February 2022
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Eve app turns one!
Today marks the one year anniversary of the launch of our pregnancy and birthing mobile app, Eve! Eve was designed to enhance the pregnancy and parenting experience for mothers in the northern community by providing access to evidence-based information relating to pregnancy, birthing and early parenting. When women book in to have their baby at Northern Health, they receive an SMS inviting them to download the app which is linked to their medical record. Women receive weekly updates about how their body and baby is growing and articles are added that are relevant to their stage of pregnancy/parenting. They can…
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Welcome back volunteers!
A lot has changed in the last two years, but the enthusiasm of our dedicated volunteers has remained the same. Today, our volunteers are feeling the extra love on Valentine’s Day, as we welcome them back onsite throughout the week, after a long two years without seeing their happy faces filling the hospital halls and wards. COVID-19 forced on-site volunteer activity to cease, and so we looked for ways volunteers could continue to support our health service in a virtual way. Volunteers continued to assist Northern Health from afar, through the How-R-U telephone social support program – which offers participants…
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Jeanette Eddy is going home
“She was always staying back to help our patients and was forever saying, ‘I’m going home in a minute!’” recalls Danielle Williams, who worked alongside Jeanette Eddy at the Progressive Neurological Diseases (PND) Clinic at Bundoora Centre (previously named Bundoora Extended Care Centre). After over 50 years of service, Jeanette Eddy is finally going home and her time at Northern Health is remembered with fondness, by all who worked with her. This includes Professor Len Gray, the first Executive Director of Bundoora Extended Care Centre (BECC), who says, “Jeanette was a great person to work with.” The clinic they ran…
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Josie Minniti’s OAM Annual Fundraising Dinner Dance
It’s been a long three years between dances, but Josie Minniti’s Dinner Dance Cancer Fundraiser is finally back! Josie Minniti’s Dinner Dance isn’t one you’ll want to miss out on. Heels will be kicked up in celebration of an incredible 25 years of fundraising for vital equipment for Northern Health’s Day Oncology Unit. This equipment continues to allow cancer patients a more comfortable experience while receiving treatment – a cause very dear to Josie and her family who have been touched by cancer many times. Josie said the event promised to be a fun-filled evening with lots of food, drinks…
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Bringing the Cancer Giving Tree to life
Northern Health Cancer Services is committed to providing the best care to our cancer affected patients and families. With the help of our generous community, Northern Health can continue to provide this high quality care to our patients. Over the many years, we have received donations from grateful patients and families as their way of showing appreciation and thanks to the Cancer Services team. As a result of the many shows of thanks, the Northern Health Foundation Cancer Giving Tree came to life, to acknowledge the ongoing support from our community. The Giving Tree is on display in the Day…
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Krinal Mori wins MD2 Teacher of the Year
“What makes a good clinical teacher?”, asks Associate Professor Leonie Griffiths, Director Northern Clinical School. As she explains, this has been “the subject of much debate and numerous literature reviews over the years. The pandemic has taught us the value of providing students with clinical role models who can support learners, make sense of the patient experience, the hospital culture and of the diversity and health inequities we see in the northern community.” “Students need to surround themselves with educators who bring varied perspectives, curiosity and who can engage in conversations that support a student to grow,” she adds. The Northern…
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Welcome new Non-Clinical Ward Assistants
During the recent Omicron surge, Northern Health held a virtual ‘Ideas Lab’ to help generate ideas on how we could minimise the impact to our workforce and patients. One of the ideas was to seek interest from the community in assisting our staff on the wards with non-clinical duties. That is how the Non-Clinical Ward Assistant role was born. “The Non-Clinical Ward Assistant role works with nursing staff to deliver the non-clinical part of the nursing duties. This includes things like helping patients at meal time, answering phones and call bells, unpacking stock to the ward, helping patients with personal…
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Today is World Cancer Day
Cancer doesn’t stop for COVID-19. Over the past two years, our community has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. On top of dealing with a new way of living for everybody, there are still many people battling cancer. Today is World Cancer Day – celebrated every year on 4 February to raise global awareness and improve education about cancer and its impact on those living with the disease. This year’s World Cancer Day is being recognised under the theme, ‘Close the Care Gap’ – which is all about raising awareness of the equity gap that affects almost everyone, in…