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Emergency Department Wellbeing Week
Our Emergency Department at Northern Hospital is currently the busiest in Victoria, providing care for over 100,000 patients a year. We have a dedicated and hardworking team of doctors, nurses, allied health and other support services, who work tireless hours caring for our community. These demanding hours often mean our Emergency Department staff forget to
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Meet Alison O’Sullivan: Your Workforce Wellbeing Coordinator
It’s a busy day for Alison. Today is the launch of the Emergency Department (ED) Wellbeing Week – a program she helped organise. “During ED Wellbeing Week, there will be a number of different focus areas. Today, we will have the Therapeutic Relaxation and Enhanced Awareness Training (TREAT) Program, with Jo Gibbs from Alfred Health.
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Home Phototherapy: Keeping mothers and babies together
Northern Health is launching a new service to treat babies with jaundice in the comfort of their own home. Neonatal jaundice is the development of a yellowing of the skin that can rise to dangerous levels and requires a baby to be readmitted to hospital. Prior to this new service, babies with jaundice would have
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National Advance Care Planning Week: Your Life. Your Voice. Your Choice.
This week is National Advance Care Planning Week, an opportunity to prepare for our future healthcare. A time to speak up and be heard about what matters most to you. Vera Ray, was already very knowledgeable about Advance Care Planning, when she met Anne Marie Fabri, Manager Advance Care Planning at Northern Health. “What I
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Smoking Ceremony Garden Launch
Just outside Unit G is Jornung-Bik – A Pleasant Place, that was the scene this morning of a ceremony that has been observed for thousands of years to cleanse places and promote the wellbeing of people and guests on Country. Colin Hunter Jr, Traditional Owner, welcomed attendees with a Smoking Ceremony, an Aboriginal custom that
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Professor Bill van Gaal on the future of cardiology
William ‘Bill’ van Gaal, Northern Health Divisional Director of Emergency Services and Director of Cardiology, was recently appointed Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne – one more milestone in his impressive career in cardiology services. Here, he discusses his time at Northern Health and the future of cardiology. Can you tell us more
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Speech pathology department overjoyed with successful grant
The speech pathology department at Northern Health, recently received a grant from the Northern Health Foundation for a Fibre Optic Videolaryngoscopy, to support Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) assessments in patients who have swallowing difficulties. Associate Director Allied Health, Speech Pathology, Audiology & Orthoptics, Emma Beer, was overjoyed when she heard the news about
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Katherine Healy: Improving the lives of patients
Northern Health Dietitian, Katherine Healy, recently received the award for ‘patient experience’ during our second round of Quarterly Staff Recognition Awards. Nominated by Rachael Evans, Associate Director Allied Health – Dietetics, Rachael said, “Katherine is committed to excellent patient care, and is extremely generous with her expertise, providing support internally to the dietetics and gastroenterology
