Message from Raj Sewda, Chief Executive Officer

As we celebrate Allied Health Week, I want to extend my heartfelt appreciation to all Allied Health professionals across the Northern Health Region. This week is an opportunity to recognize your expertise, compassion, and unwavering commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of our northern communities.
Allied Health encompasses a diverse and essential group of professionals — including those in diagnostic imaging, laboratory services, rehabilitation and therapy, social work, pharmacy, and Emergency Response Services (ERS). Each of you plays a vital role in the patient journey.
Whether providing critical diagnostics, supporting rehabilitation, coordinating social and community resources, ensuring safe medication management, or responding to emergencies across vast distances, your work strengthens our capacity to deliver safe, integrated, and compassionate care.
You are also key drivers in supporting safe and timely discharges, helping patients return home sooner with the right supports in place. Through coordinated care planning, functional assessments, medication reconciliation, and collaboration with nursing, medicine, and community partners, you ensure that discharges are not only efficient but safe, sustainable, and person-centered. Your efforts enhance recovery, reduce readmissions, and promote wellness where it matters most — at home and in community.
In the North, where geography, weather, and distance create unique challenges, your adaptability, teamwork, and innovation embody the spirit of the Northern Health Region’s vision — healthy people, healthy communities, and sustainable health care through leadership and partnership. You demonstrate daily what it means to live our mission — to provide quality, accessible, and compassionate health services to all.
Thank you for your professionalism, compassion, and the meaningful difference you make every day. Your dedication is deeply valued and remains essential to the strength of our Region and the health of those we serve.

Happy Allied Health Professionals Week!