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Get to know: Q&A with Shiraz Lubke
In this week’s Get to know: Q&A with… we catch up with Shiraz Lubke, Northern Pathology Victoria Operations Manager. Get to know her: What’s your coffee order? Long black! I started off half strength and have now worked my way up to full strength. Could you tell us more about your Northern Health journey? I
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Welcome new Community Services and Business Administration students
Recently, we welcomed our new students completing their Certificate II in Community Services and Business Administration to Northern Health. Northern Health Chief Executive Siva Sivarajah, and Executive Director People and Culture, Michelle Fenwick, would like to personally welcome the new students and wish them exciting times ahead at Northern Health. “It’s great to welcome these
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Smart Eating Staff Challenge – We have the winner
During the four weeks in February, Northern Health’s ‘Smart Eating Staff Challenge’ motivated some of our staff to make healthier, smarter choices. At the start of the campaign, Dietitians, Amy Castelli and Cliona Twohig, emphasised the idea behind the campaign was to motivate our staff to look after themselves. The main goal was to encourage
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A big thank you to our supporters
Last night, the Northern Health Foundation held their annual ‘Thank You’ event, acknowledging the continued and generous contributions of Foundation supporters and their families. Held at The Mail Exchange Hotel, a historical Melbourne venue owned by Foundation patron Alex Robertson, the evening was filled with great food and networking, and was a wonderful way to
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Consumers visit our new Ward 17 (ICU)
Yesterday, 13 of Northern Health’s consumers and volunteers completed a tour of the new Ward 17 (ICU) as part of Northern Hospital’s Stage 2 Tower Expansion Project. Since September 2017 to mid 2018, consumers and volunteers at Northern Health were involved at all stages of the design process, and provided valuable ideas and suggestions from
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Record patient numbers in Northern Hospital Emergency Department history
Last week, Northern Hospital’s Emergency Department experienced the highest demand in its recorded history. This culminated on Monday, 25 February, when the department saw the highest number of patient presentations to date – caring for 343 patients in just one day. From Monday, 18 February through to Sunday, 24 February, the Emergency Department experienced a
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Community Wellbeing: Healthy Eating Q&A at Pacific Epping
This morning, Northern Health hosted its first community wellbeing session with our neighbours from across the way, Pacific Epping Shopping Centre. Dietitian, Emily Farrugia, hosted the session, discussing all things healthy eating in Q&A style, to help answer any questions the visitors and shoppers had about their diet. Customers had the chance to get tips
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Northern Health launches Q-Flow
Today, a new patient check-in system called Q-Flow has launched in Specialist Clinics at Broadmeadows Hospital. In the coming weeks, Q-Flow will be rolling out across the Craigieburn and Northern Hospital campuses. Q-Flow is a patient flow management system that is designed to improve both the patient and clinician experience whilst attending Specialist Clinics. The
