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  • Professor Mary Steen
    Professor Mary Steen recognised with OBE in Kings Birthday Honours 17 June 2025 Congratulations to Professor Mary Steen, Professor of Midwifery at Women and Newborn Health Service’s Department of Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research, who was recently appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List. Mary was recognised for her outstanding services to midwifery, maternal and familial health research. She has a joint appointment with Curtin University as Professor of Midwifery and Discipline Lead in the School of Nursing. Mary has made a significant contribution to advancing midwifery care, maternal well-being and perinatal health services throughout her 36 years of experience as a registered midwife. Her work spans service development, policy advocacy, education and research, including a patented cooling treatment for perineal trauma after childbirth. Prior to joining North Metropolitan Health ...
  • WANMEA finalists WNHS
    Meet our WNHS WA Nursing and Midwifery Awards finalists 06 May 2025 In the lead up the 2025 Western Australia Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards on 10 May, we are shining a spotlight on our finalists from our Women and Newborn Service. Meet Eloise Congratulations to Eloise Pascoe, who is a finalist in Graduate of the Year category. Eloise works in Midwifery Group Practice 4 at Women and Newborn Health Service. The midwife is passionate about providing care t...
  • Infant being immunised
    New RSV immunisation options 03 April 2025 For the first time, RSV immunisation is now available to Western Australians both during pregnancy, and for eligible babies and children born from 1 October 2023. RSV is a highly infectious respiratory virus that infects over half of all babies in their first year of life. Prior to 2024, around 1,000 WA babies were admitted to hospital with RSV each year. In 2024, the RSV infant immunisation progr...
  • A group of four nurses/midwives
    Meet the specialised team preventing preterm birth for women of Western Australia 05 February 2025 The Preterm Birth Prevention Clinic established at King Edward Memorial Hospital has played a foundational role in Australia’s world-leading national preterm birth prevention program. The clinic is staffed by a specialised, multi-disciplinary team, including specialist obstetricians, midwives and a clinical psychologist – all working together to reduce the rate of preterm birth. In 2024, the clini...
  • Jess and Charlotte
    King Edward Memorial Hospital leads the way in preeclampsia prevention 14 November 2024 King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) is rolling out early pre-eclampsia screening to reduce the risk of maternal illness and preterm birth from this severe complication of pregnancy. Obstetricians at KEMH can now offer a new pregnancy screening test in the early weeks of pregnancy which predicts pre-eclampsia or high blood pressure in pregnancy, a condition that causes serious complications and p...

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  • Jody Blake
    A special thank you to our CAC Chair - Jody 03 August 2021 An end of an era is approaching for the WNHS Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) this week as they farewell their leader Jody Blake, who has decided to retire from her CAC duties after an amazing 14 years of service. The CAC represent patient interests and form an integral part of our health service with their consumer perspective on all our activities, initiatives and projects. Jody took on the Chair of the CAC role in 2010 and has since been the key driver of a number of projects and initiatives aimed at improving services for our women here at WNHS. Jody was a key advocate in establishing water birth at KEMH and the eventual guidelines for water birth at the Family Birth Centre. She was a huge advocate for the zebra crossing on Bagot Road, insisting on the safety of our women and staff and she was passionate about the Agnes Walsh Accommodation refurbishment in 2007. A Registered Nurse who...
  • Baby quads
    A message for women and their birth partner 30 June 2021 This is a very special message for all our families who are due to attend KEMH or OPH in the coming days. We want to assure you that you can absolutely have your birth partner with you during your birth experience. Your birth partner can attend labour and birth suite, family birth centre and theatre with you. You will not be alone. Your birth partner can then progress with you to the postnatal ward and stay 12 hours a day, from 8am to 8pm. All we ask is that if you birth in the middle of the night, your essential birth partner settle you in on the ward until you’re comfortable and then return at 8am. Remember even during this pandemic we will always work together with our mums to achieve the best care and the safest outcome for them and their bubs. We look forward to supporting you on your birthing journey.
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