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Inaugural CAHS Aboriginal Child Health Immersion Program 08 February 2023 From January 16–20, CAHS extended a very warm welcome to 11 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student doctors taking part in the inaugural CAHS Aboriginal Child Health Immersion program. This extra-curricular week of face-to-face learning provided an in-depth introduction to Aboriginal child health, with clinical placements, tutorials, mentoring, reflective supervision, student networking opportunities and meetings with senior CAHS staff. Whilst busy meeting the CAHS team, a number of students were also meeting each other for the first time, coming from different year groups across all three local medical schools. They were highly engaged and enthusiastic - two students even managed to cross the flooded Kimberley to arrive in time! Departments involved in hosting and teaching students were Koorliny Moort, General Paediatrics, Cardiology, ENT, Infectious Diseases and Neonatol... -
World First: Perth Children’s Hospital to be first in the world to trial new brain cancer treatment 01 February 2023 A world-first cancer treatment trial, tackling a rare and debilitating paediatric brain tumour, has commenced at the Perth Children’s Hospital. Adam Demb, the first Australian patient, will be joined by more than 30 other children across the world to trial a treatment for Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma (ACP) over the next two years. -
Chronically ill children surfing a wave for wellbeing 23 January 2023 The joy of riding the waves is bringing new relief to children at risk of mental health issues from serious health conditions. -
NETS’ inaugural newborn helicopter retrieval 09 January 2023 The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) Neonatal Emergency Transport Service (NETS) WA team undertook its first helicopter retrieval of a baby from Bunbury on Thursday 29 December. -
New Child Health Centre opens at Falcon Library and Community Centre 14 December 2022 Early childhood development has been further enhanced for residents of Falcon with the recent opening of the Falcon Child Health Centre consulting rooms at the Falcon Library and Community Centre. Previously housed at the Falcon Family Centre, the Child and Adolescent Health Service’s (CAHS) Child Health Nurse service has also now expanded from one nurse to two, with families able to make appointments from Monday to Thursday. “Doubling our Child Health Nurse capacity means more families living in and around Falcon can access vital early childhood health checks in their local area,” said CAHS Executive Director Community Health Sue Kiely. “Co-location within the library is also great for families. There’s a strong link between the services and information provided by our nurses, and the early childhood learning programs run by the library, so it’s gr...
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22/06/2021