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A Calvary North Adelaide Hospital patient is the first in Australia to have new pacemaker technology implanted to manage overactive bladder. The new Axonics F15 implant is a TGA-approved pacemaker device that stimulates the sacral nerves to improve bladder and bowel dysfunction. Last month at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital, Urologist

Julie Gibson and Richard Badcock were among a number of volunteers working busily behind the scenes when the Calvary Connery Centre at Elizabeth Vale opened its doors last week. The pair were on hand to greet patients for day one of the new cancer service. Once patients were inside, Julie

 An unexpected breast cancer detection during a routine mammogram changed Peta Matthews’ life, and this week she became patient number one at Calvary’s new state-of-the art $4.75 million Connery Centre in Elizabeth Vale. Meet Peta The 52-year-old Salisbury Park mother of two daughters, was diagnosed with cancer in February this

Calvary’s new $4.75 million state-of-the-art Connery Centre welcomes its first oncology patients today. Calvary SA Regional CEO Sharon Kendall said this was a long awaited and important milestone to realise an enhanced oncology service with capacity to expand over time to support a growing region. What is the Calvary Connery

Calvary Health Care is preparing to engage with a builder through an early contractor involvement (ECI) to progress the co-located private hospital at Northwest Healthcare Properties’ (Northwest) Playford Health Hub in Elizabeth Vale, South Australia. The new private hospital has been granted planning approval as Stage 3 of the health

Across five days, Calvary North Adelaide Hospital (CNAH) has welcomed three sets of twins. While twins are a fairly regular occurrence at CNAH, all three sets of twins were born vaginally. “It is rare to have sets of twins born vaginally these days, with many born via caesarean section due to

At more than 130 years old, Calvary North Adelaide Hospital is proving age is not a barrier to going green, halving its waste sent to landfill nearly overnight with a few simple changes. Calvary North Adelaide Hospital’s Green Team Chair, Rob Hutchinson, said staff and patients were the secret to

WITH CALVARY NORTH ADELAIDE HOSPITAL’S DR BEN GRAVE   Between the 8th and 14th of November, Craniofacial Australia and other associated Australian charities are raising awareness of cleft lip and palate treatment. Calvary North Adelaide Hospital’s Dr Ben Grave is an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who answers some commonly asked

Calvary Adelaide’s emergency department (ED) and its patients are set to benefit from the arrival of English nurse practitioner recruit Lomax Ocean. Last year, Calvary held an international recruitment expo in England and while visiting family in Spain Lomax secured a virtual interview. He’s glad he did. “I’ve been here

Amanda Quince considers herself a walking advert for getting your routine mammogram. Feeling healthy with no lumps or recent changes to her breasts, Amanda’s decision to get her regular two-yearly mammogram proved lifesaving for the Adelaide mum. Amanda’s Story “I really didn’t think that anything would come from it. I

It was the warm weather that drew Sam Varghese, Sony Alexander and their two girls to Australia after deciding on a change. By coincidence Sam and Sony both accepted jobs with Calvary – Sony as a theatre nurse at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital and Sam as the Clinical Care Coordinator

“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen Residents from our Memory Support Unit at Calvary Flora McDonald, Cowandilla, are enjoying weekly music therapy sessions as part of a 10-week trial program run by a registered music therapist from Creative Therapy Adelaide. The program and an instrument kit has

As a member of the Global Impact Committee (GIC), I am pleased to share our first report, Quality in Retreat – Reigniting the Debate on Quality. The GIC leads thought leadership programs to promote the priority of quality in health care aimed at senior leaders of health care systems, politicians

Anzac Day falls on 25 April each year, commemorating the lives of all Australians who have served their country in times of war, including our own Leslie Hughes, a resident at Calvary Rye Sands on the Mornington Peninsula.

Information for patients, aged care residents and visitors.

Would you like to help improve access to bereavement support during COVID-19? As businesses and cities open up again, we are being told that life is getting back to ‘normal’, but for people who have experienced a death during COVID-19, there is no back to normal. Calvary and researchers at

Calvary South Australia began  installing Aboriginal Acknowledgment Plaques at key sites during NAIDOC week, commencing Thursday 8th July  with a ceremony at Calvary North Adelaide Hospital. The plaques feature an image painted by artist Thomas Croft, originally from Whyalla, entitled ‘Caring for Communities’.  In consultation with local Aboriginal communities across

Calvary has entered confirmatory due diligence with Japara Healthcare Ltd following a decision by Japara’s Board to allow access for Calvary to develop a binding proposal the board can recommend to its shareholders. The Revised Indicative Proposal proposes the acquisition of 100% of the shares by Calvary in Japara by

On 2 March 2021, the Australian National University (ANU) and Calvary Health Care formalised their partnership in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that extends their joint activities, beyond the ACT to Calvary Health Care nationally.

Calvary is proud to be part of the My Home Hospital (MHH) program, a free public hospital-level service that delivers medical care to patients in the comfort and privacy of their own homes.

Calvary national CEO, Martin Bowles, and the Chair of the Calvary Board, Jim Birch, together with His Excellency General the Honorable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and The Most Reverend Gregory O’Kelly Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Adelaide and Bishop of Port Pirie

Earlier this week Calvary Adelaide Hospital was adorned with our Calvary logo! This unique symbol expresses our mission, and embodies how we care for each other and for our patients by ‘Being for Others.’

Earlier this week Calvary Adelaide Hospital was adorned with our Calvary logo! This unique symbol expresses our mission, and embodies how we care for each other and for our patients by ‘Being for Others.’

Earlier this week Calvary Adelaide Hospital was adorned with our Calvary logo! This unique symbol expresses our mission, and embodies how we care for each other and for our patients by ‘Being for Others.’

Calvary is proud to celebrate National Perioperative Nurses Week this week 6-12 October, in recognition of the valuable role our perioperative nurses play in delivering quality care. Perioperative nurses care for patients before, during and after surgery or interventional procedure and perform a range of specialised roles including, but not

Exciting news for the Calvary team today! The keys to the new Calvary Adelaide Hospital were handed over to Calvary SA Regional Chief Executive Officer, Sharon Kendall and new General Manager, Kerrie Hayes by Joanne Potts from John Holland. This is the first step in preparing the hospital for opening in

The award, launched by the Hon. Greg Hunt Minister for Health in conjunction with the Australian College of Nursing, is bestowed upon a nurse who has demonstrated leadership to bring new thinking to a wide range of health care challenges. Nikki, a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner based at Calvary’s Clare

A new report commissioned by Catholic Health Australia (CHA) calls for the provision of more home-based palliative care services to relieve pressure on hospitals and save valuable health system dollars. CHA, the peak body for Catholic health and aged care service providers in Australia, launched the report today at Calvary

Calvary North Adelaide Hospital is the first in South Australia to install the latest da Vinci® Xi robot. The robot is housed in Theatre Number 4, a spacious area with ample room for efficiently utilising this exciting state of the art technology. The da Vinci® Xi is used for many of

In Sept 2018, Calvary North Adelaide introduced an innovative new service, Palliative Care in the Home. Delivered with the support of private health fund insurers, the service incudes 24/7 access to palliative care telephone support and visits from nursing and allied health practitioners. Hospital admissions can be facilitated as required

The largest private hospital ever built in South Australia – the new $345 million Calvary Adelaide Hospital in Angas Street Adelaide central business district – has reached an important milestone with the official ‘topping out’ of construction at 12-storeys high. The topping out celebration – which involves craning a ceremonial

Calvary Mater Newcastle received worldwide recognition for its Very Important Patients (VIP) Program at the 41st International Hospital Federation Congress in Taipei on 8 November 2017. With 131 entries, from 90 organisations in 24 countries competing for the awards, being selected as one of the finalists is a recognition that

With a sense of unease and discomfort, Calvary noted several media articles over the weekend of 19 and 20 August 2017 which claim that the “Catholic church” is threatening to fire teachers, nurses and other employees who marry their same-sex partner if gay marriage is legalised. We reassure staff and

When Dora Taylor isn’t working as an Emergency Department Nurse at Calvary Wakefield Hospital in Adelaide, she is taking leave  to volunteer with the Sambhali Trust in Rajasthan. Dora spends two months running workshops on every aspect of women’s health. Her workshops aim to educate women about the female body, including

Palliative Care is a term that’s widely misunderstood. For most people, it invokes thoughts of stress, sadness and fear. It implies the end of life, saying goodbye and living your final days in specialised care. But for many who have experienced Palliative Care – the experience is drastically different. The

A world-leading surgery technique to remove a significant brain tumour through the nasal cavity has given Ken Newbold a new lease on life. Performed at Calvary Wakefield Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, by ear, nose and throat surgeon Dr Harshita Pant and neurosurgeon Dr Marguerite Harding, the 11-hour-operation successfully removed

If you’re at the top of your specialty or on the rise, Calvary Adelaide Hospital welcomes your interest in becoming part of Adelaide’s largest and most modern private hospital. Currently under construction, the Calvary Adelaide Hospital will provide the highest quality whole of life health care to private and self-insured patients.

The healthy birth of the 75,000th baby born at Calvary North Adelaide will provide benefits for hundreds of expectant mothers’ half way across the world. South Australia’s oldest private maternity hospital Calvary North Adelaide has donated $5000 to Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia to honour the arrival of its 75,000th baby, George

Little Company of Mary (Calvary), Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites) and Mary MacKillop Care SA (MMC) are pleased to announce that Calvary will acquire MMC in South Australia.

Calvary North Adelaide Hospital’s Midwife and postnatal educator Robyn Davies (pictured above right with Liz Kleinig, Clinical Maternity Unit Manager) retired nearly a year ago on 22 April 2016 after 39 years of service. Post retirement Robyn continues helping new mothers, now as a Lactation Consultant. Robyn, undertook her initial training at The Children’s Hospital in Kermode Street, North

Calvary Adelaide and Catherine House are helping women claim a better life for themselves

With a special focus on the great outdoors, we explore glamping, top travel apps, digital surfing, croquet, brain games and delicious Summer recipes.

Calvary Health Care Adelaide has signed up the State’s leading orthopaedic clinic as the first major tenant for its new $300 million Calvary Adelaide Hospital. The Wakefield Orthopaedic Clinic will move into the new hospital on completion in 2019, providing its patients with the the latest leading edge in-house orthopaedic

With a special focus on life and spring activities, we explore The Spring Supper Club, a Q&A on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, ‘life’ themed brain games and a tour of Launceston, Tasmania.

End of life and dying are topics we often avoid talking about in our society.

Media Release: Calvary’s largest ever private hospital receives a ceremonial blessing.