Welcome to the NORTH Foundation

The NORTH Foundation works in partnership with our hospitals and research units within the Northern Sydney Local Health District to raise much needed funds so they can continue to provide the best in patient care and drive research to find solutions to real-world health problems impacting our community.

What we do

The NORTH Foundation, through the power of collective giving, strives to connect patient care and community wellbeing with world-class medical research and excellence in education, infrastructure and equipment.

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How you can help the NORTH Foundation

How you can help

There are so many ways you can help the NORTH Foundation maintain and continue to provide the best in patient care and drive research to find solutions to the real-world health problems impacting our community.

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Donations make such a difference to patient care, staff, the facilities and research undertaken in the Northern Sydney Local Health District.

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News from NORTH

Woman in hospital bed with her two young boys NewsPatient Stories
3 October 2023

Jen’s Story – Healthcare staff at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital provided me with kindness and humanity during a traumatic time

Jen is a busy wife and mother to two energetic young boys, and never had a serious illness until 17 December 2022, when that suddenly changed. It was the first day…
Woman staying in front of a lake smiling NewsPatient Stories
29 September 2023

Margi’s story – Understanding the different symptoms of heart disease for women before it’s too late

Margi was shocked to learn she had chronic heart disease and was at risk of dying before she could enjoy her retirement. In November 2022, Margi was having the routine…
Woman of Asian ethnicity smiling Hospital/Staff StoriesNews
27 September 2023

Early Career Researcher Series: Dr Vicky Duong on managing osteoarthritis via digital interventions

Dr Vicky Duong DPT PhD, physiotherapist and post-doctoral researcher at the Kolling Institute, talks to the NORTH Foundation about her experience as an early career research into non-surgical management of…

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