February 2025
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Northern Health welcomes new junior doctors
Northern Health officially welcomed 150 new junior doctors to its workforce on Monday with a comprehensive, hybrid orientation designed to ease the new doctors into their roles. The half-day event kicked off with a warm welcome from Prahlad Ho, Northern Health’s Chief Medical Officer and Dr Susanty Tay, Northern Health’s Deputy Chief Medical Officer. They
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Montse’s story
Today is World Cancer Day. The theme this year is ‘United by Unique,’ which emphasises the importance of placing people and their stories at the heart of care. As stated on the World Cancer Day website, “Behind every diagnosis lies a unique human story.” Today, we would like to share the story of Montse (short
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Guidance: New antimicrobial surveillance software
Northern Health’s Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Program ‘Guidance’ is undergoing a major upgrade in 2025. This program has been used at Northern Health since 2011 and is an essential decision support tool used to promote safe and appropriate antimicrobial use across the organisation. Guidance is a web-based antimicrobial decision support program designed by the National Centre