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Team Awards
Patients as Partners
Award Recipient
:
Just PEACHY – Palliative care home support group (South Western Sydney Local Health District)
MY Recovery – The consumer-led journey (Murrumbidgee Local Health District)
Drain the pain – An innovative liver project (Northern NSW Local Health District)
Strong fathers, strong families – Possum Cloaks (Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District)
Integrated Health Care
Award Recipient
:
Early detection of chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal people (Northern NSW Local Health District)
Southcare outreach service (South Eastern Sydney Local Health District)
A public-private rural physiotherapy service (Murrumbidgee Local Health District)
Nurse Practitioner: Outreach rapid acute care (Mid North Coast Local Health District)
Community Integrated Team – At risk youth mental health (Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network)
Introduction of the Missenden Short Stay Unit (Sydney Local Health District)
Local Solutions
Award Recipient
:
Conversion of a rural ED to an Urgent Care Centre (Mid North Coast Local Health District)
Enduring client discharge project (Southern NSW Local Health District)
The SNAP project – Certificate III in aged care (Murrumbidgee Local Health District)
Success story – Ophthalmology outpatient services (South Western Sydney Local Health District)
Prostate Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy in seven mouse clicks (Northern NSW Local Health District)
Paper-Lite – Implementation of anywhere, anytime, electronic medical records at Blacktown Hospital (Health Infrastructure)
Electronic medication management at Concord Hospital (Sydney Local Health District)
Translational Research
Award Recipient
:
Transforming acute stroke care locally and globally (Hunter New England Local Health District)
Restoration of voice for tracheostomy patients in ICU (Sydney Local Health District)
Health on the inside (Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network)
Arts and Health
Award Recipient
:
BreastScreen NSW. Culturally and linguistically diverse engagement strategy (Cancer Institute NSW)
The many colours of Blacktown and Mount Druitt (Western Sydney Local Health District)
Singing to health: a choir for people with neurological communication disorders (South Eastern Sydney Local Health District)
Collaborative Team
Award Recipient
:
Teamwork the Mid North Coast way: From ED to UCC (Mid North Coast Local Health District)
Eating with dignity (Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network)
Improving long stay patient management (South Western Sydney Local Health District)
TruNarc: A partnership between police and pathology (NSW Health Pathology)
Triple CCC project – Care, communicate, coordinate (Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District)
Rapid access colonoscopy: positive faecal occult blood test (Hunter New England Local Health District)
Harry Collins Award
Award Recipient
:
Catheter associated urinary tract infection project (Sydney Local Health District)
Award Recipient
:
Preventing catheter associated urinary tract infection (Hunter New England Local Health District)
Mighty germ but tight plan can send the baby home (South Eastern Sydney Local Health District)
Healthy mouths in hospital (Southern NSW Local Health District)
Preventive Health
Award Recipient
:
Smoke–free commercial outdoor dining for NSW (NSW Ministry of Health)
Your Health Link: Health information the right way (Mid North Coast Local Health District)
Aboriginal Quitline: Leading by example (St Vincent's Health Network)
Individual Awards
Volunteer of the Year
Award Recipient
: Ms Karen Kemp (Far West Local Health District)
Mrs Judy Lavery (The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network)
Aunty Joy Reid (Hunter New England Local Health District)
Mr Brian Rope (South Western Sydney Local Health District)
Mrs Louise Stanton (Mid North Coast Local Health District)
Staff Member of the Year
Award Recipient
: Dr Greg Barclay (Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District)
Mr Joe Borgia (The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network)
Ms Vickie Knight (South Eastern Sydney Local Health District)
Dr Sarah Wenham (Far West Local Health District)
Collaborative Leader of the Year
Award Recipient
: Ms Michelle Eason (Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network)
Professor Jan Potter (Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District)
Professor Les White, AM, Chief Paediatrician (NSW Health)
Peak Awards
NSW Health Secretary Award for Integrated Care
Award Recipient
:
A public-private rural physiotherapy service (Murrumbidgee Local Health District)
Minister for Mental Health Award for Excellence in the Provision of Mental Health services
Award Recipient
:
Enduring client discharge project (Southern NSW Local Health District)
Minister for Health Award for Innovation
Award Recipient
:
Electronic medication management at Concord Hospital (Sydney Local Health District)
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