KWHB News
KWHB Health Promotions Officer featured in THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN
November 23, 2010 KWHB Health Promotions Officer Michael O'Halloran was featured in the Weekend Australian on Saturday November 20. Click the heading to read the full article.
Katherine West Health Board is doing Movember
November 23, 2010 | Staff from KWHB are taking part in Movember to raise money and awareness for men's health. As of week three, we have raised close to $3500. The health of men in our region, and across all of Australia, is a very important issue. Please visit our KWHB Movember Homepage to make a donation to a worthy cause throughout November.
August 25, 2010 | KWHB positions advertised this weekend
Katherine West Health Board is advertising three full time positions in the Weekend Australian, Northern Territory News, Katherine Times, Seek and CareerOne websites this weekend. You can see the listed advertisement here, or you can visit our Current Positions page for full position descriptions.
For further enquiries, please contact KWHB General Manager Liz Yates on (08) 8971 9300
August 24, 2010 | Well done tothe KWHB Mobile Health Team, the Yarralin Clinic Staff and theKalkaringi clinic staff for their excellent work in responding to a serious car accident near Top Springs in mid-August. In exceedingly difficult circumstances,everybody did superbly well. A timely reminder for all Territorians todrive safely on our remote highways.
July 13, 2010 | KWHB SeniorAboriginal Health Worker Dee Hampton has received an award as part ofNAIDOC Week 2010. Dee is one of KWHB's hard working and skilled AHWsworking throughout all Katherine West Region communities. Dee thoroughlydeserves her recognition, great work.
May 6, 2010 | KWHB's CommunityDevelopment Manager, David Lines, has received an Individual HealthMedal from his honour, the Administrator of Health in the NorthernTerritory. David received his medal for his tireless work in culturalsafety and patient travel. WELL DONE DAVID!
April 20, 2010 | A big thank you to everybody who attended our Cultural Orientation DVD Launch @ Deckchair Cinema in Darwin. In particular, MLA Marion Scrymgour, Jenny Norris from the Australian Government Dept. of Health and Ageing and AMSANT Chair Stephanie Bell for their kind words on the evening.
Once again, a big thank you to Barbara Cummings for organizing the evening, a great job.
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Article Published in Australian Rural Doctor Magazine, August 2009.
August 10, 2009 | KWHB Model - Including Front Page Feature Story on the Health Service and the Region | Click Here for Article
Australian Rural Doctor is published by Reed Business Information of Chatswood NSW.
The magazine has a Targeted Circulation of 6,537 Rural and Remote GPs, with a very healthy readership of 66% per issue.
(Source: http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/pdf/AD_MK_09_FULL.pdf
Article in Australian Doctor Magazine
August 2009 | Dr Andrew Bell, KWHB Primary Health Care Manager Director, has published an article about the mandatory sexual reporting laws in the Northern Territory, and their impacts on the community controlled aboriginal health sector.