Melbourne clinic axes walk-in service as Victoria's STI crisis deepens Victoria's main public sexual health clinic ends walk-in testing as gonorrhoea and chlamydia cases reach record highs, raising accessibility concerns.

Melbourne clinic axes walk-in service as Victoria's STI crisis deepens

#VicHealth #SexualHealth #PublicHealth #VictoriaNews #AusNews

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When ministers like tweets against their own government Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas liked a critical social media post, revealing internal tension over major health system reforms in Victoria.

When ministers like tweets against their own government

#VictoriaHealth #VicHealth #VictoriaPolitics #AusNews

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Victoria's Measles Surge Exposes a Decade of Slipping Vaccine Rates Victoria has confirmed at least 17 measles cases in 2026. Vaccination coverage is at a 10-year low. Here's what you need to know and what to do.

Victoria's Measles Surge Exposes a Decade of Slipping Vaccine Rates

#Measles #MMRVaccine #VicHealth #Immunisation #PublicHealth #AusNews

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Interesting. I’m booked in for (minor) eye surgery next week. Today the #anaesthetist sent me a bill to pay $500 upfront - before the op. Jeez, how safe do I feel if I pay upfront?? #Auspol #VicHealth #EpworthHospital

Politicians and the media once united to do good. In this heat, that’s impossible Politics in Victoria used to be done better. There is no stronger example than the disciplined bipartisanship that helped create VicHealth.

we all know what this is ... it is a just a cost cutting exercise... a dumb one ... but just a cost cutting exercise nevertheless www.theage.com.au/politics/vic... #VicHealth

A woman’s choice over risk: The new birth rules for Victorian hospitals The guidelines coincide with growing concerns about the prevalence of birth trauma and an anecdotal rise in the number of women choosing “freebirths” outside the hospital system.

How hospital staff must respond where mothers choose not to follow medical advice during labour because under Aus law a foetus doesn’t hold separate legal rights to the mother. The new laws frighten me, but the underlying reasoning makes sense. #VicHealth #VicPol #SpringSt

#VicHealth #VicPol #Auspol

#SaveVicHealth : Opposition to the Victorian Govt’s decision to absorb the world-renowned independent #VicHealth agency into the broader Health Department continues to grow.
Calls to Action
• www.croakey.org/six-ways-to-...
• www.linkedin.com/company/frie...
• www.croakey.org/doing-some-s...
#auspol

🤔 Want to help #SaveVicHealth?

6️⃣ This article lists 6 things you can do.

✍️ Today I wrote to my local MPs to urge them to help keep #VicHealth #independent.

🗺️ No matter where you live in the world, if you care about having a strong VicHealth, your voice can help.

🙋🏽‍♀️ Get involved!

#SDOH #CDOH

Sign the Petition Keep VicHealth Independent and Strong for a Healthier Future #SaveVicHealth

3750 people from Australia & 32 other countries have signed a @change.org petition urging the Victorian government to keep global health promotion leader #VicHealth independent, & not ‘absorb’ it into the Dept. of Health.

Search #SaveVicHealth to learn why, then sign the petition:
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In Victoria, decades of progress are under threat: senior public health leader warns Introduction by Croakey: Since retiring from leadership roles in public health, Emeritus Professor Mike Daube AO has generally declined media

And here’s a funding solution, from an expert: “He also suggests that if there is any significant duplication of funding between #VicHealth & the Health Dept, that issue could “sensibly be addressed” by transferring funding of relevant Dept-funded programs to VicHealth.” #VicPol #SpringSt #AusPol

" #VicHealth is widely recognised as a global pioneer in #healthpromotion. Established as the world’s 1st health promotion foundation, it has consist demonstrated how evidence-based strateg can prevent disease, reduce health inequities, & improve population wellbeing” #independence #vicpol #Auspol

Open letter to fellow Victorians, from a current #VicHealth Early Career Research fellow (me).
Dear Victorians, please help #savevichealth ...

Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/keep-viche...

SHARE the petition.

Follow Friends of VicHealth on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/frie...

Sign the Petition Keep VicHealth Independent and Strong for a Healthier Future #SaveVicHealth

Petition to stop the abolition of #VicHealth c.org/msmYSjjF8h

🚨⚕️🚩 @jillstark.bsky.social @ronnisalt.bsky.social please amplify our voices across Victoria to save #VicHealth .
We need common sense pressure on the Victorian State Government to reverse the recent budget decision to #SaveVicHealth

See www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...
and others.
#auspol #springst

🚨⚕️🚩 @mon4kooyong.bsky.social please take this to Canberra, be the voice Victoria & #VicHealth needs! Place common sense pressure on the Victorian State Government to reverse the budget decision and #SaveVicHealth

We cannot lose the fight!

Facts www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...

#auspol #springst

🚨⚕️🚩 @davidpocock.bsky.social @helenhainesindi.bsky.social please take this to Canberra, be the voice Victoria & #VicHealth needs! Place common sense pressure on the Victorian State Government to reverse the budget decision and #SaveVicHealth

Facts www.linkedin.com/posts/david-...

#auspol #springst

#VicHealth needs to maintain a certain level of independence.

🎧 Listen to what an unexpected State budget move means for preventive health more broadly.

Guests Rob Moodie, Nicola Roxon & others.

Listen to #ABCradio
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#SaveVicHealth #springst #auspol #health #Victoria

There is a #Cloudflare outage (#LinkedIn is not working)

If you would like to Read, Sign & Share, the #SaveVicHealth here are to GoogleDoc links.

Read Letter:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Sign Letter:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#VicHealth #PublicHealth #HealthPrevention #Victoria #auspol

There is a #Cloudflare outage (#LinkedIn is not working)

If you would like to Read, Sign & Share, the #SaveVicHealth here are to GoogleDoc links.

Read Letter:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Sign Letter:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#VicHealth #PublicHealth #HealthPrevention #Victoria #auspol

The Public health community has come together to write an open letter following the announcement to abolish #VicHealth.

A critical moment for prevention in #Victoria.

Please read, sign & share through your networks.
Read letter lnkd.in/gPFzTfcA
Sign #SaveVicHealth letter lnkd.in/geppsUHi

#auspol

Sign the Petition Keep VicHealth Independent and Strong for a Healthier Future #SaveVicHealth

#VicHealth is more than government agency - it’s part of who we are as Victorians, & world leading incubator & innovator for #HealthPromotion & #PublicHealth.
But @vicgovau.bsky.social wants to shut it down.
Join other friends of VicHealth to raise our voices and #SaveVicHealth c.org/YkpGWMTPfH

Friends of VicHealth | LinkedIn | 🍎 Lisa Brassington (MPIA) 📣 I AM standing up, as a Community Advocate Volunteer, as a Friend of VicHealth. To #SaveVicHealth , as an independent organisation, for a better, fairer, healthy future for ALL Victorians. 🚨 I urge ...

For further #SaveVicHealth details see my post via www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

And follow @croakeynews.bsky.social , @phaa-onehealth.bsky.social and related #HealthPromotion , #PreventativeHealth and #HealthMatters leaders and community advocates.

#springst #auspol #VicHealth #VicStateBudget

Hey Mel, see my idea as a show of mass movement advocacy.

"I am standing up as a Community Advocate Volunteer for Friends of VicHealth."

Via www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

#VicHealth #SaveVicHealth #HealthMatters #Prevention #HealthPromotion #GamblingHarms #ZeroHunger #QuitVaping #SmokingBans

PHAA launches Save VicHealth campaign. Vector of the Victoria state map.

Statement: Closing #VicHealth is backward & will make more people sick.

We implore the VIC Gov to not close the door on the world's 1st health promotion foundation.

Economic hard heads like Productivity Commission are urging investment in prevention, not cuts.

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Last night’s AAMRI VIC event at Parliament House celebrated the vital role of clinician researchers in Victoria’s health system. Big thanks to Paul Hamer MP, Danny Pearson MP and Georgie Crozier MP for their support of Vic health and medical research #MedicalResearch #VicHealth

‘Assistants in Medicine’ role coming to Victoria - Medical Republic International medical graduates would be paid to take on grunt work as an alternate path toward full registration.

‘Assistants in Medicine’ role coming to Victoria, by @hollypayne.bsky.social. International medical graduates would be paid to take on grunt work as an alternate path toward full registration. www.medicalrepublic.com.au/assistants-i... #vichealth #medtwitter

Coonawarra Q-Fever sufferer 'falls through the cracks' in WorkCover scheme Q-Fever sufferer Sam Clayfield is using the little energy she has to fight for the care she needs.

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Please share to help others avoid catching Q fever. Please read the issues with healthcare between state borders
#auspol #qfever #vicgov #agvic #cpsuvic #statesystemisbroken #agriculture #australia #sahealth #vichealth #worksafe #stockjournal

Former Victorian premier to chair insurers’ lobby group | Health Services Daily John Brumby says ‘nothing is as important as an accessible, high-quality healthcare system’.

Former Victorian premier to chair insurers’ lobby group, by HSD Staff Writers. John Brumby says ‘nothing is as important as an accessible, high-quality healthcare system’. www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/former-victo... #medsky #vichealth

Call for independent inquiry into Latrobe Regional Hospital | Health Services Daily Safer Care Victoria’s role as an administrative office under the Victorian Department of Health brings its independence into question.

Call for independent inquiry into Latrobe Regional Hospital, by Cate Swannell. Safer Care Victoria’s role as an administrative office under the Victorian Department of Health brings its independence into question. www.healthservicesdaily.com.au/call-for-ind... #vichealth #medsky #hospitals