2022
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DonateLife Week: The Great Registration Race
DonateLife Week raises awareness of organ and tissue donation, encourages Australians to register as organ and tissue donors, and to have the conversation with their family and friends. One organ donor can save the lives of up to seven people and help many more through eye and tissue donation. While the majority of Australians support
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NAIDOC Week 2022: Highlights and quiz winners
NAIDOC Week celebrates and recognises the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Stephanie Thompson, Aboriginal Liaison Officer and proud Gunditjmara woman, says, “This year’s NAIDOC Week theme Get up! Stand up! Show up! celebrates our ancestor’s history by doing just that, getting up, standing up and showing up! Celebrating many
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Safer Care Victoria attends the LISN workshop
In the last week of June, a group from Safer Care Victoria (SCV) attended the Learning Improvement Science (LISN) at Northern Health program. The participants were a mix of Clinical Fellows completing a one-year fellowship through SCV on improvement projects, and other various staff from SCV. Northern Health currently offer the program to all internal
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Raelene Hunter reflects
As Raelene Hunter, Health Information Services (HIS), Clerical Supervisor, prepares to retire from Northern Health, she reflects on all the change she has witnessed over the years. She recalls the days when patient records were kept in compactors in the basement at PANCH. “The compactors were so full and heavy they used to close on
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Josie Minniti donation to the Palliative Care Unit garden
Longtime Northern Health Foundation supporter and patron Josie Minniti OAM, has generously donated $20,000 to the refurbishment of the Palliative Care Unit (PCU) garden at Northern Hospital Epping. Her donation will go towards the centrepiece of the garden – a beautiful gazebo with an outdoor table, sofas, a barbecue, and blinds, for palliative care patients
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Northern Health welcomes Premier of Victoria
The Hon Daniel Andrews MP, Premier of Victoria, visited Northern Hospital Epping this morning to announce additional funding for the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED). The state government will provide a $162 million package to improve Ambulance Victoria’s operations, to help ensure patients are taken to hospital quickly, freeing up paramedics and ambulances to get
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‘Mrs Northern Health’ retires after 34 years of service
After a long career dedicated to Northern Health, Christine McGowan has decided the time has come to hang up her honorary scrubs. If Northern Health were a person, with staff making up the body, then this lovely lady would have to be at the very heart and soul. Known to many as ‘Mrs Northern Health’,
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New COVID-19 winter dose vaccination clinic opens
This morning, Northern Health commenced a new fourth dose (or winter dose) COVID-19 vaccination clinic for staff. Led by the infection prevention team, the clinic is located in Ward 1 at Northern Hospital Epping, and will operate via bookings only. In light of increasing infection rates impacting our community, ATAGI has extended the availability of