September 2021
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Put lymphoma in the limelight
The community is encouraged to put lymphoma in the limelight during September, as part of Lymphoma Awareness Month. Yesterday also marked World Lymphoma Awareness Day, which is celebrated every year on 15 September to raise awareness of cancers of the lymphatic system. According to Lymphoma Australia – a charity dedicated to supporting lymphoma patients, carers
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Meet your Wellbeing team
Northern Health has a new Wellbeing team that consists of three team members – Stephen Whittaker, Wellbeing Team Leader, Renee Camilleri, Wellbeing Advisor, and Casey O’Brien, Wellbeing Project Psychologist. The team will be working to implement initiatives throughout the organisation to Protect, Promote and Support our staff’s mental health and wellbeing, with the ultimate goal
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World Sepsis Day: Stop sepsis, save lives
Yesterday was World Sepsis Day (WSD), an initiative by the Global Sepsis Alliance to spread community awareness about sepsis, and strategies in infection prevention and early recognition. WSD is held on 13 September every year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against sepsis. Sepsis arises when the body’s response
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Medtasker data showing success
The ‘preMETs on Medtasker’ project was launched 13 April 2021, moving preMET calls from the paging system to Medtasker and allowing direct communication between clinical staff i.e. nurse to doctor, in line with Standard 8. Sandy Ayuob, Medtasker Project Officer, explains benefits of this change include lessening the workload for Switchboard, a faster and more
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Can a conversation be life-saving?
This month, we marked ‘R U OK? Day’, a day dedicated to checking in on your loved ones, your colleagues and on yourself as well. This year’s theme, “Are they really OK? Ask them today”, invites us to dig deeper and go past the usual “I’m OK, how are you?” The current pandemic has brought
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Dr Stefan Herodotou: 40 years at Northern Health
Dr Stefan Herodotou is celebrating an incredible 40 years at Northern Health. Stefan started working at PANCH on 1 May 1981. “Forty years of my life. How fast all those years have gone!” he said. “I feel it was only yesterday. I remember so vividly being interviewed for the job by Dr Peter Leslie, the
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Every child needs a fair go
This week marks National Child Protection Week (NCPW), which has been running since 1990, starting on Father’s Day each year in September. The week raises awareness of child abuse, to keep children and young people safe from harm, and to prevent them from entering the statutory child protection system. At Northern Health, the Social Work
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COVID-19 ready on Ward 22
Ward 22 on the Main Ward Block at Northern Hospital Epping has opened and been fitted out as a dedicated 28 bed pandemic ward. The ward is also purpose-built with full negative pressure environment. Ward 22 on Level 6 opened on Friday, and patients were relocated from the previous COVID Ward on Ward 20 on