Poster

Miss Rebecca Sexton1, Miss  Melinda  Werder1 1Redland Hospital, Qld Health, Cleveland, Redland , Australia Introduction: An assessment of stroke care at Redland Hospital identified that multidisciplinary team (MDT) decision-making and communication regarding the initiation of enteral feeding for stroke and...

Mrs Lisa Willersdorf1 1Queensland Health, Redcliffe, Australia Background: The Redcliffe Hospital Paediatric SP Clinic is a service for the paediatric outpatient population and is limited to only 6 sessions per child. These sessions can include therapy or extensive assessments and...

Ms Grace Rus1, Ms Michelle W.  Rutherford1, Ms Emma Davis1, Ms Anne Thompson1 1Eastern Health, Box Hill , Australia There is significant disparity when comparing Allied Health and Nursing and Midwifery Graduate programs in Victoria.  Victorian Government support for Nursing...

Ms Sarah Rawlings1, Ms Sue  Lamont, Ms  Sarah  Ashley Jones, Ms Nikki Collins 1Monash Childrens, Clayton, Australia Background: Monash Children’s Hospital trailed an alternative and novel model of care adding Dietetics, Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy services to the...

Ms Sue Prosser1, Mr Matthew Egan1 1Central Coast Local Health District, Gosford, Australia Our pilot inter-professional Allied Health Mentoring program ran from June 2020-February 2021. We will share the methodology and the results including the unexpected benefits of the pilot...

Mr Christopher Martin1,2, Emeritus Professor Kenneth Pakenham1, Dr Fiona Maccallum1 1University of Queensland, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, 2Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service, Sunshine Coast, Australia Background Palliative care aims to improve quality of life (QoL) across physical, spiritual, and psychosocial...

Ms Linh Le-Kavanagh1, Ms Sarah Pearson1 1Joondalup Health Campus, Joondalup, Australia The Stroke Outpatient Clinic at Joondalup Health Campus (JHC) provides follow up allied health rehabilitation to stroke patients recently discharged from hospital.  The temporary closure of the clinic, secondary...

Ms Zoe Moss1, Ms Antoinet Staneke1 1Metro North Health, Brisbane, Australia Over two years, Metro North Health (MNH) has undertaken a renewal of it’s safe patient handling program.  In order to obtain consumer input into this process, an online survey...

Mrs Kimberly Stramyk1 1Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD), Gosford, Australia Background: Patients who have dialysis have special nutritional needs. While admitted to hospital, it is recommended that dialysis patients have a high protein, no-added salt diet with mindfulness towards...

Mrs Katherine Lamont1, Ms Pei Linn Sarah Ang2, Dr Wei-Sen Lam2 1WA Country Health Service (WACHS), Perth, Australia, 2Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospital Group (FSFHG), Murdoch, Perth, Australia Background Lymphoedema is a common side effect of cancer treatments, with approximately...