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Learn about Lived and Living Experience on the BCHS podcast: what is it, why is it important in a health service, and how is BCHS incorporating it into its day-to-day operations? Hear Senior Leader Insights & Analytics Jo Rasmussen and AOD Peer Worker Ange answer these questions and more as they share a little of their own lived experience in this episode.
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New era for BCHS Pharmacotherapy Clinic after $1 million grant
Bendigo Community Health Services’ (BCHS) life changing Pharmacotherapy Clinic has been awarded $1 million to create a space that matches its quality of care. BCHS AOD and Mental Health Services Operations Manager Cilla Boucher said the grant would fund a…
Role models for recovery: The power of peer support workers
To mark Global Peer Support Day, two BCHS peer support workers offer insight into their unique roles. “Peer support work is so powerful,” says BCHS peer worker Angela Thomas. “It’s not about telling someone what to do, it’s about…
Twenty years of round-the-clock detox care ticks over at Nova House
AOD nurse Drew Reid says it’s the courage of Nova House’s clients that’s kept him working with the detox unit over its 20-year history. Here, Drew, unit Senior Leader Sheenah Van Eck and Bendigo mother Gillian Burns help tell the…