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  • Pilot program trialling two new innovative pharmacy positions
    Reaping the benefits of the Innovative Future (IF) Program 14 September 2023 A six-month pilot program trialling two new innovative pharmacy positions funded by the NMHS Innovative Future Program is set to be extended into 2024. As part of the Innovative Future (IF) Program, Chief Executive's Challenge, the pilot program objective is to demonstrate a decrease in the burden of non-clinical tasks for nursing and medical staff at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) which will now be incorporated into the 7 Day Hospital initiative. SCGH Deputy Chief Pharmacist Daniel Makarounas said the project was about allowing more time for nursing and medical staff to provide direct patient care. "It was a really great joint project between Pharmacy, the IF Program team, the Emergency Department, Ward C16 and the Medical Assessment Unit," he said. "We wanted to see what kind of impact these roles would have on patient care and the feedback has been extremely positive." The progr...
  • Smart Locker service at SCGH
    Innovative Smart Locker service at SCGH unlocks better patient outcomes 07 September 2023 Patient feedback on the innovative Smart Locker system introduced last year at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) Outpatient Pharmacy (OPP) has highlighted the success of the program. The lockers allow patients to pick up their medications from the secure locations on ground floor in A block at times outside of the pharmacy's opening hours. A simple and efficient process, these lockers have ...
  • WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award state finalists
    Congratulations to our WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award state finalists 28 July 2023 It is with great pleasure that we congratulate the North Metropolitan Health Service finalists in the 2023 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards (WANMEA): Excellence in Person Centred Care – Team Award Women’s Newborns Health Service Diabetes Team, King Edward Memorial Hospital Excellence in Midwifery Sue-Anne Hawkins – King Edward Memorial Hospital Excellence in Education Jodie Atkinson – Ki...
  • Eithne Molloy, Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson, Dr Jodi Graham and Dr Shirley Bowen
    New pain management clinic at OPH 26 July 2023 The Hon Amber-Jade Sanderson, Minister for Health; Mental Health, officially opened the Pain Management Clinic at Osborne Park Hospital on Tuesday 25 July. The clinic follows a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of persistent or chronic pain, comprising inpatient and outpatient services across medical, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, clinical psychology, psychiatry and addic...
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    Health Heroes - WA Excellence Awards 11 July 2023 Has a health professional had a significant impact on your patient experience? Now is your chance to nominate them for 7New Health Heroes Award (external site) in the annual WA Health Excellence Awards. The Department of Health and 7News have launched a people's choice award at the annual WA Health Excellence Awards. Known as the 7News Health Heroes Award, members of the public can nominate a fron...

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  • Nicole and family
    Waiting for a donation – a perspective from the other side 28 July 2022 As DonateLife Week 2022 comes to an end we want to introduce you to Nicole, an inspiring patient waiting for not one, but two organ donations. Nicole has spent almost her whole life living with Type 1 Diabetes, a rollercoaster ride that she knew would one day probably end in her needing a kidney transplant. In a whirlwind of events in 2021 that day came much earlier than she and her family had hoped. “We knew that the trajectory indicated that eventually I would need an organ transplant,” she said. “But an infection in my blood and the need for me to have a long period of strong antibiotics certainly sped that process up. “I try to look at it as a little lotto win for myself, because right now I’m young enough that they will do both a kidney and a pancreas transplant at the same time. “Imagine a life without diabetes.” After receiving the news ...
  • In Covid times we show.... Teamwork, Innovation, Care
    Living with COVID 29 June 2022 We are happy to announce that as part of the move to “Living with COVID” Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital has returned our COVID wards to normal operations. That means we have returned to full bed capacity at Charlies, and we are also still able to treat COVID patients in a dedicated ward.
  • Rachel Hogg
    Celebrating our dedicated staff! 21 June 2022 Rachel Hogg, Acting Clinical Nurse Specialist on our G73 Covid Ward has been recognised as the Sir Charles Gairdner Employee of the Month of May for the fantastic work she has done to create a successful nursing team which supports the hospital management of COVID patients in collaboration with the SCGH COVID Response Team. Rachel was nominated by her colleagues for her commitment to her team and patients, exemplary leadership and compassionate and innovative approach to providing patient-centred care with the highest level of safety. Her colleagues say “Rachel has been the backbone of the G73 Covid ward over the past few months. She is constantly showing kindness and empathy to her nursing workforce and patients. She is always approachable, puts team needs first, and always offers to help when we have a shortage in staff. Rachel holds herself to an extremely high standard and is a...
  • Aboriginal artwork
    Aboriginal health practitioners in Western Australia 17 June 2022 The Aboriginal Health Practitioner (AHP) is a new role soon to be established within WA Health. Following a robust consultations process, negotiations are now underway to classify the new role to a relevant industrial agreement which is due to be finalised in October. The Aboriginal Health Practitioner Project commenced in August 2021 as part of the recommendations 3a and 25 of the Sustainable Health Review (SHR) to implement the AHP profession as a priority. The State Government is also supporting the project having allocated $3.66 million over 2 years to help establish the position. Key stakeholders including the Aboriginal Health Policy Directorate (AHPD) led by Wendy Casey, Directors of Aboriginal Health within each Health Service and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) have come together to support the establishment of the AHP role within WA Health. Consultation with a br...
  • David Forbes
    Hear from our Board Chair Professor David Forbes 16 June 2022 Professor Forbes speaks openly about the value of our outstanding staff and about NMHS being a values-based organisation to make us strong into the middle of the 21st century. “I think respect is the core. Respect is required to deliver good care, but it also involves teamwork. Teamwork involves innovation and integrity,” said Professor Forbes. “It’s very easy to see values as words on paper and nothing more. “But for an organisation that is values based the respect is there, the care is better the integrity and innovation and teamwork are all there and it flows from the top through the whole organisation.” Watch the full interview here (external site) to hear more from our Board Chair.
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