{"id":79651,"date":"2022-09-20T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=79651"},"modified":"2022-09-20T08:44:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T22:44:20","slug":"food-trucks-roll-up-to-feed-barwon-health-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/food-trucks-roll-up-to-feed-barwon-health-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Food trucks roll up to feed Barwon Health workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OVERNIGHT food trucks served free wood fire pizzas, souvlakis and drinks to Barwon Health night shift workers last week as part of state government initiative designed to retain healthcare workers.<\/p>\n<p>Years of pandemic induced strain on the sector has led to vacancies in healthcare roles reaching record levels and prompted the Andrews Government in June to implement a one-off Healthcare Worker Winter Retention and Surge Payment for clinical and non-clinical staff.<\/p>\n<p>The $353 million package included a $3,000 payment to all staff employed in public health services and Ambulance Victoria and part time, casual and new staff that were employed on or after July 1 that remain in the job until September 30 this year are eligible for a pro-rata equivalent of the payment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_79705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79705\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79705\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/In-Article-12-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/In-Article-12-1.png 600w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/In-Article-12-1-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palliative care nurses Kayla Rowe (left) and Lisa Skinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The scheme also includes a Worker Wellbeing program for night shift workers who between July 1 and December 31 are being provided free meals and refreshments, including via food trucks like the C&#8217;est Chick and The Wright Coffee 2 U businesses that served Barwon Health staff at the McKellar Centre and University Hospital Geelong on Wednesday last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This initiative is just one of the many ways we are saying a big &#8216;thank you&#8217; to everyone at Barwon Health for their ongoing contribution and care throughout the course of the pandemic,&#8221; Barwon Health spokesperson Kate Bibby said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OVERNIGHT food trucks served free wood fire pizzas, souvlakis and drinks to Barwon Health night shift workers last week as part of state government initiative designed to retain healthcare workers. 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