This morning, the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services, The Hon. Jenny Mikakos, officially opened Northern Hospital’s new Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Welcomed by Northern Health Chair Jennifer Williams and Chief Executive Siva Sivarajah, the Minister toured the facilities with local MPs, whilst discussing the benefits the new ICU will bring to the northern community,

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Today, our new Ward 17 (ICU) opens at Northern Hospital, with the ICU team moving into the space from 8.30 am this morning. The new state of the art ICU includes 18 intensive care beds and three dedicated paediatric bays. The space hosts latest patient information and entertainment screens, central monitoring, negative and positive pressure

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In front of 250 attendants, the Northern Health Ambulatory Diabetes team received two awards at the Australian Diabetes Educators (ADEA) conference, recently held in Albert Park. Diabetes Nurse Educator, Susan Abraham, won the award for ‘Best Novice Oral Abstract Presentation’ on her project titled ‘Do people with diabetes change their self-management behaviours whilst on extended

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Did you know that Australia’s Indigenous people on average, die 10 to 17 years earlier than other Australians? The Close the Gap campaign aims to close the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation. The Close the Gap Campaign 2019 report, ‘Our choices, our

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Harmony Week is about inclusiveness, respect and belonging for all Australians, regardless of cultural or linguistic background. Today, almost half of Victorians were either born overseas or have at least one parent who was born overseas. Here in the North, our patients were born in 184 countries, speak 106 languages and follow 90 religions and

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In this week’s Get to know: Q&A with… we catch up with People & Culture Recruitment Coordinator, Evelyne Kollaras. What is your coffee order? Soy latte. Can you tell us a bit about your Northern Health journey?  I started at Northern about two and a half years ago whilst I was still completing my HR

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Today we celebrate social workers’ contribution to making a difference to people’s lives, respecting their dignity and rights. This is also an opportunity to recognise the contribution social workers make world-wide, and to acknowledge the great work and achievements of our social workers across Northern Health. Associate Director Allied Health, Penelope Vye, said the theme

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Every year in hospitals the size of Northern Health, there are about 8-10 cases of staphylococcus bacteraemia mostly related to intravenous cannulas. These infections can result in death, but most are preventable. Northern Health is looking to improve how we care for patients with Peripheral Intravenous Cannulas (PIVCs). During the Safe Practice Forum on Wednesday

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