2023
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Get to know: Scott Bell
October is Mental Health Awareness Month. Scott Bell is a Lead Peer Support Worker/Consumer Consultant at our North West Area Mental Health Service (NWAMHS) in Moreland/Merri-Bek. Peer Support workers are an important part of our Lived Experience Workforce. Their ‘lived’ expertise and insights help others access our services. Scott is also a musician. Q: Scott, let’s start
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Professor Peter Brooks AM: Academic, Researcher and Clinician
To do justice to a career as extensive and illustrious as that of Professor Peter Brooks AM, one would require much more than a column of this size. Having published over 400 papers over the past five decades, Peter’s curriculum vitae reads more like a medical journal than a resume, and that is the condensed
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Occupational Therapy Week: Unity through Community
This week, we celebrate all the Occupational Therapists (OT) employed at Northern Health. The theme this year is ‘Unity through Community’. This is also Mental Health Awareness Month and today we showcase occupational therapists working in our Mental Health Division. Occupational therapists are employed in a variety of roles including: Clinicians (Grade 1 to Grade
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Delivering Better Connected Care for Melbourne’s Outer North
Kilmore District Health and Northern Health boards welcome the Victorian Government’s approval for the two health services to unite as an amalgamated service. The new service will officially begin on 1 November 2023. Under the new structure, Kilmore District Health will become a campus of Northern Health, joining its existing network of services across Craigieburn,
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Working together to keep everyone safe
Every October, Safe Work Australia runs National Safe Work Month – a national campaign to raise awareness of occupational health and safety (OH&S). The main objective of National Safe Work Month is to encourage all individuals and organisations to prioritise safety in the workplaces and to work towards reducing the number of work-related injuries, illnesses
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Research Week: The Inspired Researchers are back!
It is that time of year again, when we celebrate research at Northern Health. It seems such a long time since the last one and a lot of things have changed. Northern Health looks different, with a new mental health building. We are now digital with the new EMR, and we have just welcomed radiology
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Get To Know: Justine Ellis
Justine Ellis, our new Research Operations Manager, is busy building towers – figuratively, at least. Justine says, “Many of the building blocks are already here, so my role is to work collaboratively to turn those blocks into towers!” Click on image below to learn more Q:Â Justine, could I start with your coffee order? A:
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Unlocking Healthcare’s Digital Future: Telehealth Awareness Month
October is Telehealth Awareness Month, a time to celebrate and enthusiastically promote the numerous ground-breaking achievements and unparalleled opportunities offered by the transformative world of Telehealth, notably amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth involves delivering healthcare services remotely through the use of information and technology, with the added capability of supporting education. Telehealth is most commonly