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WA’s unique Asbestos Review Program celebrates its 5000th participant 02 July 2021 Thirty years ago, in response to increasing concern over the health of thousands of WA workers and families after exposure to asbestos dust, a world-unique program was established in WA. Last year, the Asbestos Review Program celebrated its 30th anniversary;this year, it celebrates its5000th participant. The Asbestos Review Program (ARP) looks after people who have worked with or been exposed to asbestos, seeing nearly 2000 people per year and is based in the Respiratory Department at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. During this time the ARP has performed more than 29,000 chest x-rays, 11,500 CT scans, 45,000 blood tests and 49,000 lung function tests. Prof Fraser Brims, Head of the Respiratory Department and Director of the ARP, said the ARP has pioneered modern technology in recent years with ultra-low dose CT scans to detect lung cancer at an early stage, when it can be successfully tr... -
Charlies Respiratory team recognised with rare double honour at national meeting 16 June 2021 Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital's Respiratory Department achieved a rare double recognition of excellence at the recent annual Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) meeting. Professor Gary Lee was awarded the TSANZ Research Medal for sustained outstanding contribution to respiratory medicine and science. Gary’s research is internationally recognised and has contributed significantly to scientific and clinical advances in pleural medicine across the world. Emeritus Clinical Professor Martin Phillips was awarded the TSANZ 50th Anniversary Medal for outstanding contribution and sustained excellence in respiratory education and training in Australia and New Zealand. Martin has an international reputation in interventional bronchoscopy and further contributed to establishing the Lung Foundation Australia more than 30 years ago. Gary and Martin join an esteemed list of pre... -
Art inspired by hope 14 June 2021 The talented Charlies staff from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and General High Dependency Unit (GHDU) have created a beautiful artwork that takes pride of place in the entrance of the ICU. In May 2020 when COVID-19 was globally taking hold, Jing (Cherry) Ning, Research Nurse ICU & GHDU and Aisling McDonald, RN ICU developed a wellness initiative to engage staff and create a work of art inspired by hope. “We thought the idea of joining puzzle pieces together to form a lovely picture symbolised each of us as individuals of both ICU and GHDU, working together as a wonderful team. Individual strength and team spirit were much needed during that time and were indeed what got us through,” said Cherry. “We needed a theme, a shared vision, and we thought of 'hope'! We thought no matter what challenges we were facing - we needed to have hope. We wanted people to portray the... -
Shiftmatch Cohort Model - Congrats Naomi Parkins! 11 June 2021 Congratulations to Naomi Parkins, SCGOPHCG Nurse Manager, Patient Flow Unit, for presenting her Innovative Future project at the 10th International Congress on Innovations in Nursing (external site) in May 2021. Naomi, along with Michael Stuart and Keren Smith applied to the Innovative Future (IF) program in round one, to address the problems they were experiencing with managing casual staff shifts. The booking system at the time was administrative intensive, had a high risk of error, and was fraught with inconsistencies across different areas. To improve the process, a system needed to be implemented that was transparent, dynamic, efficient, user friendly, consistent, and allowed ease of communication. Enter Shiftmatch Cohort Model Shiftmatch is a web-based rostering system that automatically matches suitably qualified staff to roster shortages, and communicates the shortage to them via... -
Celebrating our dedicated staff! 21 May 2021 Congratulations to our March Employee of the Month Award winner, Kirsty Vella, Theatre Clerk at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Kirsty was nominated for this award by Robert Scullen, Administrative Officer Surgical Services, who said Kirsty is a loyal, dedicated and reliable employee who consistently provides an exceptionally high level of service. Kirsty has a calm, mature personality and regularly receives excellent feedback. During the past 12 months, Kirsty has provided leave cover for most of the Administrative Assistants in the department and learned a variety of new skills. Her performance has been nothing short of outstanding which has enabled each department to continue to maintain their excellent service, and heads of departments and clinicians to devote more time to clinical rather than clerical issues. Kirsty lives the NMHS values of Care, Respect, Innovation, Teamwork and In...
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12/04/2021