2022
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Farewell Craigieburn COVID-19 testing site!
Our COVID-19 testing site at Craigieburn Centre has come to a close. The testing site was established back in July 2020, during the second COVID-19 wave in Victoria. Since then, the site has processed over 150,000 tests – an incredible feat. Debra Bourne, Acting Chief Operating Officer expressed her appreciation for the wonderful work of
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Keeping families connected
“To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere, without moving anything but your heart” ― Phyllis Theroux Visitor restrictions, whilst in place to keep patients, staff and the community safe during the current pandemic, can prove challenging for the loved ones of those in hospital. Being keenly aware that regular contact with a loved
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Awarding our ISS heroes
Three of our ISS PPE Spotters – Simranjeet Kaur, Bruce Watts, and Anu Bharti, have been awarded an ISS Hero Award. Several of our ward nurses provided positive feedback for the three ISS PPE Spotters, saying, “Simran and Anu are both standouts, going above and beyond in all their duties. Bruce is also very diligent