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Quality Account and Annual Meeting
I am pleased to share that Northern Health has released our 2018-19 Quality Account, which has been submitted to DHHS and published on our website. Our Quality Account showcases many of the initiatives and collaborations we have undertaken in the past 12 months and highlights significant improvements in the quality of care and patient safety.
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Collaborating on Safer Care at Northern
Yvonne Chan, Nurse Unit Manager Maternity, and Abby Monaghan, Quality Coordinator Women’s and Children’s, attended a three-day Safer Care Victoria workshop, as part of a wider collaborative between Victorian hospitals and Safer Care Victoria. Yvonne is part of the ‘Better Births’ project, a Safer Care Victoria initiative that aims to reduce third and fourth degree
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Stella bakes her 1000th cupcake for ED staff
Stella Gibbons has just baked her 1000th cupcake for our emergency department staff. Stella began baking cupcakes when her daughter, Genevieve, completed her post graduate emergency nursing qualification at Northern Hospital. Stella tells us, “Gen came home one day and she’d had a really hard night shift. She slept all day so while she was
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Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Study Day
Northern Health hosted a Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health Study Day in October, and welcomed a range of expert speakers, both internal and external to our health service. Jason Cirone, Northern Health Refugee and Asylum Seeker Working Group Chair, said the presentations covered topics on the latest settlement data in Whittlesea and Hume, local support
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Bev Carman hosts 10th annual Oaks Day Luncheon
Long standing Northern Health Foundation supporter and Kilmore resident, Bev Carman, hosted her 10th annual Oaks Day Luncheon event on Thursday, 7 November. Guests celebrated Oaks Day in true form with Kilmore Trackside awash with florals and fascinators for a day of music, dancing, food and fashion – with all proceeds from the event going
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Lora Davies: What were you doing in the 80’s?
We are in our final days to purchase tickets to our Northern Health Foundation Dinner! Click here to purchase your tickets today! In the lead up to this year’s 80’s themed event, we asked Lora Davies, Site Director Operations and Director of Nursing at Bundoora Centre, what she was doing in the 80’s. Read her
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Mercy and Western visit our Daily Safety Brief
Last week, our Daily Safety Brief welcomed guests from Western Health, Mercy and Sunshine Hospital who visited Northern Hospital to learn more about how we manage and solve our daily safety and operational challenges. Saini Gurnit, Innovation and Improvement Advisor at Mercy Health, said she is thankful to Ariana Carrodus, Acting Director Project Management and
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Accreditation update and WorkSafe Award win
During October, Northern Health held a Mock Accreditation Survey to check our readiness for a full accreditation assessment next May. It was a very full four days with the three surveyors who visited clinical areas and held meetings with each of the Standards committees. Experienced surveyors providing observations and advice helps us prepare for our
