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2222 – Our new emergency code number
On 1 November 2021, Northern Health transitioned our internal code phone number from 444 to 2222 following the Department of Health requirement for Victorian health services to introduce the 2222 phone number by the end of 2021. Since the transition, the previous in-hospital emergency number (444) has continued to run in parallel with 2222, to
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Awarding our staff
Today, Northern Health virtually held its first Quarterly Staff Recognition Awards ceremony for 2022, showcasing the great work of our staff. Due to COVID-19 restrictions that were in place over December and January, today’s ceremony recognised 2021 Quarter 4 winners, as well as 2022 Quarter 1 winners. More than 200 nominations, across six categories, were
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Better Together: National Volunteer Week
This week is National Volunteer Week, the country’s largest annual celebration of volunteering, and a chance for us to recognise the vital work of volunteers. Our Northern Health volunteers play an important role at the health service. They are always there to offer their assistance with a friendly smile and are always a welcoming presence.
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IDAHOBIT Day: Wear a rainbow tomorrow
Tomorrow is IDAHOBIT Day. IDAHOBIT stands for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia. The day is celebrated across Australia, where we get to take a stand against discrimination and support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+) people. IDAHOBIT Day acknowledges 17 May 1990, when the World Health Organization (WHO) removed
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Welcome back Unit 3 Broadmeadows Hospital!
Unit 3 at Broadmeadows Hospital reopened its doors this week, welcoming back their dedicated staff. The unit closed in August last year so staff could assist with Northern Health’s COVID-19 response. Unit 3 staff were deployed to Wards 20, 22, 13 at Northern Hospital Epping, Kath Atkinson Wing and Wards 1 and 2 at Bundoora
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Celebrating International Nurses Day!
Today is the International Day of the Nurse, celebrated annually on 12 May – the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birthday. This year’s theme – ‘Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to Secure Global Health,’ focuses on the need to protect, support and invest in the nursing profession to strengthen
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Virtual ED expands as it reaches 200 patients per day
Our Virtual Emergency Department, now expanding to become the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED), has reached a milestone of 200 patients a day! Northern Hospital Epping has been designing and developing the virtual emergency service since October 2020. Initially a pilot project born during the early days of the pandemic, it is now expanding in
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Are you the new Peer Supporters?
Northern Health’s Wellbeing team is calling for staff interested in supporting their colleagues and creating a mentally healthy workforce, to become new Peer Supporters and help launch the new Peer Support Program. Casey O’Brien, Wellbeing Project Psychologist, explains this is an opportunity to be part of a multi-disciplinary team assisting colleagues to cope with typical
