February 2024
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Redefining admission pathways for mental health consumers
Northern Health is bringing together medical, nursing, allied health, legal counsel and lived experience staff to discuss and redefine admission pathways for mental health consumers on 27 March 2024, at the Ibis Melbourne. Keynote speakers include Anna Love, Victoria’s Chief Mental Health Nurse, who will speak about strengthening pathways for direct admission and supporting the Royal Commission findings, along with Sergeant Brad Turney, Northern Hospital Police Liaison, Victoria Police, who will discuss the role of Police and Clinician Emergency Response (PACER) and emergency services. Northern Health speakers include: Belinda Scott, Executive Director, Mental Health Division Dr Daniel Crompton, Director, Emergency…
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New Addiction Psychiatry and Toxicology Service
New Addiction Psychiatry and Toxicology Service: towards a healthier and happier community The Mental Health Division is pleased to announce the launch of a new specialist service, bringing together Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) clinicians and Addiction Psychiatrists, and merging the former Alcohol and Other Drugs Consultation and Liaison Service with the SPECTRE unit. The Addiction Psychiatry and Toxicology (APT) Service is available to consumers admitted through the Northern Hospital Emergency Department, medical and surgical inpatients, psychiatry wards, and for current consumers of our mental health services. Services include specialist assessment, diagnosis, and clinical management of co-occurring substance use disorders…
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Pride March 2024
In 1996, Melbourne’s LGBTIQA+ community took to the streets to show solidarity for the first ever Pride March. The 1996 March took almost the same route along St Kilda’s Fitzroy St, transforming the strip into a show of community pride. The March has since taken place each year, as an opportunity for members of the LGBTIQA+ community and allies to take part in a fun, colourful and joyful day of celebration. This year, the Midsumma Pride March was held on Sunday, 4 February. 10,000 people took to the sweltering streets of Melbourne for the annual March, with thousands more lining…
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Welcome to the #YearofKindness 2024
Our values – Safe. Kind. Together. Simple, straight to the point, memorable and actionable. These are the values that have become entrenched in the fabric of Northern Health. The intention, however, is that they are not merely bright coloured words on a poster or screen, but qualities we can practice with our patients, families, community, and most importantly, each other, every single day. In 2023, we focussed on the ‘Year of Together’. This year, ‘kindness’ will take centre stage. As we launch into this brand-new year, we ask all staff to join us to make ‘kindness contagious’ by engaging in…
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Standard 2: Partnering with Consumers
Each week in the lead up to Accreditation, Northern Health will focus on a different Standard. You will hear from the Chair of each of the Standard Committees about the key points you need to know. This week we speak with Dennis Gyomber, Divisional Director, Surgery, and Chair of Standard 2: Partnering with Consumers. Northern Health is committed to delivering patient-centred care. Partnering with consumers is central to ensuring that our patients and their carers are at the core of all the work we do. According to Dennis, “Delivering person-centred care depends very much on our partnership with our patients and…
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Get to know: Grace Parisi
#WeAreNorthern Meet Grace Parisi, Receptionist, Northern Hospital Epping. What is your coffee order? My coffee order is white skinny latte, one sugar. Tell me about your role at Northern Health and what it entails? I was employed at Northern Health in January 2020 on a casual basis and am now permanently employed on a variety of different shifts. My shifts are day, afternoon and night shifts. My role at Switchboard/Reception is to answer calls. The Switchboard/Reception department plays a pivotal role in our organisation, seamlessly managing various responsibilities to ensure effective and smooth operations. At the forefront, we skilfully handle…
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Powering ahead, sustainably
Northern Health is committed to promoting a sustainable and healthy community, and recognises the need to reduce its environmental footprint. The Northern Health Environmental Management Plan 2023 – 2028 addresses Northern Health’s environmental impacts in its operations, and sets out planning, policies and procedures to support this commitment in the future. Through this plan, Northern Health has set bold targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2040, ahead of the 2050 target set by the Victorian Government. Northern Health’s greenhouse gas emissions were estimated to be 120,660 tonnes of carbon for the financial year ended 30 June…