2021
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Northern Health is Dry this July!
Team Northern Health is showing great momentum in our 2021 Dry July Campaign. Last year was the first year Northern Health participated in Dry July. This year, Northern Health is once again taking part to raise important funds for cancer patients in our northern community. In 2020, Northern Health launched the chemotherapy in the home
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Name change to reflect Ian Brand residents
Ian Brand Nursing Home has officially been changed to Ian Brand Residential Care. The name change was presented to and endorsed by the Northern Health Board in early 2021, with the change formally taking place on 1 July. Kirralee Jensen, Site Operations Director and Director of Nursing at Bundoora Centre, said the name change was
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Dancing and fundraising for cancer services
Put on your dancing shoes and support our cancer services here at Northern Health. Long-time Northern Health Foundation Patron, Josie Minniti’s annual Dinner Dance Cancer Fundraiser is on Saturday, 31 July, at the Ferraro Reception Centre, 14 Onslow Avenue, Campbellfield. The event, which has been running for 25 years, 13 years of those for Northern
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Why Acknowledgement of Country matters to me
As we conclude NAIDOC Week, Briana Baass, Chief Allied Health Officer and Partnerships, reflects on the significance of ‘Acknowledgement of Country’ and why we do it. I love my job. I feel really blessed to get to work with the variety of teams within this Division at Northern Health. There is such a rich and
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Dr Yiannis: Talk to your doctor about getting a COVID-19 vaccine
Dr Yiannis Efstathiadis, Emergency Department Registrar, made headlines last year when he shared his story on contracting COVID-19 and ending up in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) fighting for life. A year after, and now fully vaccinated, he looks back at the scariest time in his life. The 35- year old doctor had all the
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Celebrating NAIDOC Week with children
This week marks NAIDOC Week, an annual event that acknowledges the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. To celebrate NAIDOC Week, Narrun Wilip-Giin (Aboriginal Support Unit), have kindly gifted Aboriginal designed children’s colouring books, supported by Northern Health Foundation, to all children in the Northern Hospital Epping Children’s Ward. The
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Have you submitted your Big Idea?
‘What’s the Big Idea?’ initiative, launched mid-June invites staff to submit their creative ideas that, if selected, will be turned into successful projects in just 90 days. It has been a busy two weeks on IdeaScale, Northern Health’s portal for innovation and idea sharing, with 45 creative and out-of-the-box staff ideas submitted so far. “We
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NAIDOC Week 2021: Trinity Saxby’s long journey
NAIDOC Week recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This year NAIDOC Week theme is ‘Heal Country’. It calls for all of us to continue to seek greater protection for our lands, waters, sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration and destruction. As part of our NAIDOC