2023
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Thank Your Cleaner Day
Today is Thank Your Cleaner Day, a special day dedicated to all cleaners who keep workplaces and public buildings clean, safe and hygienic. Northern Health has an amazing team of Patient Service Assistants (PSAs) and ISS cleaners who go above and beyond in keeping our health service spick and span for staff, patients and the
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We are Northern: People Experience team
The People Experience team believes the experience of our workforce is fundamental to Northern Health’s organisational success. The team acts as the organisational ‘ears’ to understand current employee experience using people metrics and insights from engagement surveys, pulse checks and exit interviews. The team supports and consults leaders to improve employee engagement, while also driving
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Call, Push, Shock – it could save a life!
Restart a Heart Day is acknowledged annually on 16 October each year, and is part of Shocktober – a month-long campaign which aims to highlight, raise awareness, and educate the community about Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Elise Sutton, Resuscitation and Clinical Deterioration Coordinator and Simulation and Safety
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Get to know: Lila Coope
October is Mental Health Awareness Month. It is an opportunity to acknowledge the lived and living experiences of those impacted by mental illness – the consumers and carers – and those working in the field who are consistently raising awareness, having courageous conversations, and advocating for improved mental health and wellbeing for all. Today, we feature
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Thunderstorm Asthma Season has rolled in
The arrival of October brings the start of grass pollen season running from 1 October to 31 December annually, which also increases the chance of Thunderstorm Asthma. Warmer weather, increased amounts of grass pollen in the air and certain types of thunderstorms when combined can result in an Epidemic Thunderstorm Asthma (ETSA) event triggering severe
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Be a nutrition champion!
This week Northern Health is proud to recognise Malnutrition Week ANZ. A time dedicated to raise awareness of the role nutrition screening plays in the prevention and treatment of the staggering rates of malnutrition detected in Australian and New Zealand communities and healthcare settings. Every inpatient at Northern Health is required to be weighed and
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National Safe Work Month: For everyone’s safety, work safely
Imagine a workplace where there are no risks, and no one is injured. Sounds like a dream. However, the reality is that there will always be risks present in the workplace and someone will inevitably get injured. Safe Work Australia runs an annual national campaign in October – National Safe Work Month, to raise awareness
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Why Research Week matters
Professor Shekhar Kumta, Chair of the 2023 Northern Health Research Week Working Group, believes “continuous improvement in quality of care comes not only through optimizing one’s work, but also by incorporating novel research applications towards better and efficient patient care.” He is keen that this year’s Research Week does more than just acknowledge the research