Half of all regular blood donors have been unable to donate during COVID-19 peaks in Australia recently, leaving many essential services vulnerable to short supply.

Metro North’s Deadly Start Trainees Caitie and Kodey are just two of 34 year 12-students working hands-on in health, taking on a one-year traineeship in their chosen fields.

With the opening of the Kippa Ring children’s vaccination clinic, our littlest community members can do their bit to help keep everyone safe.

The Community and Oral Health Pharmacy Vaccination Services team led by Kerry Feilding having been driving ideas into action through innovative approaches by standing up dozens of vaccination clinics over the last eight months.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community has had access to an innovative mobile oral health screening service.

Community and Oral Health has been vaccinating Metro North residents closer to home thanks to the opening a host of new community-based and pop-up vaccination clinics over the last eight months.

For nearly two years the Hotel Quarantine Management Team have been at the forefront of our COVID-19 response keeping Queenslanders and the rest of Australia safe.

An exciting new life chapter has begun for one of our much-loved residents from the Brighton Brain Injury Service, Tania Pearce.

We have been recently shining the light on some of the hidden gems in Oral Health and it wasn’t very difficult to find quite a few more.

Our award-winning gardener Ron Aquilina is not only a great bloke, but always willing to put his hand up and help others.

Metro North residents are being vaccinated in record numbers thanks to the opening of several new community vaccination clinics.

Meet the SPACE team who are who are helping to provide choice around end-of-life care in nursing home across Metro North.

Our Community and Oral Health team are playing a significant role in supporting the COVID-19 vaccine rollout across Metro North.

A new, innovative trial has begun to safely support the acute and long-term care needs of the elderly in Metro North who have complex and chronic health conditions associated with ageing.

#ChoosetoChallenge: the theme of 2021’s International Women’s Day campaign and a phrase many women just like STARS Security Coordinator Wendy Roestenburg have adopted as their mantra in the workplace.

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath and Metro North Health staff officially opened the Herston Biofabrication Institute this week, set to advance healthcare research and technologies in Queensland.

Recognising, rewarding and celebrating staff achievements is an integral part of the Values in Action framework, and helps make Metro North a great place to work.

The next generation of doctors will be welcomed across Metro North this week as 163 medical interns take up residence across the hospitals on Brisbane’s northside.

Outstanding staff achievements were on show at the annual Metro North Staff Excellence Awards. From more than 140 nominations, judges selected winners and highly commended recipients from across the health service.

Our annual Metro North Research Excellence Awards are a chance to recognise and reward outstanding achievement in research across all clinical specialties and professions.