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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 the Labour and Birth Suite so and we ask you to please join us in congratulating her on this wonderful recognition. Graduate of the Year Congratulations to KEMH Graduate Midwife Gabrielle Tapper, who won Graduate Midwife of the Year at the 2022 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards last night! Gabrielle is a well-respected midwife who is committed to centred holistic care that meets of the individual needs of each woman. Gabrielle provides safe, and effective continuity of care and he... -
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 capabilities and discuss how these could be utilised to progress innovation, health research and health data science. NMHS delegates saw the impressive and newly installed Setonix supercomputer system, named after WA’s very own Quokka, and discussed the broad range of work being developed by Pawsey along with the range of opportunities that supercomputing can offer. Joint funded by the federal and state governments to support research, Pawsey is accessed through a merit-based applicat... -
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 information and that they have equal professional opportunities in working with us. The DoH also announced the updated Hospital Stay Guidelines. In addition to the speakers and panelists, 118 people attended the event in person with another 90 tuned in online via Teams. Along with a fascinating panel discussion importantly involving people with lived experience, we heard from keynote speaker Dr Piers Gooding, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne Law School. Having advised groups and... -
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...
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20/12/2021