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Winnie wins WorkSafe Award
Northern Health Injury Management Coordinator, Winnie Tjong, recently won the WorkSafe Victoria Award for ‘Return to Work Coordinator Excellence.’ On winning the award, Winnie said, “this was a surprise and would not have been possible without the support of my team, management and most importantly the staff I work with.” Some of the initiatives Winnie
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Yvonne Amos: What were you doing in the 80’s?
This week is the last week to purchase tickets to our Northern Health Foundation Dinner! In the lead up to this year’s 80’s themed event, we sat down with Foundation Director, Yvonne Amos, to find out what she was doing in the 80’s! Read her story below. To purchase your tickets to the Dinner, please
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Lung cancer awareness month starts
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, which provides the opportunity to raise community awareness of lung cancer and the signs and symptoms of the disease. Alison Hirth, Lung Mass Nurse, says the symptoms of lung cancer can often be vague and mimic those of other conditions, so it’s important for everyone to be aware of
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Colin Woodward: What were you doing in the 80s?
In the lead up to this year’s 80’s themed Northern Health Foundation Dinner, we sat down with Director of Engineering, Colin Woodward, to find out what he was doing in the 80’s! Read his story below. To purchase your tickets to the Dinner, please click here. What were you doing in the 80’s? I was
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Coming home to Northern: The journey of Dr Fidel Touma
Fidel Touma is a Consultant General Surgeon here at Northern Hospital. Fidel says everyone he works with are very helpful. “They are like friends – brothers and sisters helping everyone.” “They always have time for my questions about the health system. I feel part of a big family here at the Northern,” says Fidel. Family
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Safe Work Month
Safe Work Month is a national health and safety awareness campaign developed by Safe Work Australia. This year’s theme, “Be a Safety Champion,” is about highlighting that anyone, employers or employees from any occupation, can be a champion for work health and safety. Everyone can support a safety culture in the workplace. At Northern Health,
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Meet Grant Taylor
Grant Taylor, Site Manager and Director of Nursing for Broadmeadows Hospital and Craigieburn Centre, always starts his working day with a coffee, which he prepares at the office. “Then I wander to the wards, ask staff how the previous shift has been and meet with the coordinators. I conduct a lot of meetings, take some
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David Ryan: Our cyber security
During the previous month, we have been seeing news about cyber-attacks on hospitals, especially a significant attack which affected hospitals in the Gippsland and South West regions of Victoria. The attack led to some of the hospitals, including Barwon Health to cancel some elective surgery and appointments. We monitor these events closely and take them
