Director General's Award winner
Improving access to hepatitis C treatment in WA prisons
Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program, Department of Health – in partnership with Department of Justice, Hepatitis WA, SMHS, NMHS, EMHS and WACHS
Mental Health Commissioner's Award winner
Mental Health co-response
Mental Health Co-Response team – in partnership with WA Police
East Metropolitan Health Service
Jill Porteous Memorial Award winner
Nick Waldron
Consultant Geriatrician, Head of Department - Aged Care and Rehabilitation, Armadale Kalamunda Group
East Metropolitan Health Service
Category 1 - Managing resources efficiently and effectively winner
Pathology test reduction in ICU
Team: Fiona Stanley Hospital ICU, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group – South Metropolitan Health Service
![Australian Institute of Management Western Australian logo](/~/media/Images/Corporate/Awards/AIMWA.jpg)
Category 2. Engaging with consumers, carers and the community winner
Supporting family/carers of older hospital patients experiencing delirium
Team: Ward C16 team, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, North Metropolitan Health Service – in partnership with Curtin University
![Curtin University logo - click to visit Curtin Health Sciences website](/~/media/Images/Corporate/article-images/WA-Health-Awards/Logo_CurtinUni_CMYK.jpg)
Category 3. Achieving better health outcomes for Aboriginal people winner
Kidney care – closer to home
Team: Renal Service, Goldfields, WA Country Health Service – in partnership with Fiona Stanley Hospital Nephrology Unit and Purple House Alice Springs NT
Category 4. Developing sustainable solutions for out-of-hospital healthcare winner
Assisted automated peritoneal dialysis program
Team: Renal Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital – North Metropolitan Health Service – in partnership with Fresenius Medical Centre Australia
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Category 5. Overcoming inequities winner
Improving access to hepatitis C treatment in WA prisons
Team: Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program, Department of Health – in partnership with Department of Justice, Hepatitis WA, SMHS, NMHS, EMHS and WACHS
![WA Primary Health Alliance logo](/~/media/Images/Corporate/article-images/WA-Health-Awards/WAPHA-logo-sml.png)
Category 6. Improving safety and quality winner
Oral liquid opioids – from bottles to unit dose pods
Team: Fiona Stanley Hospital Pharmacy Department, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group, South Metropolitan Health Service
![Allscripts logo](/~/media/Images/Corporate/Awards/Allscripts-Logo-2018.png)
Category 7. Promotion of preventative health winner
Alcohol screening and brief intervention project
Team: Clinical Service Planning and Population Health, South Metropolitan Health Service – in partnership with WA Primary Health Alliance, National Drug Research Institute
![Edith Cowan University logo](/~/media/Images/Corporate/Awards/ECU_AUS_logo_C.jpg)
Category 8. Excellence in policy development winner
Guideline for the Health Management of Leprosy
Team: WA tuberculosis control program, Mental Health, Public Health and Dental Services, North Metropolitan Health Service
![The University of Western Australia logo](/~/media/Images/Corporate/Awards/UWA-Full-Hor-CMYK.JPG)
More information
Communications Directorate
Department of Health
Email: WA Health Excellence Awards
Phone: 9222 6425