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Acknowledging our extraordinary women this International Women's Day 07 March 2025 In celebration of International Women's Day, Saturday 8 March, we are shining a spotlight on some of the remarkable women making a difference across North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS). This year's International Women's Day theme is #MarchForward for a gender equal future. With more than 76 percent of our workforce being female, we place great focus on providing supportive workplaces that enable our staff to feel respected, connected and empowered. For International Women's Day, we are profiling some of our staff in recognition of the valuable contribution women make to our workforce. Kirsti Kilbane, Social Work Manager, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Kirsti Kilbane is a highly regarded Social Work Manager at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) and a member of the SCGH Emergency Department's (ED) Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) working group. As part of the group, Kirsti has hel... -
Join us at the Cancer Network WA Forum 14 February 2025 The Cancer Network WA in collaboration with the WA Clinical Oncology Group at Cancer Council WA is pleased to host its second annual Cancer Forum. The forum will feature more than 30 expert presentations recognising the research, achievements and collective efforts of organisations contributing to care of patients throughout their cancer journey. Attendees will have a chance to network with peers and participate in their topics of interests during the breakout sessions. We encourage all interested parties to join us for this educational event and hear about cancer care improvement initiatives in WA. Information for attendees including an event program, site map and profiles on the keynote speakers is available below. Key details Date: Thursday 22 May 2025 from 9am to 3.30pm (registrations from 8.30am) Venue: The University Club of Western Australia, Banquet Hall Theme: Cancer care acros... -
Neurologist and researcher recognised with Officer of the Order of Australia 31 January 2025 Congratulations to Professor Graeme Hankey who last weekend received the Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to medicine as a neurologist and stroke physician, to research, and as an editor and author. Professor Hankey is a highly regarded member of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) Department of Neurology, having worked a Consultant Physician from 2013 to 2023 and as a Professor of Neurology at The University of Western Australia during the same period. In 2023, Professor Hankey was appointed the inaugural UWA Perron Institute Chair in Stroke Research, where he runs large international trials while training up the next generation of neurologists. Despite no longer working full-time at SCGH, Professor Hankey continues to share his experience on an honorary basis, attending weekly stroke clinical meetings and teaching and giving lectures on stroke to ... -
Staff deck the wards this Christmas 23 December 2024 The halls, walls and doors were adorned with colour and sparkle this month to spread magic and cheer to our patients and staff this Christmas. Teams across all sites adopted themes that included gingerbread houses, a candy lane, an enchanted Christmas Forest, the Polar Express and a soft hearted grinch even made several appearances. The elaborate decorations brightened the wards for patients, clients, visitors, families and staff, but there was certainly a competitive spirit among the teams that had many keeping their eye on the prizes from our generous sponsors. Many thanks to theGood Grocer IGAfor being our major sponsor and along withP&N Bank,Miss Maud,Creative.admandColesfor their generous support. We were thrilled to have more thaneighty entrants and introduced an inaugural corporate section to enable all entrants to be judged. Judges had a tough time selecting the winners... -
Record donation by NMHS staff provides gift of respect and dignity 18 December 2024 Staff at North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) generously donated essential personal items to Dandelions WA to help spread Christmas cheer, enabling more than 760 packs to be provided to those in need.
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18/10/2023