We're delivering better access to contraception and abortion with 9 new sexual and reproductive health hubs including at IPCC. Mat Hilakari and I also saw our women's health scholarships in action - upskilling nurses and allied health workers in specialised women's healthcare

It’s official 100,000 children have benefited from a Smile Squad visit! It’s all part of our $320m investment in oral healthcare that is setting children up for with healthy teeth for life while easing cost of living pressures. Only Labor is committed to helping families.

Great to spend time with Profs Trisha Peel, Paul Myles, Wendy Brown & Research Manager, Sophie Wallace learning about their work to build a new platform for research to prevent surgical complications like infections - with support from their our Medical Research Acceleration Fund

Rain, hail or shine, we are getting on with enabling works at Barwon Women and Children’s. Set to expand Barwon Health’s maternity and paediatric services, it was great to meet with the KANE Construction team to hear how rewarding it is working on this important project.

A great story that highlights the real issues we are trying to solve. Women and girls need to be listened to, really heard and believed. We know our bodies. abc.net.au/news/2024-07-2…

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Thank you Dan for sharing your story, to Dr Ryan Hoy for all the work, and to Danny Pearson MP for making it happen. The manufacture, supply, processing and installation of deadly engineered stone is now banned in Victoria. Because Labor will always put workers’ safety first.

Melbourne is a global leader in health and medical and research and our health services make a significant contribution to that effort, not only as places of care, but as places for teaching, learning and research. Thanks for having me St Vincent's Melbourne

Another successful Women’s Pain Forum this morning in Caroline Springs with local member Luba Grigorovich. Listening to the diversity of women’s experiences is critical to the Pain Inquiry and ensuring we get recommendations that meet our real needs. #listeningtowomen

Thrilled that the new state of the art theatre at Daylesford is up and running. Thanks to Central Highlands Rural Health who are already working with Grampians Health to drive down waiting lists and ensure more people can get the care they need closer to home.

Award winning midwife-led maternity care and an inspirational allied health care team were just two of the highlights on my visit to Dhelkaya Health in Castlemaine today.

Go Grace!

Great to meet the team at Moorabbin hospital to check out the newly refurbished theatres Monash Health delivers 15% of the state’s planned surgeries and has been instrumental in helping us achieve a record 209,000 surgeries in the last year! 👏👏👏

Endorsed midwives can now prescribe scheduled medicines within the scope of their professional practice. All part of our government’s commitment to valuing the experience and professionalism of our midwifery workforce.

Spending time with science royalty tonight - celebrating 10 years of the Doherty Institute and their world leading work to prevent treat and cure infectious disease with ⁦Prof. Peter Doherty⁩ and ⁦Sharon Lewin⁩

And I’m excited that you are partnering with Safer Care Victoria on the COPD Acute Care Collaborative project across 10 hospitals with nurse ambassadors working to identify and implement change to improve diagnosis, care, and outcomes for people with COPD.

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