Healthcare agencies call for understanding as system is under pressure

With the state’s healthcare system under pressure, two of Bendigo’s GP and allied health service providers are calling for understanding from the community.

The high number of Covid-19 and influenza cases across the region has resulted in healthcare providers not only seeing a significant increase in demand for GPS, but also a reduced workforce.

Bendigo Community Health Services CEO, Gerard José, says the organisation is experiencing high demand for GP and other allied health appointments.

“We empathise with our Bendigo Health colleagues and understand the pressure they are under in our hospital’s emergency department,” he said.

Beyond Her Lens: Stories of Resilience

Beyond Her Lens: Stories of Resilience

A photographic exhibition exploring women's resilience through the pandemic

Beyond Her Lens presents an insightful and resonant picture of women in Bendigo and their response to an unprecedented global crisis.

Fifteen women have turned the camera on themselves, their families, and their neighbourhoods, sharing intimate moments of their lives in Bendigo during a pandemic.

This photographic exhibition explores how local women have drawn on their strength and resilience, as the impact of COVID continues to unfold and present new challenges.

Join the movement to help Vic Kids Eat Well

Schools, sport clubs and other organisations working with young people are being invited to learn more about how they can help Vic Kids Eat Well.

Bendigo Community Health Services is supporting Vic Kids Eat Well, a new Victoria-wide initiative focusing on healthy food and drink options in places young people spend their time, including schools, outside school hours care, sports clubs, recreation facilities and council operated facilities.

Recent Department of Health data shows 41 per cent of children’s diets comes from highly processed food, while the Secondary Schools Canteens in Australia (Haynes, A et al) analysis found more than 77 per cent of secondary schools in Australia still sell sugary drinks.