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Media releases issued in 2012 will be available on this page as they become available. 


Celebrating Northern Nurses - 10/05/2012
International Nurses Day, May 12, celebrates and acknowledges the valuable contributions Nurses make to society, and marks the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, widely recognised as the founder of modern Nursing.  

A heartfelt message - 08/05/2012
This week is Heart Week, and Northern Health, along with The Heart Foundation, is urging all Australians to learn the warning signs of a heart attack.

A celebration is born! - 07/05/2012
International Midwives Day honours Midwives for the care and support they provide to expectant and new mothers.

Record number of births at The Northern Hospital - 02/05/2012
The Northern Hospital has delivered a record twenty babies in twenty-two hours.
Between the hours of four am Tuesday May 1st, to two am Wednesday May 2nd, The Northern Hospital welcomed twelve boys and eight girls into the world.

Northern Health's heart is in the right place
- 26/04/2012
Northern Health is paving the way to innovative research and surgery, with a world wide first heart procedure successfully performed last week.

Northern Health honours the ANZACS - 23/04/2012
On Monday April 23, Bundoora Extended Care Centre hosted a commemorative ANZAC Day Service.

Construction commences on new GP Super Clinic - 18/04/2012
The northern community will soon benefit from the GP Super Clinic located in South Morang with construction now underway.

Improvements to pathology services at Northern Health - 05/04/2012
Northern Health has announced that it will award the provision of pathology services to Healthscope Pathology.

Celebrating harmony at Northern Health - 21/03/2012
Harmony Day, celebrated on March 21 each year, is an opportunity to share culture, faith and language, and to celebrate the benefits multiculturalism brings to a local community. 

Extending a helping hand to a northern community - 20/03/2012
Northern Health’s Social Workers joined together on Tuesday March 20 to celebrate World Social Work Day. 

Northern women contribute to a healthier community - 08/03/2012
Today is International Women’s Day, and Northern Health is recognising the contribution that women make creating a healthier northern community through research and education.

The most valuable donation of all - 16/02/2012
Do your loved ones know your thoughts and wishes when it comes to organ and tissue donation? Northern Health is encouraging everyone to have the conversation.


Melbourne Victory players helping sick kids kick goals at The Northern Hospital - 15/02/2012
Children in The Northern Hospital’s Children’s and Adolescent Health Unit gave illness the boot with a little help from their friends from the Melbourne Victory Football Club.

Northern nurses graduate - 07/02/2012
Northern Health Nurses who took part in the 2011 Graduate and Post Graduate Nurse and Midwife Programs at Northern Health attended their Graduation Ceremony at The Northern Hospital yesterday. 

Nursing a fresh intake of graduates - 31/01/2011
This week 39 Graduate Nurses and Midwives will take part in a three-day Orientation program as part of the Northern Health Graduate Nurse and Graduate Midwife Transition to Practice program.

True blue bubs welcomed at The Northern Hospital - 27/01/12
As many local residents celebrated yesterday with barbeques and outdoor activities in Melbourne’s sunny weather, Australia Day at The Northern Hospital was celebrated with the arrival of six newborn babies.

Lifetime of care honoured - 24/01/12
The commitment and dedication of one man to the Broadmeadows community was marked today with the launch of McKenna House at Broadmeadows Health Service. 

Scoring and eagle for local cancer services - 24/01/12
Northern Health is encouraging local residents to take part in the Can Do and More Annual Charity Golf Day being held on Sunday, 12 February. 

Northern Health weighs in on healthy weight - 17/01/12
Taking place from 22-29 January, Healthy Weight Week provides a great opportunity for local residents to think about maintaining a healthy weight and a healthy lifestyle.

Nursing her way to the top in the North - 13/01/12
Residents across Melbourne’s northern suburbs will benefit from having one of the nation’s few practicing Associate Professors in Nursing, Julie Considine.

Having faith in a diverse community- 13/01/12
Sunday, January 15 is World Religion Day, an event that aims to help strengthen interfaith understanding and promote greater tolerance for a more open-minded and respectful society to exist.

Volunteering to be number one - 12/01/12
Patients at Craigieburn Health Service are benefiting from the generous actions of a local resident who is volunteering her time to help others.

An apple a day won't keep these doctors away - 09/01/12
A record number of 47 new junior doctors have today started as medical interns at The Northern Hospital.

After hours changes at The Northern Hospital - 06/01/12
As part of the $22.5 million redevelopment of the Emergency Department and Special Care Nursery at The Northern Hospital, the After Hours GP Clinic at The Northern Hospital will close.


You can access media releases from previous years by clicking on the links below:

2011

2010

2009

2008


Media contacts
Media inquiries: email corporatecommunications@nh.org.au 

Ryan Brown
Acting Director, Corporate Communications
Phone 03 8405 8026
           0400 624 329

Emma Woodall
Corporate Communications Officer
Phone 03 8405 8809
           0432 092 797          

 


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