BCHS Annual Report 2025 - Report - Page 24
Workplace Health & Wellbeing
Fluent in
vaccinations
The nurses once again organised and
facilitated a region-wide workplace
vaccination program to arm employees
against a dangerous 昀氀u season.
McKern Steel was one workplace to take
part. The Eaglehawk manufacturing business
has welcomed Kate and Heather for at least
the past ten years to administer the 昀氀u
vaccine to willing sta昀昀.
“It just gives us so much value,” McKern
leader Emma said. “It’s a really holistic
approach to health for our sta昀昀, and it feels
really good to o昀昀er them the program.”
Fun 昀氀u
jab facts!
• 144 businesses visited
• 2800 vaccinations given
• 123 BCHS sta昀昀
vaccinated
Preventative
work saves lives
Workplace Health & Wellbeing nurses Kate
and Heather’s attendance at the Municipal
Works Australia conference began with an
attendee making a bee-line for their stall to
say the nurses saved his life last year. Literally.
When the conference goer dropped in to the BCHS stall
for a free health check the year before, he learnt he had
all the risk factors for a heart attack.
The 30-something said he couldn’t wait to leave the
conference to see his GP. He’s since been on medication
and is working to change his lifestyle.
“This is why Kate and I do this,” Heather said, referring
not only to their annual site at this conference, but the
health checks and information sessions they do within
workplaces around the region.
“We know we’re making a di昀昀erence,” she said.
Emma, of McKern Steel, receives a vaccination from nurse Heather.
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