Patient and Family Centred Care

Over the past several years, Victorian health services have transformed the way care is delivered by expanding virtual care.

This initiative will reduce stress for families by offering smoother and more family-focused cancer care, making it easier it easier to focus on treatment and recovery, rather than the logistics of managing care.

At The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), sick children and young people use art therapy to express their feelings, reduce anxiety, and cope with the challenges of illness through creative activities and artmaking.

Through encouraging safe and accessible play in a trusted environment, this play space will ensure that children and their families will be able to incorporate play into their journey with the RCH.

Child Life Therapy (CLT) provides individualised support to patients to promote effective coping strategies and make the hospital experience more positive, especially during medical procedures.

The Parent-Child Mother Goose (PCMG) Program is specially designed for parents and caregivers to enhance the parent-child bond through rhymes, songs and stories.  

The Comfort Kids Program, supported by Woolworths through the Good Friday Appeal, aims to reduce the pain, anxiety and distress associated with medical procedures for children and young people receiving treatment at The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH).  

Child Life Therapy (CLT) provides individualised support to patients to promote effective coping strategies and make the hospital experience more positive, especially during medical procedures.