2021
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Remembrance Day: Lest we forget
“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – Winston Churchill Tomorrow marks Remembrance Day. On this day, we remember the bravery and sacrifice of the men and women who lost their lives serving our nation and its allies in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations. On the 11th hour, on the
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Feel Good Fridays are here
Feel good Fridays are coming to Northern Health, starting from Friday, 12 November, and will last until the end of the year. “The Wellbeing Team are introducing virtual ‘Feel Good Fridays’- an opportunity to gather as a collective and share stories, join in with games and fun activities, and shake off the stress. Each week
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Kindness from Kyneton
Nurses on the frontline at Northern Health recently received gift boxes with this message: “Hi, we are Alison, Janice, Angela and Katy, four sisters who live in Kyneton, Victoria. Please accept these gifts, collected and created by our regional community, as a token of appreciation for all you have done and continue to do throughout
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Q&A with Richard Laufer, Chief Legal Officer
In this week’s ‘Q & A with…’ we chat with Richard Laufer, Northern Health’s Chief Legal Officer. What’s your coffee order? If I trust the place, a long macchiato, if not, drown the coffee with milk. Tell us about your career at Northern Health? I started in 2015 as a lawyer with a mainly medical
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Rapid Antigen Testing Team
Northern Health’s Rapid Antigen Testing Clinic has been up and running for a month, seeing around 90 patients per day. With the working hours now extended  to 24/7, the team is expecting to see even a larger number of patients. Dr Victoria Madigan, Infectious Diseases Physician, together with Clare McCarthy, Director Quality, Safety and Patient
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Q&A with Dominic LaCaze: Working in Supply and Procurement
In this week’s Q&A, we spoke to Dominic LaCaze, Supply Manager, about the work of Supply and Procurement at Northern Health. What is your coffee order? Medium triple shot flat white, no sugar. Tell us about your Northern Health journey? Back in 2015, I was employed on a 12 month contract for a project to
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Trudi Hay’s Virtual High Tea
Fundraising looks a little different to how it used to, with new and innovative ways being sought to connect with networks and donors. For the second year in a row, Northern Health Foundation Board Member and Patron, Trudi Hay, hosted her annual Cancer High Tea via a virtual platform. The event, which was held live
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ED clerks: the glue that holds it all together
It has been a time of change and growth for our Emergency Department (ED) clerks, who have been working tirelessly to help fight the pandemic, led by Trisha Abbey, Emergency Department Clerical Supervisor. “We have 55 clerks in the team, with 20 rostered across 24 hours. People often think that we just take clerical details,