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  • WA Nursing & Midwifery Excellence Awards
    WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards 17 January 2023 Nominations are currently open for the 2023 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards (WANMEA). This provides all of us with an opportunity to nominate our amazing nurses and midwives from across the North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) and recognise their immense contribution to our health service. If you know a nurse or midwife who exhibits excellence then please take this opportunity to nominate them and have their work and efforts recognised by the broader community. Nominations can be made via the WANMEA website (external site) before 4pm on 3 April 2023.
  • Doctors in training
    NMHS Junior Medical Officer Manifesto 14 December 2022 The NMHS is wholeheartedly committed to leading the way as the employer of choice and ensuring that all Junior Medical Officers (JMO) are valued as integral members of the NMHS family. The NMHS JMO Manifesto has been developed in collaboration with our Junior Doctors and Doctors in training, Charlies RMO Society, Senior Clinicians and the Australian Medical Association (AMA). The commitments are o...
  • Supercomputer Pawsey
    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 capabil...
  • International Day of People with Disability event
    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 info...
  • North Metropolitan Health Service at PRIDE 2022
    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. W...

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  • Members of the Women’s Health Programs at North Metro taking the pledge
    16 Days in WA 25 November 2022 With the annual 16 Days in WA campaign (external site) starting on November 25, it’s a time to reflect and ask how we can all help to end violence against women and their children. The campaign, which begins on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (external site) and finishes on Human Rights Day (external site) on 10 December, aims to drive change in the culture, behaviour and attitudes that lead to family and domestic violence. In keeping with this year’s theme, ‘Ending violence against women – it’s everybody’s business’, NMHS is asking everyone to do their part to promote 16 Days in WA. We know that women who have experienced family domestic violence use health services regularly, so we have an important role to play in improving the safety of our patients. King Edward Memorial Hospital will be lighting up orange ...
  • Dr Piers Gooding
    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...
  • Bruce Robinson
    Congratulations Professor Bruce Robinson 16 November 2022 Professor Bruce Robinson, SCGH Respiratory Medicine Specialist and Professor of Medicine UWA, has been awarded the Cancer Council WA Researcher Career Achievement Award 2022. The award recognises a senior cancer researcher who has a history of significant achievement in cancer research and a strong record of leadership in administration, advocacy, and promotion of cancer research. Bruce has made an exceptional contribution to cancer research locally, nationally, and internationally, with an impressive track record of leadership, mentorship and collaboration. The outcomes and outputs of Professor Robinson’s research program have led to critical and longstanding improvements in terms of disease burden due to asbestos cancers, mesothelioma and lung cancer. It is due to this contribution that Perth is recognised as one of the leading research locations for mesothelioma. Professor Robin...
  • Dr Kat Lewis
    Congratulations Dr Kat Lewis 15 November 2022 Dr. Katharine Lewis, Haematology Fellow at SCGH, has been awarded Cancer Council WA Early Career Researcher of the Year 2022. The award recognises an emerging cancer researcher who has made a significant advance in cancer research within the last 18 – 24 months. A passionate early career lymphoma researcher, Katherine has led a number of international studies and made significant contributions to leadership and collaborations within the WA lymphoma research community. The Cancer Council is the largest charitable funder of independent cancer research in WA. In the 2021/2022 financial year they invested over $2.5 million to support 102 local cancer researchers across 42 projects. They established the WA Research Excellence Awards in 2013 to recognise and celebrate the achievements of Western Australia’s best and brightest cancer researchers. The awards also provide encouragemen...
  • Person with support dog
    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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