One year ago last week, NHH announced the expansion of its mammography service with the introduction of an important new addition: the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP).
Since that time, 2,230 screening mammograms have been performed at NHH…
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Today marks the official kick-off of the 17th Annual Light up a Life fundraising campaign, in support of the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation.
Funds raised through this year’s campaign will help NHH invest in new information technologies.…
Jennifer Gillard, Director, Communications and Community Engagement, was presented with the Ontario Hospital Association’s Communicator of the Year 2010 award at the HealthAchieve convention earlier this week. The award, presented in Toronto, recognizes outstanding communicators…
Hospitals strike formal partnership to better serve patients
The partnership between the region’s hospitals that care for patients with kidney disease is growing stronger. Today the three hospitals: Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC), Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH), and Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH), along with…
New funding protects acute care services and introduces new restorative care program
Implementation of an innovative and comprehensive ALC strategy has commenced at NHH following agreement on additional funding from the Central East Local Health Integration Network (CE LHIN) and approval of the strategy by the NHH…
The August meeting of the Northumberland Hills Hospital Board of Directors opened with the presentation of the hospital’s annual Health Professions Scholarships.
Erin Fernhout and Victoria Sawatsky were the proud recipients of this year’s awards. Each was awarded…
The vision of the Community Gardening Group launched by the NHH community mental health team three years ago was simple: to help clients of the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team regain a sense of purpose and value by providing the opportunity…
Patients and community members now have a new tool for assessing surgical operations at Northumberland Hills Hospital and other hospitals around the province.
Beginning today, NHH’s compliance rate for use of a standardized surgical safety checklist has been…
The spin-off benefits of the Hospital’s support for its employees’ continuous learning will be evident at NHH on Friday, July 23 when nurse Kim Baxter hosts the area’s first Look Good Feel Better event.
Look Good Feel Better (also known as LGFB) is a…
Members approve by-law amendments to strengthen governance oversight
The Board of Directors of the Northumberland Hills Hospital (NHH) hosted a successful Annual and Special Meeting of the Members (ASM) at the Best Western on Thursday night (June 17), with approximately 300 people in attendance.
Members approved updates…
Latest edition of In Touch, NHH's community newsletter
For the latest edition of In Touch, dedicated to a special message from John Hudson, Chair of the Hospital’s Board of Directors, and correcting misinformation circulated in…
The Board of Directors of Northumberland Hills Hospital today expressed its profound disappointment that the Citizens for Alternative Solutions (CAS) is engaging in tactics that clearly fail to fulfill its stated intent to work with the Board for the benefit of the community.
The Board met with…
