Message from the chief executive Adjunct Professor Anthony M. Schembri AM
As the year draws to a close and many of us prepare for the Christmas and New Year break, it is important we take a moment to reflect on all we have achieved as a district this year. It has been an incredibly busy year filled with many accomplishments. These achievements are truly representative of the dedication and hard work our staff and volunteers show every day. Together, we have made a meaningful impact in 2024 and I want to express my heartfelt thanks for your outstanding contributions. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to take a look through our NSLHD 2024 Year in Review which features the many highlights and activities from throughout the year which are only a snippet of all the fantastic work across our district. You can read the Year in Review here: https://bit.ly/NSLHD-YIR-2024. Highlights include the start of building works for the $526.8 million Ryde Hospital redevelopment with the project moving ahead of schedule. This exciting redevelopment will see the Ryde community have a modern emergency department, intensive care unit, and advanced operating theatres to meet the growing needs of the community. I want to thank all our staff at Ryde for their teamwork and flexibility during this period of significant change. The district has also made great progress in research and clinical trials this year. We marked the opening of the North Sydney Trials and Research Van Norton Poche Centre, a game-changing clinical trials facility developed in partnership with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York. This centre will provide patients with access to global cancer treatments and further strengthen our district’s role in research and clinical trials.
Great progress was also made on the establishment of the Sydney North HealthCARE Precinct which is set to become a major hub for healthcare, research and education and play a key role in AI, digital health and musculoskeletal and cancer research. These are just a few of the many great achievements throughout the year that I look forward to seeing progress further in 2025. For those taking a well-deserved break, I hope you enjoy time to relax and recharge with loved ones. To our teams working through the holiday season, thank you for your commitment to providing excellent care to our community— it is deeply appreciated. Looking ahead, I am excited about the new opportunities 2025 will bring and the exciting things we have coming up in the new year. Last week we completed our last all staff town hall for the year, where I was lucky enough to be joined by Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) Implementation Authority Chief Executive – Dr Teresa Anderson and the team from EPIC. EPIC ran us through the new SPDR system that will enhance the experience of patients across NSW. The presentation also detailed the considerable difference that SPDR will make to the experience of our workforce. I have really enjoyed taking part in these town halls throughout the year and I look forward to continuing them in 2025. I wish all of our patients, staff, volunteers and the wider community a safe and happy holiday period.
Adjunct Professor Anthony M. Schembri AM Chief Executive Northern Sydney Local Health District
NSLHD NEWS | ISSUE 24 |17 DECEMBER 2024
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