Award finalists
The WA Health Excellence Awards feature 10 team or project awards celebrating excellence and innovation in service delivery across the WA health system.
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| Name |
Role |
Hospital |
| Susan Cordell |
Social Worker |
Perth Children’s Hospital (Child and Adolescent Health Service) |
| Dr Danish Mahmud |
Endocrinologist |
Armadale Health Service (East Metropolitan Health Service) |
| Angela Piscitelli |
Manager, Patient and Family Liaison |
Fiona Stanley Hospital (South Metropolitan Health Service) |
| Kerin Young |
Nurse Practitioner |
Albany Health Campus (WA Country Health Service) |
Excellence in Preventive Health
This award recognises projects that promote good health through raising awareness of healthy behaviours, preventing ill health, and improving the overall health and wellbeing of the community.
| Project /Team |
Agency |
| Fiona Stanley Hospital Gaming Clinic |
South Metropolitan Health Service |
| PCH Alcohol and other Drug (AoD) assessment and withdrawal management working group |
Child and Adolescent Health Service |
| WA RSV Infant Immunisation Program |
Department of Health, Child and Adolescent Health Service, WA Country Health Service |
| Women and Newborn Health Service (WNHS) Smoke-Free Organisation Project |
North Metropolitan Health Service, Department of Health |
Excellence in Mental Health
This award recognises projects that promote positive mental health and support people who experience mental health, alcohol and other drug issues to stay in the community, out of hospital and live a satisfying, hopeful and contributing life.
| Project /Team |
Agency |
| Complex Needs Coordination Team - Mental Health Expansion (CoNeCT MHE) |
South Metropolitan Health Service |
| East Metropolitan Health Service (EMHS) Bidi Wungen Kaat (BWK) Transitional Care Unit (TCU) |
East Metropolitan Health Service |
| EMHS Active Recovery Team (ART) |
East Metropolitan Health Service |
| Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (ICAMHS) South West |
WA Country Health Service, Mental Health Commission |
Excellence in Person-Centred Care
This award recognises projects that involve and engage with the community to inform the planning and provision of relevant, accessible healthcare services and/or education.
| Project /Team |
Agency |
| Rockingham General Hospital - Emergency Department Musculoskeletal Diversion Pathway |
South Metropolitan Health Service |
| RPH Injectable HIV Therapy Implementation Project Immunology Injectables Team |
East Metropolitan Health Service |
| Talking Together: Simulation communication training in a shared decision-making approach to Goals of Patient Care |
East Metropolitan Health Service |
| WA Voluntary Assisted Dying Statewide Pharmacy Service |
North Metropolitan Health Service |
Excellence in Safety and Quality
This award recognises projects that lead and deliver quality improvement to ensure safer patient care.
| Project /Team |
Agency |
| ePrescribing |
Health Support Services |
| Medical Oncology Symptom and Urgent Review Clinic (SURC) Project |
North Metropolitan Health Service |
| Nurse led elimination of hospital acquired infections from Peripherally Inserted Venous Catheters (PIVC) |
East Metropolitan Health Service |
| The Fremantle Hospital HACs Prevention Multidisciplinary Collaboration Group |
South Metropolitan Health Service |
Excellence in Workplace Wellbeing and Culture
This award recognises projects that deliver support to our people, build culture and respect, and ensure a healthy environment for our employees and patients.
| Project /Team |
Agency |
| Clinical Services Leadership Team |
North Metropolitan Health Service |
| Rockingham General Hospital Midwifery Team Culture Transformation |
South Metropolitan Health Service |
| Staff with Disability and Allies Network (SDAN) |
WA health system |
| The East Experience |
East Metropolitan Health Service |
Excellence in Research and Innovation
This award recognises projects that demonstrate innovation in all forms – whether it’s a new way of thinking, a technological solution, clinical research, research project or translation of research into practice.
| Project /Team |
Agency |
| Australia’s First Medical Respite Centre for Persons Experiencing Homelessness and in Need of Medical Support |
East Metropolitan Health Service |
| Improving Patient Access to Care Team (IMPACT) |
South Metropolitan Health Service |
| Patient Engagement and Assessment Pathway (PEAP) |
South Metropolitan Health Service |
| The Emerging Drugs Network of Australia (EDNA) |
East Metropolitan Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service, WA Country Health Service, Mental Health Commission |
Excellence in Sustainability
This award recognises projects that deliver high-value health care.
| Project /Team |
Agency |
| Food Rescue |
South Metropolitan Health Service |
| HSS Sustainability Initiatives |
Health Support Services |
| Nitrous Oxide Piped Infrastructure Decommissioning |
North Metropolitan Health Service |
| Sustainability Supply Tracker |
South Metropolitan Health Service |
Excellence in Aboriginal Health
This award recognises projects that provide equitable and respectful health services to Aboriginal people.
| Project /Team |
Agency |
| Country Patient Health Support (Country PatHS) |
WA Country Health Service |
| Rockingham General Hospital Emergency Department cultural safety |
South Metropolitan Health Service |
| WA Tuberculosis Outbreak Response in Aboriginal Communities |
WA Country Health Service and North Metropolitan Health Service |
Excellence in Rural and Remote Health Care
This award recognises projects that provide equitable and accessible healthcare services to regional or remote populations.
| Project /Team |
Agency |
| 24/7 WA Statewide Telestroke Service |
Department of Health, North Metropolitan Health Service, East Metropolitan Health Service, South Metropolitan Health Service |
| Renal Vascular Access – Kimberley Keep on Country (Nursing) |
East Metropolitan Health Service, WA Country Health Service |
| Telehealth Lactation Consultant Service |
WA Country Health Service |
| WA Country Health Service Great Southern Paediatric Service Project |
WA Country Health Service |
| WACHS Palliative Care Project |
WA Country Health Service |
Excellence in Primary Health Care Integration
This award recognises projects that improve collaboration and integration of primary healthcare delivery, and result in coordinated, patient-centred care.
| Project /Team |
Agency |
| Community Health in a Virtual Environment (“Co-HIVE”) Aged Care |
East Metropolitan Health Service |
| Healthy food, healthy culture team - Ishar and CAHS, Refugee Health Team |
Child and Adolescent Health Service |
| Introduction of non-invasive fetal Rhesus D genotyping for pregnant women in Western Australia |
North Metropolitan Health Service, PathWest, Department of Health |
| Virtual Immunology Clinic for General Practice |
South Metropolitan Health Service, PathWest |
Last reviewed: 02-10-2024