Shelagh Latham

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is one organisation providing a range of hospital, community and home-based services across multiple sites in the northern and north-eastern Adelaide region. These include Lyell McEwin Hospital, Modbury Hospital, Northern Mental Health Services, Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Service and GP Plus clinics within our network. We provide a range of services: medical, surgical (both elective and emergency), obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, mental health, oncology, geriatric medicine, palliative care and rehabilitation. We employ more than 5,000 staff and deliver services to more than 400,000 people in our community. Our Vision Our community has the best possible health and wellbeing throughout their life. Our Purpose To deliver exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community. Our Values Values are at the heart of our organisation and inform our culture and how we work. In NALHN we believe that: Everyone has a story. Everyone matters. Everyone contributes. Everyone grows. Everyone has a story We are compassionate and will walk a mile in your shoes – patients, families and staff. Everyone matters We are welcoming, respectful and inclusive. In NALHN rank doesn't have its usual privileges. Everyone contributes Everyone builds the culture and makes NALHN better. We listen and learn. Everyone grows We promote recovery, wellbeing, creativity and innovation. We are all on a growth journey – patients, families and staff. NALHN acknowledges the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the land where we proudly work and deliver health and wellbeing services. We also honour Kaurna Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise Aboriginal cultural authority, and their ongoing spiritual connection to country.