Research
As leaders in paediatric care, our hospital partners undertake ground breaking research across all areas of child health with projects ranging from complex laboratory investigations to studies at the bedside.
Areas of research include:
Burns
Cancer
Respiratory
Viruses
Child advocacy and protection
Growth and nutrition
Pain free treatment
Equipment
Our children’s hospitals are at the forefront of paediatric care and treatment in Australia.
Assisting the thousands of dedicated medical staff who care for our children every day is a vast range of life-saving medical equipment - from insulin syringes to state-of-the-art cardiac monitors.
We celebrate the consistent innovation applied to medical devices big and small, and marvel at the difference that can be made with each step into the future.
Test results that are received ten minutes quicker than they were yesterday may be the difference between life and death.
Services
Health care in Australia has come a long way.
In our health care institutions today the impact of sickness and injury on a child is viewed holistically - its not just about the wound or the disease.
A patient’s medical and emotional health is just as important as their physical well being. Similarly having a sick or injured child has a major impact on all members of a family.
“Normal” family routine no longer exists, whole families may have to move hundreds of kilometres in order for a patient to receive treatment, jobs may be lost and mortgages may no longer be paid.
For many Australian families this may be the reality of having a sick or injured child in hospital care.
