CEO Blog

In a population of some 24 million, a staggering 25 per cent – or a shade over 6 million – Australians volunteer their time for one cause or another. That’s a most heartening figure and testament to the enormous generosity and community-mindedness of the average Aussie. It’s also something we at NECH know only too well, where our […]

There are few things in the life of a hospital CEO as satisfying as having independent accreditation auditors pop by to tell you that your hospital has passed the stringent assessment with flying colours. I experienced that pleasure just a few days back when the two interstate people in question stepped into my office following […]

by Annette Nelson, Acting CEO I must confess that when I stepped in as acting CEO of North Eastern Community Hospital a few weeks back, it was with some degree of trepidation… as there was the uncertainty of keeping the ship moving forward in the same manner in which Scott Williams did whilst preparing the […]

We’ve just welcomed in the new year and chances are we did it with a glass of bubbles in hand and to the strains of “Auld Lang Syne”, that traditional Scottish tune penned by poet Robbie Burns all those years ago. Just a few weeks into 2018, it’s with mixed emotions that I’m again called […]

It’s around this time each year that we begin those annual mumblings and murmurings to each other, along the lines of “I can’t believe it’s almost Christmas!” and “Hasn’t this year just flown by?” They rise to a crescendo as December gets into full swing, spurred on by the omnipresent reminders that we are well […]