social responsibility

“Our Social Responsibility Program is a collaborative program designed to support and fund various medical projects aimed at improving the quality of Australian health care particularly in regional and rural areas.”

As a company, Skilled Medical has a social responsibility agenda that includes funding health care projects relevant to our sphere of influence that support our service role, the medical practitioners we work with and the numerous communities we serve.

Our current Social Responsibility Program includes the following:

COLLABORATION
The Alfred Foundation and The Victorian Adult Burns Service (VABS)

FUNDING
$40,000

PROJECT
Skilled Medical is currently collaborating with The Alfred Foundation in Victoria by providing funding for a $40,000 medical research study conducted by the Victorian Adult Burns Service to improve the care and management of patients with burn injuries in non-specialist settings. Our donation is funding a major study entitled, "project to improve the care of patients with burn injury in a non-specialist setting."

BACKGROUND
In response to the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria, Skilled Medical wanted to support a practical project that aimed at improving health outcomes for people with burn injuries living in rural and regional areas.

OUTCOME
The study will result in the development of new burn management guidelines for use by doctors and nurses in the field and will assist with the early treatment of burns to help achieve better clinical outcomes for burn injury patients. The study and new guidelines will be completed by 30th September 2010.

See Social Responsibility Handout

See February 2010 Press Release