2021
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Occupational Therapy Day: Participation, Inclusion and Independence
Today is World Occupational Therapy Day. It is an opportunity to celebrate our Occupational Therapists (OT), and to educate the broader community on the value OTs provide. During 2021, Northern Health’s Occupational Therapy service expanded, with new roles in acute inpatients with the hospital expansion and also in the community and NDIS spaces. Northern Health
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Telehealth Awareness Month: How we care virtually
This month is Telehealth Awareness Month, aimed at promoting telehealth and virtual care for consumers and addressing digital inequity and digital literacy. Anton Harms, Senior Clinician, Physiotherapy, is one of many Northern Health staff using telehealth. He said he was keen to explore the use of telephone and video appointment with clients, prior to its
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From South Africa to Melbourne
Last month, Northern Health welcomed Dr Marcelle Jagga and his wife Dr Charlotte Jagga from Cape Town, South Africa. They were recently invited to speak at the Victorian COVID-19 Press Conference about their move to Melbourne during the pandemic and how they can use their experience of Cape Town’s three COVID-19 waves to contribute to
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COVID Psychosocial Response Team
COVID-19 not only threatens the physical health of our COVID Ward inpatients, but also psychological health, with new research revealing varying degrees of post traumatic stress following infection. Family members of COVID inpatients are similarly at higher risk of psychological distress in association with isolation measures such as lockdowns and strict limitations on attending hospitals
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Thanking our PSAs and cleaners
Today we are celebrating our wonderful PSAs (Patient Services Assistants) and cleaners as part of Thank Your Cleaner Day. During the COVID-19 pandemic, our PSAs and ISS cleaners have played such an important role, ensuring hygiene and safety is at the forefront of our health service. Our cleaners at Northern Health comprise of both our
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Selective Internal Radiation Therapy: A first for Northern Health
One of the latest and highly specialised cancer treatment options available, known as SIRT (Selective Internal Radiation Therapy), was successfully performed at Northern Health on 13 October. Only a relatively small number of hospitals offer this treatment in Australia. Says Dr Terry Kok, Interventional Radiologist, “Our patient was diagnosed with liver cancer that was not
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Our accreditation success
Northern Health has received formal notification from the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) that we have met all actions within the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. Northern Health was acknowledged for the progress it has made since the last assessment and the commencement of its strategic journey towards a ‘High Reliability
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Get to know your lemons
The statistics are sobering – 1 in 7 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. So far this year, over 3,000 Australians passed away from breast cancer including 36 males and 3,102 females. That’s nine Australians a day dying from the disease. What they also make clear, as Cheryl Murray, Breast Care Nurse