Comfort Care

Launched in June 2019, the Comfort Care Program that includes the Special Care Nursery and Children’s Ward at the Lyell McEwin Hospital has been well received and widely covered by media. Special thanks to our media stars Dianne Nicholson, Sheila Keen and Georgia Craggs, who represented the team and gave interviews for Today Tonight and numerous radio stations. 

This program was launched in June 2019 with most of the planning and coordination completed in the 2018/19 financial year.   114 candidates were screened and interviewed to recruit 19 volunteers. We received great support from NALHN teams across Special Care Nursery, Children’s Ward and Staff Health to plan and coordinate this program.