2021
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HOW-R-U?: Holistic Approach to Care
Person centred services and care takes into consideration all influences on a person’s health and wellbeing. Lack of adequate social support can lead to unnecessary health service usage. The last 12 months have been challenging for everyone, particularly those who feel isolated and those who live alone. HOW-R-U? is a program that offers weekly social
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A purple conversation
Wear it Purple Day is an annual lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) awareness day aimed at young people. On the day, this year held on Friday, 27 August, the community is encouraged to wear purple to celebrate and acknowledge diversity among young people in the LGBTIQA+ community. Wear it Purple Day
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Accreditation success
Our National Standards Accreditation survey commenced in mid-May and was paused due to a COVID-19 lockdown, affecting interstate surveyors. Last week, the survey resumed with a combination of on-site and online surveyors, and was completed yesterday with a virtual summation. The survey team announced that Northern Health has been assessed as meeting all the requirements
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Anthony Gust: Mapping the future
Anthony Gust, our new Executive Director Digital Health, is on a journey. He believes our investment over the past few years in upgrading our server, the Wide Area Network and FollowMe desktop, purchasing over one thousand new computers for staff, hiring a dedicated digital health executive, and many other projects, “has positioned Northern Health well
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Speech Pathology Week: Communication is everyone’s right
Speech Pathology Week, celebrated 22-28 August, seeks to promote the speech pathology profession and the work done by speech pathologists with the 1.2 million Australians who have a communication disability. The theme for this year is: Communication is everyone’s right. As part of Northern Health’s commitment to breaking down barriers for those living with a communication disability,
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Anny Bargo : Dragonfly Dreaming
“I don’t really have a plan when I start a piece – it just happens. I see a colour, then shapes and then the dragonfly appears, taking its rightful place in the totality of the picture.” At the entrance of our Main Ward Block, at Northern Hospital Epping, you can find an exquisite series of
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Jo McKenna: Volunteer and Consumer
Jo McKenna started volunteering at Broadmeadows Health Service (now Broadmeadows Hospital) in 2000, and has spent many years on the wards visiting patients, conducting raffles, running activities, talking with clients and keeping people company. Jo has continued to volunteer at Broadmeadows Hospital two days a week, including more recently supporting patients to navigate Q-Flow when
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100,000 COVID-19 vaccine milestone!
This week, Northern Health has reached an incredible milestone in the delivery of COVID-19 vaccinations. Since the rollout began in March, Northern Health has provided over 100,000 vaccinations to our community – a major milestone we should all be proud of. Northern Health commenced COVID-19 vaccinations on 9 March 2021 at Northern Hospital Epping, where