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  • Declan Murphy and his treatment team
    Adult Cancer Surveillance Clinic a first in Western Australia 28 February 2023 A new surveillance program is helping to save lives by identifying cancer prior to a patient experiencing symptoms. The Adult Cancer Surveillance Clinic (ASC) is run by Genetic Services of WA (GSWA) and was established after the Familial Cancer Registry team identified a gap in surveillance for patients with rare cancer predispositions. Genetics WA Familial Cancer Registry Manager Lyn Schofield said if a patient has a brain tumour, normally the neurosurgeon would deal with their brain, but there wasn’t any other surveillance happening for other parts of their body.” “It is difficult for patients with a rare disposition to cancer to access surveillance services and we recognised it was essential to establish an Adult Surveillance Clinic to ensure these patients could access appropriate surveillance,” she said. The Adult Surveillance Clinic is a comprehensive clinic...
  • WA Nursing & Midwifery Excellence Awards 2022
    WA Nursing & Midwifery Excellence Award winners 2022 27 February 2023 Excellence in Midwifery Congratulations to KEMH Labour and Birth Suite Clinical Midwife Christine O’Connor, who won the Excellence in Midwifery Award at the 2022 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards last night! Chris is a solution focussed midwife, who offer innovative processes and systems to provide the best care for both her patients and her colleagues. Chris is a popular team member in t...
  • WA Nursing & Midwifery Excellence Awards
    WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards 17 January 2023 Nominations are currently open for the 2023 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards (WANMEA). This provides all of us with an opportunity to nominate our amazing nurses and midwives from across the North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) and recognise their immense contribution to our health service. If you know a nurse or midwife who exhibits excellence then please take this opportunity to no...
  • Supercomputer Pawsey
    Innovation, meet supercomputer! 06 December 2022 The Pawsey Supercomputer Research Centre hosted the Innovation and Development Hub and delegates from across NMHS directorates and QEII based PathWest staff last Monday 28 November. As one of the largest, greenest and most powerful supercomputers in the southern hemisphere, Pawsey’s staff were able to provide delegates with a range of information on Pawsey’s supercomputing and data storage capabil...
  • International Day of People with Disability event
    International Day of People with Disability event 05 December 2022 We had the honour of co-hosting the International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) event with the Disability Health Network on Wednesday 30 November on the SCGH site at the Harry Perkins Institute. In synergy, we also launched our own NMHS Disability Access and Inclusion Plan (DAIP) to guide our efforts to ensure that people with a disability can fully access our services, facilities and info...

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  • North Metropolitan Health Service at PRIDE 2022
    NMHS staff shine at Pride Parade 30 November 2022 About 45 NMHS staff ‘brought forth the light’ at the 2022 Pride Parade in Northbridge on Saturday night. Staff marched behind a huge ‘Proud to be North Metropolitan Health Service’ banner and carried colourful lanterns as they celebrated diversity, inclusivity and acceptance. NMHS Pride Network members helped coordinate staff participation in the event. The theme of this year’s parade was Shine. Workforce Policy & Planning Consultant Liz Leahy said the energy everyone brought was “amazing.”
  • Dr Piers Gooding
    Meet Dr Piers Gooding 23 November 2022 Dr Piers Gooding is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School. He is a socio-legal researcher who examines disability and mental health law and policy and is the author of A New Era for Mental Health Law and Policy: Supported Decision-making and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2017) with Cambridge University Press, and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal for Mental Health and Capacity Law. Piers has acted as a board member and advisor in a range of local, national and international bodies working on the rights of disabled people, and has advised policy-makers at national and international levels. Piers will give the keynote address at an NMHS and Disability Health Network event celebrating International Day of People with Disability on 30 November. He will also take part in a panel discussion around supported deci...
  • Annette Koolmatrie
    Protecting our Koorlongka 15 November 2022 The provision of culturally safe immunisation education to mothers of Aboriginal infants has taken a positive step forward thanks to the Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control (MCDC) team and the Innovative Future (IF) Program. After a successful IF application and Shark Tank pitch, Naomi Nelson, Aboriginal Health Coordinator at MCDC has led a public health team in an innovative project designed to reduce the risk of Aboriginal children (Koorlongka) acquiring vaccine preventable illnesses. With IF Program support and funding, the MCDC team, in partnership with social workers, Aboriginal health liaison officers and midwives at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) have piloted an early engagement program based on a South Australian initiative. The one-year pilot commenced in May this year and provides mothers with immunisation education and a baby pack which were developed in collaborat...
  • Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day 2022
    Celebrating Genetic Counsellors 10 November 2022 Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day is internationally celebrated to raise awareness and interest about the profession and the valuable role it plays in health care. November 12 is Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day. Genetic counsellors work in many areas of healthcare, including cancer, pregnancy, cardiology, neurology, infertility, paediatric, and adult medicine. Many work directly with patients in various healthcare settings, while others do research or work in education, public health, academia, laboratories, or in industry settings. Here at Genetic Services WA our team provide a full range of programs relevant to the modern practice of medical genetics and genetic counsellors work in a variety of areas including, cancer, pregnancy, cardiology, neurology, infertility, paediatric and adult medicine. Throughout the COVID pandemic Telehealth has played a huge role in delivering genetic couns...
  • Person with support dog
    International Day of People with Disability 08 November 2022 Invitation to attend event and panel discussion The Department of Health's Disability Health Network and North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) invite you to join us in celebrating International Day of People with Disability 2022. The theme for this year's event is supported decision making in health and will feature keynote speaker, Dr Piers Gooding, and a panel sharing their insights and perspectives on the theme. In addition, there will be launches of the newly updated Hospital Stay Guidelines, North Metropolitan Health Service's updated Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2022-2027 and the inaugural Staff Disability and Allies Network for WA health staff. Open to all community members, service providers and WA health staff, this is a free event. You can attend in person or online. Information to join online will be sent prior to the event to everyone who has registered. Date: ...
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