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Our 300th open heart surgery patient, Mr Hugh Ross (79) of Relbia in Northern Tasmania, was admitted within three weeks of his recent diagnosis.

This month, as part of Calvary Mater Newcastle’s celebration of the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we meet Laura Healey, who is a newly qualified Nurse Practitioner, Medical Oncology. What is a Nurse Practitioner? Nurse Practitioners are registered nurses that have studied further and completed a Master’s Degree

Researchers Jennette Sakoff and Jayne Gilbert from our Medical Oncology Research (MOR) Laboratory welcomed some special Calendar Girls who recently starred on A Current Affair. Beryl Yates and Lyndal Little, otherwise known as Miss January and Miss December, are part of a group of mature aged women from Signature Gardens

Discover the stories behind Calvary’s clients || Norm Peace shares the high notes and life lessons from his life in the community.

Discover the stories behind Calvary’s clients || When Ann Michel had a stroke, the last thing she imagined was going on a cruise. But with determination and help from her family, that is exactly what she did.

The flexiblity of Home Care Experts by Calvary’s Hospice@Home helped Ian to stay engaged with family life at home while providing wife Nada valuable respite.

Meet Ann, a strong, determined and brave lady. Ann (81) and her husband Peter took us through their journey of how they had to readjust their lives after she had suffered a stroke.

Congratulations to the Hunter New England Cancer Clinical Research Network (CCRN) who was named the winner of the 2020 NSW Premier’s Award for Outstanding Clinical Trials Unit in late November. The CCRN was recognised for its tenacious efforts to connect people to important, life-changing cancer trials and rewarded for its

Celebrating and recognising achievements of our staff was carried out a little differently this year due to COVID-19. However, we were able to congratulate three exceptional staff members who were nominated by their peers for the Mary Potter Award. The purpose of the Mary Potter Award is to recognise staff