to 10th December 2020 is 16 Days of Activism. The 16 Days of Activism campaign raises awareness and galvanises action to end violence against women and girls around the world. East Grampians Health Service is in the final stages of implementing the Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence initiative.…
Learn MoreWear it Purple Day
4 October 2020
Staff at East Grampians Health Service wore a touch of purple on Wear it Purple Day, August 28, an annual LGBTIQA+ awareness day, targeted at young people. On this day each year, supporters wear purple to celebrate diversity and young people from the LGBTIQA+ community. The Wear it Purple organisation strives to foster supportive, safe,…
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