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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.” -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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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20/12/2021