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28 July 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST

28 July 2026 - 28 July 2026

Presenters:

Mrs. Anne-Maree Holmes
Nurse Unit Manager
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
Anne-Maree has been a registered nurse since 1991 and has extensive experience in both adult and paediatric intensive care. She spent 13 years working in Paediatric Intensive Care at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, where she helped establish the Paediatric Donation Specialist Nurse role in New South Wales following the 2009 organ donation reforms. Anne-Maree has served as Nurse Unit Manager of the Child and Adolescent Unit at Sunshine Coast University Hospital for the past 11 years and is passionate about leadership, service improvement, and delivering exceptional care to children, adolescents, and their families.

Event Dates

Date: 28 July 2026
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm AEST

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Reducing the impact of day admissions on the paediatric inpatient unit at Sunshine Coast University Hospital

Paediatric Units



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The Child and Adolescent Unit at Sunshine Coast University Hospital has developed a collaborative, multidisciplinary team to support a series of goals around optimising patient flow and enhancing patient and family experiences. Anne-Maree Holmes will share targeted interventions implemented to tackle these goals, including expansion of the outpatient infusion clinic, revision of referral criteria, increased staffing hours, and enhanced staff education. Outcomes include significant reductions in day-only admissions to the inpatient unit, increase in number of day patients’ treatment, and improvements in patient and caregiver satisfaction. These results underscore the benefits of shifting appropriate care to outpatient settings, leading to improved hospital efficiency and a better experience for paediatric patients and their families. 

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