2023
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This is NAIDOC Week
This week, we join the nation in celebrating NAIDOC Week – a time to honour and appreciate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The theme for this year is ‘For Our Elders’, which pays tribute to the Elders who have been our mentors, teachers, and role models, passing on
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We Are Northern: This is the Specialist Older Adult Consultation Service
Northern Health, Mental Health Division is proud to introduce a new specialist aged community team, the Specialist Older Adult Consultation Service (SOAC). The service will offer place-based care for older adult consumers with mental health diagnosis and frailty who live in the community or in Residential Aged Care Facilities. Staff will assess, treat and provide
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Creating a more accessible mental health service, together
Northern Health became a designated Mental Health Service on 1 July 2022, welcoming Northern Area Mental Health Services and North West Area Mental Health Services, as well as the staff of Merv Irvine Nursing Home and McLellan House. A year later, we welcome the Broadmeadows Aged Persons Mental Health Unit (BAPMHU) and the new Specialist
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Get to know: Katelin Blackwood
#WeAreNorthern Meet Katelin Blackwood, Transformation Lead, Outpatient Services. Q: What is your coffee order? A: Tea at home and hot chocolate if I am out. Q: Tell us about your role at Northern Health? A: I have been at Northern Health for 15 years and currently work in the Outpatients Department. I started as a
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Tracey Webster awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia
Tracey Webster OAM, Director, Clinical Leadership, Effectiveness and Outcomes (CLEO), was recently awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours. This prestigious honour is in recognition of Tracey’s many decades of service to nursing and community health. “It’s still a shock because I thought they seriously got the
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Better Connected Care Newsletter – June 2023
Over the past two months, Northern Health (NH) and Kilmore District Health (KDH) have undertaken a thorough consultation process to explore the future delivery of healthcare services in the Northern Growth Corridor. Part of this process included engaging directly with the community of Kilmore and surrounds, and KDH staff and stakeholders so we can collaboratively
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Meet Huggins Mhlanga, Nurse Unit Manager – Broadmeadows Aged Persons Mental Health Unit.
This is a significant time to be working in the mental health sector, as we declare our commitment to the ambitious reform agenda, set out by the Mental Health Royal Commission. Next week, we welcome the Broadmeadows Aged Persons Mental Health Unit (BAPMHU) and the new Specialist Older Adults Consultation Service (SOACS). This is the
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We Are Northern: This is the TCP team
Northern Health’s Transition Care Program (TCP) provides care coordination and low-level therapy for clients that have had a recent hospital admission, for up to 12 weeks. Based at Bundoora Centre, the program allows clients to continue their recovery while appropriate long-term care arrangements are finalised; this may be a return to the community, with or