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  • Ballot papers
    Voting in the 2021 State Election: Saturday 13 March 24 February 2021 The State election will be held on Saturday 13 March 2021. This year, there will be no mobile polling booths within hospitals for the State Election. If you know you are going to be in hospital on polling day, you can complete a postal vote, or vote early in person at one of the many Early Voting Centres around WA. Please visit elections.wa.gov.au/#howtovote (external site) to find out more information. If you find yourself unexpectedly in hospital on polling day, you may be able to vote via telephone-assisted voting. Please visit elections.wa.gov.au/vote/elector-assistance/assisted-voting-guide (external site).
  • Dr Kaushalendra Singh Rathore, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
    SCGH Cardiothoracic Surgeon's ground-breaking technique 12 February 2021 Dr Kaushalendra Singh Rathore, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has mastered the Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary ...
  • Mask Posters
    Mandatory wearing of face masks 04 February 2021 Most Western Australian residents are having a crash course in mask wearing (external site) with the recent introduction of mandatory wearin...
  • SafeWA app
    SafeWA QR codes and manual registers 04 February 2021 In line with the State Government’s direction that all hospitals display SafeWA (external site) visitor QR codes and manual registers,...
  • Covid-19 Update
    Changes to Outpatient Pharmacy service delivery for metro patients 13 January 2021 The Outpatient Pharmacy at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital is transitioning to cease the metro post/courier service from 1 January 2021. The courier ser...

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  • James Nolan
    Celebrating our dedicated staff! 08 January 2021Congratulations Dr James Nolan, our November SCGH Employee of the Month Award winner. Meet our November SCGH Employee of the Month Award winner, Dr James Nolan, Registrar in the Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care. James was nominated for this award by Social Worker Suzanne Pinker, who said James’ holistic approach to medicine, has touched the hearts of the staff, families and patients on Ward C16. His nomination is supported by the entire team on Ward C16 including Clinical Nurse Specialist Fiona Irwin, Head of Department Dr Elissa Campbell, and his supervising Consultants Dr Brendan Foo and Dr Ahmad Uzair, for his can-do approach and beautiful nature.  James has been described as compassionate, empathetic and very calm with patients, he thinks of others before himself, and has a team focus. He listened to clients, their families and the team and he was able to consider everyone, yet remain patient-focused. James understands the complexities of families and is a stro...
  • Patient receiving ultrasound guided cannula insertion
    New ultrasound development assists patients15 December 2020A recent Innovative Future (IF) Project – Improving pathways for patients with difficult IV access: formalising escalation and access to ultrasound – is already benefitting patients at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The project aims to reduce treatment delays for patients with difficult IV access (particularly after hours), and after just a few short months of planning and preparation it has come to fruition! Three new ultrasound machines dedicated to inserting difficult cannulas are now available next to the defibrillator and ECG machine between wards G51/53, G61/63 and G71/73, thanks to the dedicated project team led by RMO Thisuri Jayawardena. The ultrasound machines are owned by the Charlie’s After-hours Team (CAT) service. The project and ultrasound machines were approved by the IF Program Board following significant feedback from medical and nursing staff, as well as clinical data that showed high numbers of attempts and extensive time delay...
  • Edward Davey
    Celebrating our dedicated staff! 10 December 2020Congratulations Edward Davey, our October SCGH Employee of the Month Award winner. Meet our October SCGH Employee of the Month Award winner, Edward Davey, Cleaner in the Neurology, Outpatients, and Level 1 E Block areas. Edward was nominated by Jo Stewart, Neurophysiology Technologist, who says Eddie is one of those amazing people who doesn't seek praise, or recognition for his work, but he deserves it. “I'd very much like for Eddie to know that his vital contribution to our team is both seen and valued by all of us. Eddie genuinely seems to care about our team, and his contributions enact the NMHS values that we all strive to demonstrate on a daily basis,” said Jo. Eddie not only completes his cleaning jobs to an exceptionally high standard, which is especially important during these COVID times, he also consistently take steps to complete tasks that go outside his cleaning responsibilities in the departments. Eddie goes to great lengths to communicate and work closely ...
  • The ColMOrectal team growing their mo's for Movember.
    Doing what you can to help your fellow man this Movember24 November 2020The Colorectal - apologies, ‘ColMOrectal’ Crew at Charlies, are looking decidedly hairier this month. Led by captain Matthew Trinder (Registrar), the 14-strong team are growing their 'stache this Movember to raise awareness about men's health. Supportive comments from donors such as, “I pray this donation will help ensure this unspeakable act will never be repeated” and “May the handlebar have all the glory it deserves. Ignore the naysayers and grow it proud!” are keeping the crew motivated and on track to reaching their goal of raising more than $10,000. Team members Chris Mitchell (Anaesthetic Consultant), Rupert Hodder (Consultant, General Surgery), Michael Warner (Consultant, General Surgery), Hasitha Balasuriya (Fellow, General Surgery), James Cohen (Intern, General Surgery), Daniel Magee (Registrar, General Surgery), Cap Stirling (real name – Leigh Archer, UGI Surgery Fellow), Andrew Coveney (Consultant, General Surgery), Dave Hudson (Reg...
  • Ellen Campbell
    Celebrating our dedicated staff! 20 November 2020Congratulations Ellen Campbell, our September SCGH Employee of the Month Award winner Meet our September SCGH Employee of the Month Award winner, Ellen Campbell, Outpatient Coordinator at the Cancer Centre. Ellen was nominated for this award by Drs Peter Lau, Anne Long and Piyush Grover who all concur Ellen is a passionate, committed and values-driven person who has demonstrated outstanding leadership while navigating through challenges the COVID-19 outbreak presented to patients with cancer. With her patients at the heart of everything she does, within a short time frame, Ellen collaborated to establish processes to switch to telehealth consultations. She also set up a service to support clinical staff to send prescriptions and investigations request forms to patients. Ellen’s nominators say she has a “yes” attitude, always demonstrates “above the line” behaviour and is always on the lookout to improve the delivery of the Cancer Centre’s services. E...
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