2026

  • Northern Health welcomes SimMan Critical Care

    Northern Health welcomes SimMan Critical Care

    Northern Health has recently welcomed SimMan Critical Care as the latest addition to its simulation family. Purchased through the NCHER Partnership, comprising La Trobe University, the University of Melbourne and Northern Health, SimMan Critical Care will provide students and staff with the opportunity to participate in high-fidelity respiratory simulations, allowing them to develop and refine

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  • Celebrating our partnership with the McGrath Foundation

    Celebrating our partnership with the McGrath Foundation

    Northern Health recently welcomed Ryan Barlow, CEO of the McGrath Foundation, providing an important opportunity to reflect on the strength and impact of our ongoing partnership. Together, Northern Health and the McGrath Foundation are supporting patients and families through some of the most complex and vulnerable moments in their cancer experience. Through the McGrath Model

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  • Meet the fourth generation born at Kilmore District Hospital

    Meet the fourth generation born at Kilmore District Hospital

    For one local family, welcoming baby Isabel into the world was more than a joyful milestone – it was the continuation of a remarkable family legacy spanning four generations at Northern Health’s Kilmore District Hospital. Newborn Isabel has become the fourth generation of women in her family to be born at Kilmore, making her arrival

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  • Get to know: Christopher Alory

    Get to know: Christopher Alory

    Meet Christopher Alory, Digital Communications Advisor, Public Affairs, Northern Health. Q. You are a Digital Communications Advisor – what does the job entail?A. In my role, I use a variety of skills, with my main focus being the website and intranet – updating provided content, giving it structure, and improving its visual presentation. I also

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  • Delivering safer, faster care: Virtual model showing strong impact

    Delivering safer, faster care: Virtual model showing strong impact

    Northern Health is continuing to improve access to safe and timely emergency care through the introduction of the Virtual Liaison Nurse (VLN) pilot in the Emergency Department. Launching in March 2026, this innovative model, delivered by the Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED), supports patients to receive appropriate care virtually, helping reduce waiting times and improving

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  • Ayesha Masood awarded the BankVic Nursing Scholarship

    Ayesha Masood awarded the BankVic Nursing Scholarship

    Northern Health is excited to announce Ayesha Masood, Clinical Care Manager/ANUM, Ian Brand Residential Care, as the winner of the BankVic Nursing Scholarship. To celebrate International Day of the Midwife (5 May) and International Nurses Day (12 May), Northern Health Foundation partnered with BankVic to provide a $5,000 scholarship to a Northern Health nurse or

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  • Shaping the future of mental health: Highlights from RANZCP Congress 2026

    Shaping the future of mental health: Highlights from RANZCP Congress 2026

    Last month, from 3–7 May 2026, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) hosted its annual Congress in Melbourne, bringing together mental health professionals, researchers and trainees from across Australia, New Zealand and beyond. As the College’s flagship event, the Congress is a key platform for sharing leading psychiatric research, clinical updates

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  • Staff Peer Support Program

    Staff Peer Support Program

    Northern Health is pleased to relaunch an expanded Staff Peer Support Program in 2026. Northern Health is committed to strengthening employee wellbeing and our culture of care. We acknowledge that our workforce has different preferences and needs for how they wish to support their wellbeing, and can access a variety of internal and external supports.

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