How do you make your ward the most popular in the hospital?

How do you make your ward the most popular in the hospital?

31 Jan 2017

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How do you make your ward the most popular in the hospital? Getting to know the end user is a good start, according to Kelsie Dummett.

Kelsie is one of the founding members of Mater Youth Consultancy, Mater Hospital’s initiative to design better services for patients making the transition from paediatric care to adult health services. Mater Youth Consultancy (MYC) was founded in 2013 in recognition of the poorer health outcomes for people in those transition years.

As the Manager of the Mater Young Adult Health Centre (MAYHC), Greg McGahan, explained, this 16 to 25 year age group need support for more than just their physical health problems. In order to fully engage in their health care, young people need holistic emotional and educational support.

Occupying the building formerly housing the Mater Children’s Hospital, the Mater Young Adult Health Centre was designed hand-in-hand with young people from the start. MYHC worked closely with Mater Youth Consultancy, a group of 14 young people, some of whom had lived experiences of health care, some local students, and also a small group from the local refugee community.

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Barrett Implementation Project October and November updates

Barrett Implementation Project October and November updates

23 Jan 2017

November 2016

The Commonwealth Department of Health is conducting consultation on the Fifth National Mental Health Plan – click on the link for details www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/mental-fifth-national-mental-health-plan

The first of the Infrastructure Co-Design workshops will commence 4 November. Consumers, carers and other members of the community will join with other key stakeholders as the architects consult on the design of the newly announced facility.

October 2016

Draft Model of Service Workshops are go! Our consumer participants have been working with a range of other stakeholders including doctors, nurses and educators to get the ball rolling on this important piece of work. There will be three workshops in total, with the last to be held on 10 November. These workshops represent the preliminary phase of development for the Draft Model of Service, with more consultation to come.

Check out our early brainstorming from workshop 1.

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