2020
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March with Pride this February
This February, Northern Health are partnering with local organisations to celebrate Pride in the North! Along with DPV Health, Hume Whittlesea Primary Care Partnership, Nexus Community Health and The Kilmore and District Hospital, all staff, friends and family are invited to march together as part of Pride March Melbourne on Sunday 2 February. The first
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Northern Health staff supporting bushfire relief
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.” – Barack Obama Bushfires continue to threaten large areas of the Victorian community, with months of the bushfire season
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Welcome 2020 interns!
This week, 40 new junior doctors commenced as medical interns at Northern Health. Dr John Ferguson, Chief Medical Officer, who warmly welcomed our new interns, said, “We are delighted to have them join us – they bring a wide range of backgrounds and the passion and commitment we are already seeing. We are very excited
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Lending a helping hand to bushfire communities
With ongoing bushfires threatening large areas of our community, this is a challenging time for Australians, and many of us have been, or continue to be affected by the bushfire emergency. Many of our staff have generously donated their time to help the bushfire communities in the best way they can. Here are three of
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Intern Valedictory Night 2019 : Celebrating achievements, large and small
The year for 2019 Interns ended well with a valedictory celebration, where everyone received a chocolate rose in recognition for their amazing year. This year they return as HMO2s at various health services. Awards were handed out for: Intern of the Year, Overall / Intern of the Year, Medical: Jack Anstey; Intern of the Year, Surgical:
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Monica Dowling: Innovation Award Winner
Monica Dowling, ICU Liason Nurse and Organ Donation Nurse Specialist, won the Innovation Award at the latest Staff Recognition Awards. She was nominated by two of her colleagues – Ashley Shea and Bridget Walters, who said it was difficult to choose which award category Monica belongs to, as she has elements of each category in
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Keeping safe and supporting bushfire communities
I would like to wish all of our staff and volunteers a very Happy New Year. For those returning to work this week, welcome back. I hope you all had some time to rest and recover during the holiday period. For those of you who have been working over the festive season, thank you once
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Melissa Taylor: Going beyond the call of duty
Melissa Taylor (Brunet) is an Associate Nurse Unit Manager in the Birth Suite at Northern Health. She has been with Northern Health since 2005 and her role involves caring for women and their families in labour and birth, supervising and supporting staff in the busy Birthing Suite. However her commitment to patient care does not