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MEDIA RELEASE | New podcast episodes of Ask the Specialist focus on Palliative Care

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April 14, 2025 - 09:15am

Three new episodes of Menzies' multi-award-winning podcast, Ask the Specialist: Stories to Inspire Better Healthcare, have been released, focusing on end-of-life care.
MEDIA RELEASE | $1.5 million to improve patient-provider communication in NT hospitals

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November 12, 2021 - 09:00am

The Communicate Study, led by Menzies, was today awarded a five-year major investment of $1.5 million from the National Health and Medical Research Council to improve patient-provider communication at Royal Darwin, Gove and Katherine District Hospitals.
NT News | Communication to be better after boost

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November 12, 2021 - 02:00am

Menzies School of Health Research has been awarded $1.5m to develop health communications in language for NT Aboriginal peoples.
Young Australian of the Year finalists committed to helping those in need

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January 09, 2021 - 11:15am

The NT's Young Australian of the Year also helped produce the Ask the Specialist podcast with Menzies School of Health Research.
2020 CSL Florey Next Generation Award

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December 10, 2020 - 10:58am

Vicki Kerrigan, announced as a finalist – for improving Aboriginal health outcomes in the Northern Territory by reimagining how the cultural education can be delivered for healthcare providers.
NT podcast recognised on national stage

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December 07, 2020 - 12:40pm

A Northern Territory podcast designed to inspire better healthcare has picked up a silver medal for Smartest Podcast at the Australian Podcast Awards.
Podcast delivers specialist cultural advice on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare

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December 07, 2020 - 11:05am

A new Australian made podcast that reveals the reality of the hospital experience for Aboriginal patients in the Top End of the Northern Territory is receiving plaudits for its approach to cultural education in healthcare.
NT health expert, trainee nurse honoured

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November 06, 2020 - 09:57am

The Northern Territory's Australian of the Year awardees include NT health expert Dr Wendy Page and Aboriginal Health Practitioner Stuart McGrath. Stuart helped develop the Ask the Specialist podcast.
Meet the Northern Territory's nominees for the 2021 Australian of the Year Awards

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October 28, 2020 - 09:43am

Katherine locals Margret Chamberlain, principal of Kintore Street Special School, and police officer Sergeant Erica Gibson have been named among the 16 nominees for the Northern Territory's 2021 Australian of the Year Awards.
Interpreters for Aboriginal people in hospital

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August 18, 2020 - 09:36am

On Health Report with Dr Norman Swan - Prof Anna Ralph - Menzies School of Health Research and Infectious Diseases Physician, RDH
Podcasts for Top End Doctors go global

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August 07, 2020 - 09:27am

A Northern Territory podcast to inspire better healthcare has gone global with listeners on nearly every continent since its launch in Darwin five weeks ago.
Interpreter boost reduces patient self-discharge

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August 05, 2020 - 09:00am

A study conducted at RDH has found that increased use of Aboriginal interpreters was associated with a decrease in patients leaving treatment early.
ABC Radio Darwin | Ask the Specialist's podcast experts address health racism at Royal Darwin Hospital

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July 19, 2020 - 07:30am

Racism and cultural insensitivity are the norm at the Northern Territory's biggest hospital, according to a panel of experts.
Media Release| Ask the Specialist: Larrakia, Tiwi and Yolŋu stories to inspire better healthcare

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June 29, 2020 - 10:49am

A new podcast released today, Ask the Specialist, reveals the reality of the hospital experience for Aboriginal patients in the Top End of the Northern Territory and offers ideas to improve the delivery of culturally respectful care.

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