Latrobe Regional Health

Latrobe Regional Health LRH is recognised as the regional provider of specialist health services in Gippsland

Look who's spreading joy @ Traralgon Centre Plaza - our amazing Community Champions volunteers! Roma and Chris were rock...
02/12/2025

Look who's spreading joy @ Traralgon Centre Plaza - our amazing Community Champions volunteers!
Roma and Chris were rocking their Santa hats today as they prepared to wrap Christmas gifts with the greatest dexterity. (Can you believe we are actually in gift-buying season already!!!)
The Champions are among the local groups taking part in TCP's wrap-fest this year.
Skip the stress and let the Champions or other wonderful community groups add some sparkle to your pressies. Thanks to Traralgon Centre Plaza for giving us the opportunity to take part!

Choose Tap This Summer!Cool, refreshing, and brimming with essential minerals, tap water is the smart choice for your he...
01/12/2025

Choose Tap This Summer!
Cool, refreshing, and brimming with essential minerals, tap water is the smart choice for your health, your wallet, and our planet.
The South Coast Water Partnership is on a mission to make tap water the drink of choice across Bass Coast and South Gippsland.
Together, Coast Shire Council, , Gippsland Shire Council, Gippsland Water, Water, Regional Health (Gippsland Region Public Health Unit) and South Coast Prevention Team ( Coast Health, Southern Health Service, & Gippsland Hospital) are encouraging our community to Tap. Will you?


🤱Did you know?👼🏾One-in-five women in Australia live with poor mental mental health in the perinatal period? The LRH Agne...
26/11/2025

🤱Did you know?

👼🏾One-in-five women in Australia live with poor mental mental health in the perinatal period?

The LRH Agnes team got together today for a special Perinatal Mental Health Week arvo tea to have a chat about some of the advancements in our understanding of this condition.

Agnes nurse Kaycee Dinsdale brought her son Brooklyn along to enjoy some snacks for the afternoon as well.

🍼The LRH Agnes ward helps mums with poor mental health who have babies from birth to a year-old.

Gippsland mums are also encouraged to check out the range of self-help options available, chat with their GP or maternity child health nurse.

Check out this website for more info about Perinatal Mental Health Week: www.pmhweek.org.au/

25/11/2025

Did you know?
Antibiotics are not always the best medicine when your'e feeling crook, and in some cases might not even make you recover faster.
Watch LRH Infectious Diseases Medical Officer Dr Eve Ghising explain more:

❗Ross River Virus has been detected in mosquitoes trapped in Wellington and East Gippsland. 🦟What is Ross River virus?🦟...
25/11/2025

❗Ross River Virus has been detected in mosquitoes trapped in Wellington and East Gippsland.

🦟What is Ross River virus?

🦟It’s spread by mosquito bites.

🤒Symptoms may include fever, joint inflammation and pain, rash, fatigue and muscle aches.

It occurs in regional Victoria, particularly around inland waterways and coastal regions.

Local councils are actively working to reduce mozzie populations, but your best protection is avoiding bites.

Protect yourself and your family:

☑️Wear loose-fitting, light-coloured long sleeves and pants
☑️Apply insect repellent containing DEET or picaridin
☑️Avoid being outdoors at dawn and dusk
☑️Remove standing water around your home
☑️Check that window and door screens are secure

The Department of Health and high-risk local government areas run the Victorian Arbovirus Disease Control Program to track mosquito activity in the state.

Weekly surveillance is underway, and traps are showing high mosquito numbers this season.
To learn more about Ross River Virus: betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/ross-river-virus-disease

Today we high-fived several LRH team members for their decades of dedication.Pictured we have Joan Griffiths, Timbara re...
25/11/2025

Today we high-fived several LRH team members for their decades of dedication.

Pictured we have Joan Griffiths, Timbara registered nurse who was recognised for working a whopping 35 years at LRH.

Alongside her is retired day procedure nurse Tracy Skninner who was celebrated for 30 years.

Then we have ED nurse educator Emma Marino and mental health nurse George Timmins who were making 20 years of service.

And they were only handful of staff who received their long service acknowledgements at today's AGM.

Thank you for your years of service and the impact you continue to make for our community.

Young people don't want to be lectured about va**ng.That's why a cohort of young Gippslanders have stepped up to help le...
23/11/2025

Young people don't want to be lectured about va**ng.

That's why a cohort of young Gippslanders have stepped up to help lead a campaign to share their own stories about va**ng harms.

No Filter: Real Stories Gippsland is sharing lived experience, evidence-informed messages and conversations that actually resonate.

Traralgon teen Darcy Stockdale is one of the voices leading the way.
“Traditional messaging just isn’t cutting through,” he said.

“Young people want to hear from other young people — not be talked down to.”

And they’re right. Feedback shows young people want more conversations, fewer lectures. Especially with Gippsland recording the highest regional smoking rate in Victoria and va**ng on the rise.

The campaign is rolling out across social media and community networks, with a showcase event in Traralgon bringing together participants and partners.

Young people were involved in co-designing the campaign alongside creative agency

This project is part of ’s state-wide Collective Impact initiative and funded by a VicHealth Va**ng Prevention Grant.
Delivered in partnership with:
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Read more: lrh.com.au/news/young-gippslanders-leading-the-charge-on-no-vapes/

Guess who popped in today? The fabulous Mirboo CWA ladies!Your generosity and creativity never cease to amaze us.From ha...
21/11/2025

Guess who popped in today?

The fabulous Mirboo CWA ladies!

Your generosity and creativity never cease to amaze us.

From handmade quilts that wrap our patients in comfort, to adorable tiny teddies that bring smiles to little faces, and toiletry bags and clothing for The Wear House — every item truly makes a difference.

We love your creativity, your kindness, and your commitment to helping others.

Thank you for all that you do! 🙌💛

19/11/2025

🦠💊Do you really need antibiotics?
It's World Antimicrobial Resistance Week.
Antimicrobial resistance is when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to the drugs trageted to fight these infections.
LRH infevctious diseases physician Dr Zaal Mehere-Homji explains more: ⬇

🎉 Big milestone alert!Did you know LRH runs clinical trials in Gippsland?Our LRH Research & Clinical Trials Unit has jus...
19/11/2025

🎉 Big milestone alert!

Did you know LRH runs clinical trials in Gippsland?

Our LRH Research & Clinical Trials Unit has just ticked over more than 50 clinical trials! And our team has grown to 20+ brilliant staff and clinical leads, with trials now running in 13 specialty areas!

Since launching in 2019, our mission has been simple:
Bring world-class clinical trials to Gippsland so you don’t have to travel to Melbourne.

🗣️ Meet David, a Gippsland-based patient living with dermatitis:
“Nothing else was working. Joining a clinical trial 18 months ago changed my life.
The care, dedication and professionalism brought me back to a place of health I feared I wouldn’t return to.”

The unit held a special Research for the Region today to help mark this milestone and take a deep dive into some of the great research going on at LRH.

This is Petite and Seema from our Peritoneal Dialysis team (that’s a type of treatment for kidney failure that can often...
11/11/2025

This is Petite and Seema from our Peritoneal Dialysis team (that’s a type of treatment for kidney failure that can often be done at home). Petite, Seema and their colleagues A*zadine and Hannah recently got a shout-out from a grateful patient and their wife who has been with the service for a couple of years.

The patient said:
"Petite, you are a great nurse and belong to a magnificent unit. You helped me immensely. I guess I’m going to hang around a bit longer."
"Seema, thank you so much for your endless information and helping me get set up at home. You are wonderful."
"A*z, you are a breath of fresh air to a very caring and responsible team. Thanks for all your wonderful advice."
"Hannah, I love your good humour and straight-forward approach. You are a great nurse hooked up to an extraordinary unit."

We thought we’d share the compliment because (a) maybe you’ll look up peritoneal dialysis to find out more and (b) this team doesn’t get a lot of recognition for the great work they do. Give them a round of applause and some nice words in the comments!

This is your last chance to enter our Condom Sleeve Design Comp!It's for Gippy peeps aged between 16 and 25, with a chan...
10/11/2025

This is your last chance to enter our Condom Sleeve Design Comp!

It's for Gippy peeps aged between 16 and 25, with a chance win a $250 gift card have your design seen all over Gippsland.

It closes this Friday at 5PM!

It’s fun and will make a real impact.

Enter here: Condom Sleeve Entry Form 2026 Survey: lrh.com.au/.../10/STI-Awareness-Campaign-2026.pdf

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