Message from the Chief Medical Officer: Dr Elizabeth Rushbrook
Crazy Socks 4 Docs Day – is tomorrow Friday 3 June 2022
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June 2022
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September 2022
Message from the Acting Executive Director
A very big thank you to everyone for being so welcoming and helpful during my week as Acting Executive Director. We really do have a great team at CKW!
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March 2022
Message from the Executive Director
The decision to move to the Metro North COVID-19 Tier 3 Response this week is primarily about preserving our acute staffing during this period of high staff leave.
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May 2022
Message from the STARS Executive Director
Today, 27 May, is the beginning of National Reconciliation Week, which runs each year from 27 May to 3 June. It comes after National Sorry Day on 26 May, which marks the anniversary of the Bringing Them Home report being tabled in Parliament.
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September 2022
Message from the Community and Oral Health Executive Director
As I prepared the Community and Oral Healthy papers for the Metro North Board meeting to be hosted at Nundah on the 27 September 2022, I felt immensely proud of each of you and of your achievements across COH services.
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September 2022
Message from TPCH Executive Director
Yesterday was a national public holiday to mourn the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. While most of us had the day off from work to acknowledge this significant event, many of our staff came to work to support the continuation of planned care for our patients.
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September 2022
Message from the Executive Director, Redcliffe Hospital
We marked two big milestones this week in our progression back to business as usual. After more than two years of activation, the hospital's Emergency Operations Centre stood down this week. This stand-down phase was long-planned and mirrored what has happened at a Metro North level and across other facilities.
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May 2022
Message from the Executive Director, Redcliffe Hospital
Be brave. Make change. That's the theme for National Reconciliation Week this year.
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September 2022
Message from the Chief Executive
This week I was delighted to attend the launch of Metro North’s Newborn Screening Service and online education program. The service has been designed to elevate newborn screening practices across the health service with the aim of achieving clinical excellence in this area.
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May 2022
Message from the Chief Executive and ED Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
This week is National Reconciliation Week (27 May – 3 June) 2022, a time for all of us to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how we can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
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September 2022
Message from the Board Chair
The Metro North Board met at the Nundah Community Health Centre at Nundah on 27 September. It was wonderful to resume our commitment to meet in different locations across the region.
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May 2022
Message from the Board Chair
This week is National Reconciliation Week. The 2022 theme is “Be Brave. Make Change.” According to Reconciliation Australia, the theme “is a challenge to all Australians— individuals, families, communities, organisations and government—to Be Brave and tackle the unfinished business of reconciliation so we can Make Change for the benefit of all Australians”.
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May 2022
Message from the Board Chair
The Metro North Board met on Tuesday 26 April. As I have indicated many times, the recovery after we are over the scourge of COVID will require all hospitals and health services to investigate new ways of doing things, new models of care and effectively utilising the new technologies.
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November 2021
Message from the Acting Chief Executive: Adj Prof Jackie Hanson
Individual tickets and tables are now on sale for the Metro North Staff Excellence Awards gala dinner.
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November 2021
Message from the Chief Finance & Corporate Officer: Melissa Carter
As I’ve been preparing to finish up with Metro North, I’ve been reflecting on my time here over the past four years.
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November 2021
Message from the Chief Allied Health Practitioner: Mark Butterworth
Metro North continues our commitment to staff wellbeing through many initiatives and resources.
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November 2021
Message from the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer: Adj Prof Alanna Geary
There is much happening in our health service presently. Clearly COVID-19 is looming, and I continue to encourage you to encourage your family friends to get vaccinated.
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November 2021
Message from the Executive Director Clinical Governance, Safety, Quality and Risk: Michele Gardner
Metro North Health and the University of Queensland School of Pharmacy have partnered to appoint a Professor of Safe and Effective Medication Research.
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October 2021
Message from the Acting Chief Executive: Jackie Hanson
With so much activity surrounding the pandemic response, it’s easy to overlook some of the other achievements happening across the organisation. Recently we’ve celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Queensland Lung Transplant Service at TPCH. Since the service began in 1996, it has given more than 530 people a second chance at life.
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October 2021
Message from the Executive Director Clinical Governance, Safety, Quality and Risk: Michele Gardner
I would like to invite you to the 2021 Metro North Health Safety and Quality Forum. The forum is an annual event for Metro North Health staf and consumers aimed at increasing awareness and highlighting excellence in safety and quality.
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September 2022
Message from the Chief Operating Officer
We are continuing to work on our recovery from COVID and winter demand. The numbers are coming down but there’s still a way to go until we get back to business as usual.
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July 2022
Executive Director Message
The past month has been very difficult for the whole service and the pressures are becoming very familiar to us all. Even with these pressures our staff continue to stand tall and provide the best possible care to our patients and residents.
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July 2022
Community to become a renewable energy powerhouse
Community and Oral Health (COH) is anticipated to become the lead directorate in Metro North Health (MN) for renewable solar energy. Green Metro North and Infrastructure Planning and Capital Projects Project Officer Drew Button said COH would be the initial beneficiary of Metro North Health’s commitment to improve sustainability and reduce emissions with renewable solar energy installed at many of its facilities.
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July 2022
News in brief
More news from Community and Oral Health
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April 2021
Message from the Chief Executive: Shaun Drummond
Dear colleagues, It’s my first week back after leave and I definitely know I’m not on holiday anymore! Thank you all for your work during last week’s lockdown and the increase in activity at our fever clinics. With last night’s announcement about changes to [...]
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April 2021
Message from the Chief Operating Officer: Jackie Hanson
Dear colleagues, So much is happening as the weeks fly by. The first school term has finished, and our teams are busily delivering against all of the services required and continue to step up respond to the ongoing requirements of managing in a pandemic. [...]
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April 2021
Message from the Chief Allied Health Practitioner: Mark Butterworth
Dear Colleagues, I would like to let all staff know that Metro North Health has renewed its subscription to UpToDate (an online repository of the world’s most contemporary research on any health condition or pathology). Please click Features | UpToDate for details of all [...]
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April 2021
Message from the Executive Director Health Service Strategy & Planning: Colleen Jen
Dear colleagues, A Metro North Cardiology Clinical Services Plan 2021-2026 is being developed. This Plan will articulate an evidence based five-year plan to deliver coordinated, sustainable, responsive and high quality cardiology services for adult residents of Metro North and beyond. This is a joint [...]
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April 2021
Message from the Acting Chief Executive: Jackie Hanson
Dear Colleagues, Firstly, I would like to say happy Easter to staff, families and friends. Metro North, as Queensland’s largest hospital and health service, is playing a critical role in keeping all Queenslanders safe during the pandemic. The increasing number of cases from overseas [...]
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April 2021
Message from the Chief Wellbeing Officer: Bruce Sullivan
Hi team! Uncertainty prevails yet again! I often wonder what we will be telling future generations about this time in the history of the world? From the conversations I have had with so many over the last few days, it will be commenting on [...]
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December 2020
Message from the Executive Director
There’s no doubt that 2020 will be a year that all of us will remember. With the year almost at a close, it’s a good time to look back on what we’ve all achieved.
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December 2020
Award-Winning Pharmacy Department
Redcliffe Hospital's Pharmacy team won two prestigious awards at two different award ceremonies on the same night. The Pharmacy department won both a Metro North Staff Excellence Award and an ACHS Quality Improvement Award.
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December 2020
New MRI now operational
Redcliffe Hospital’s MRI machine is now operational for both inpatients and outpatients. Director of Medical Imaging Tanya Oliver said the hospital’s new MRI machine scanned its first patient in Mid-November
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December 2020
Volunteers and Auxiliary return
Volunteers and auxiliary members have returned to Redcliffe Hospital after standing down back in March for their own safety.
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December 2020
Welcoming Yvette Bates
Yvette Bates became the Ngarrama team's second midwife at Redcliffe Hospital back in September, but she's been part of the hospital team since 2016.
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December 2020
Study improvements in after-hours care
A unique new study is underway to assess the benefits of implementing an after-hours nurse practitioner service in residential aged care and sub-acute settings.