2024
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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is a global campaign dedicated to ending violence against women and girls. This worldwide initiative begins on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25 November) and concludes on Human Rights Day (10 December). The United Nations defines violence against women as “any act of
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Get to know: Fiona Beadle
#WeAreNorthern Meet Fiona Beadle, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Cardiac and Heart Failure Rehabilitation, Northern Health. Q: Firstly, what is your coffee order? A: A small skinny latte please. Most days I drink white tea, but I do enjoy an occasional coffee when catching up with friends or on the weekends, or if I am very tired!
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A time to remember: Northern Health Memorial Service
Last week, Northern Health’s Spiritual Care, Palliative Care and Social Work teams hosted a memorial service to honour the memory of those who passed away at Northern Health. The service, ‘A time to remember’, was an opportunity for loved ones and staff to join together to remember those who passed away at Northern Health between
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Winner in the North – 2024 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards
Northern Health has won a prestigious 2024 Victorian Public Healthcare Award. The awards are an opportunity for healthcare workers, public health services, community groups and volunteers to come together and celebrate their selfless work in delivering support and care for all Victorians. Across a highly competitive field, Northern Health took home the award for: Creating
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Pregnancy and infant loss awareness
October was International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, including Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day on 15 October – an annual day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death, which includes miscarriage, stillbirth, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), ectopic pregnancy, termination for medical reasons, and the death of a newborn. With one in
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Thank You Busy Fingers Auxiliary
The Busy Fingers Auxiliary, a dedicated volunteer group located in Northern Health’s Bundoora Centre, has been making a difference through their efforts to fundraise for our patients. Formed with the goal of establishing independent aged care services in Melbourne’s north, it has now grown into a well-known fixture in the community, raising money to support
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Get to know: Sara Almoosawi
#WeAreNorthern Meet Sara Almoosawi, Lab Assistant Microbiology/Pathology. Q: What is your coffee order? A pretty simple one – a medium chai latte. Q: What does a typical day look like as the Lab Assistant in Microbiology/Pathology? A typical day starts off by starting up all the machines and performing their respective internal quality controls and
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The Australian National Lung Cancer Screening Program
The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australian College of Radiologists (RANZCR) took place in Perth on October 17-19. At this meeting Dr Miranda Siemienowicz, Co-Director of Radiology Training at Northern Health and Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Thoracic Radiology (ANZSTR), introduced the Australian National Lung Cancer Screening Program (NLCSP) to