People and Culture Award

Finalists

Keeping Staff Safe - Reducing Needlestick Injuries (Hunter New England Local Health District)

Occupational Therapy Student Intensity Training Program (South Western Sydney Local Health District)

We Need a Tiger Team: A Pandemic Innovation to Care for our Staff (Sydney Local Health District)

About the People and Culture Award​

Bringing together two awards, a safe and healthy workplace and supporting our people, the People and Culture Award recognises teams who develop and support our people and culture, and ensure a safe and healthy environment for patients and staff.

Initiatives within this category will show support for people within NSW Health by:

• working collaboratively within the NSW health system to improve health outcomes
• growing and supporting a skilled workforce by hiring and developing the right people, with the right skills, at the right time
• developing effective health professional managers and leaders
• improved systems and efficiencies to support better workplace safety and health outcomes
• ownership and adoption of workplace health and safety practices
• support for long-term behaviour change to strengthen the staff health and safety culture
• increased awareness of the importance of personal safety alongside patient safety
• enhanced access and training in workplace health and safety
• fostering a culture that reflects the NSW Health CORE values and respects diversity.