Hunter New England Local Health District

OUR WINNERS | Jeanette Lacey We're excited to showcase the winners of our 2024 Excellence Awards, starting with our Staff Member of the Year 🏆 Jeanette Lacey is an End of Life Nurse Practitioner with three decades experience in end of life care, organ donation and, more recently, the implementation of voluntary assisted dying across our district. A leader in end of life care in NSW, Jeanette models how staff can advocate for patients and their families, adapt conditions and treatment to a patient's needs, ensures clinical and cultural needs are met, and how to creatively care for families during a tremendously difficult time. Congratulations, Jeanette! Your expertise and dedication have helped our district change end of life care for the better 💐🎉 #HNEHealth #ExcellenceAwards2024 #OurPeople Staff Member of the Year Award proudly sponsored by HESTA

WELCOME 🌟👋| We're thrilled to welcome 6 new radiation therapists at our North West Cancer Centre (NWCC) in Tamworth (one not pictured)! Several of these new grads have made the big move from the city and are now enjoying living and working in the New England region. Thank you for choosing to join our District – we can’t wait to see all that you achieve! #HNEHealth #NorthWestCancerCentre #Tamworth

WINNERS | Congratulations to all our winners from Hunter New England Health’s 2024 Excellence Awards! 👏 How stunning are these trophies - made out of recycled plastics! 🤩 🏆 Jeanette Lacey, End of Life Nurse Practitioner - Staff Member of the Year 🏆 Eddie Whitham, Tamworth Hospital - Volunteer of the Year For the full list of winners, visit: https://ow.ly/yabq50T76Yv Our annual awards wouldn't be possible without our generous sponsors: ◾ Platinum: Telstra ◾ Gold: University of Newcastle, QBE Insurance, HESTA, Aware Super, Microsoft, Eagers Automotive Limited, Turner & Townsend, LeasePLUS ◾ Silver: HPE Aruba Networking, The APP Group, Multiplex #HNEHealth #RegionalHealth #RuralHealth #Winners

🌟 Celebrating Speech Pathology Australia Week: "Communicate Your Way" 🌟 This week, we’re highlighting the incredible efforts of speech pathology students across Australia! 🗣️💬 🎓 With the theme "Communicate Your Way," we celebrate how each of you brings your unique approach and passion to the field. Your hard work helps empower others, break down communication barriers, and improve lives every day. 👏 Let’s honour and support our future speech pathologists. Share your journey, connect with peers, and inspire each other. Together, we’re making a difference! #SpeechPathologyAustraliaWeek #CommunicateYourWay #FutureSpeechPathologists #MakingADifference

🎨 Calling all artists! We’re looking for creative talents to help make the new Tamworth Mental Health Unit a culturally safe and welcoming space. Expressions of Interest are now open for artists and cultural organisations to lead an Aboriginal art, culture and storytelling community project. 🖌️ Be part of something special! ✨ Express your interest today: https://ow.ly/VVQ550SYa1P #TamworthArtists #CommunityArt #CulturalSafety #MentalHealthMatters #NSWHealth

A great turn out for the Maitland Mental Health Rehabilitation project’s community information sessions at Maitland Hospital yesterday. Staff and community members dropped by to meet the project team, ask questions about the project and share their feedback on the designs. Keen to sign up for project updates, ask a question or share your thoughts? 🔗Follow the link to access the online feedback form before Friday, 30 August: https://ow.ly/CRnA50T3GPg #MaitlandHospital #HNEHealth #MentalHealth

👋Hello world! A warm welcome to baby Kenli. 📖Every year for book week, Lambton Public School donates 100 books to our Maternity ward at John Hunter Hospital. Reading plays a huge part in a child’s development. After the birth of her daughter, Karen has already committed to starting this journey with 1-day old Kenli. “We’re excited to embrace our Indigenous culture through books and dreamtime stories” Karen said. “For my baby shower I requested books instead of cards to educate and inspire Kenli’s imagination. Growing up some of my favourite books were Rainbow Fish and The BFG.” We extend our thanks to Lambton Public School for their continued support in nurturing the growth and imagination of the newest members of our community. 💜 #WelcomeToTheWorld #JohnHunterHospital #BookWeek #ChildDevelopment #Reading

MILESTONE! Work will soon be underway on the $45 million Muswellbrook Hospital Stage 3 Redevelopment with Richard Crookes Constructions successfully appointed as the builder for the next phase of the project. 🏢 Stage 3 will deliver enhanced healthcare services for the community that builds on the work from the redevelopment stages 1 and 2. 🌟 👷♀️👷♂️ Richard Crookes Constructions will deliver 👉 New Operating Theatre suite 👉 New Central Sterilising Department 👉 Relocation of Community Health clinical spaces into the existing hospital Construction activities will commence later this year 🙏 To receive project updates email HI-Muswellbrook@health.nsw.gov.au with the subject line ‘Add me to your list’. See here for more info https://ow.ly/OwO350T1GST #HunterNewEngland #MuswellbrookHospital #NSWHealth #HNEHealth #Redevelopment

🥶 Don't let the cooler weather stop you from getting active! 💪Try an indoor workouts to get moving from the comfort of your own home. Get started with a @HealthyeatingactivelivingNSW free at-home workout:https://ow.ly/qc1F50SYcq9 #IndoorWorkout #HomeFitness #ActiveLifestyle #HealthyLiving #GetMoving

Sepsis is when your body has an extreme, life-threatening response to an infection.  📞 Don’t be afraid to ask, ‘could it be sepsis?’ 💻 To learn more about sepsis visit health.nsw.gov.au/sepsis