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A makeshift tram at Caulfield Hospital is helping patients build their strength, balance and confidence to return to the community.

Since the Sandringham Community Bank Day Procedure Centre opened last year, more patients have been able to go home on the same day as their surgery. This means we often have empty surgical beds, so we've made some changes to bed numbers to improve efficiency.  

We are improving the way we provide healthcare services to people with disabilities and their families. Alfred Health is launching its Access and Inclusion Plan for People with Disabilities 2019–22.

Did you know that one in four Australian women have experienced family violence since the age of 15?

The Sandringham Community Bank Day Procedure Centre® has had a successful first year – providing more than 2100 locals with expert care through their day procedures.

Victoria's voluntary assisted dying law comes into effect on 19 June 2019.  It allows a person in the late stages of advanced disease to take medication prescribed by a doctor that will bring about their death at a time they choose – often at home supported by family and friends.

Australians will soon have greater access to potentially lifesaving treatments for rare cancers and other diseases with the establishment of a clinical trials network led by Alfred Health and Monash University.

So grateful was one family for the care of their son that they generously gifted our Tartan About fundraising team enough to achieve their target sum.

The Phase I trial of a world-first peanut allergy immunotherapy has shown positive results, researchers have revealed.