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  • Group photo of 2026 GEM Award finalists
    Finalists announced for North Metropolitan Health Services 2026 GEM Awards 03 September 2026 Congratulation to this year’s finalists of the North Metropolitan Health Service Go the Extra Mile (GEM) Awards. The annual awards recognise the outstanding work being done throughout our health service and recognise our ongoing commitment to delivering the best outcomes and highest levels of care for our patients and community. There are 13 awards and every one of this year’s nominations was of a high quality giving our panel of judges a difficult task in choosing the finalists. Congratulations to those who received a nomination, which is a great reflection of the high-quality services being provided across our organisation. Improving the Consumer Experience Anouska Feszczur - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Sunflower Working Group - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Anthony Hoy - Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Making NMHS the best place to work Ward C17 - Geriat...
  • Jarrod Healey, stroke recovery patient
    Stroke recovery patient Jarrod shares his story 06 August 2026 Jarrod Healey was struck with a major stroke on Boxing Day, where everything changed in an instant. From living an active and independent life, Jarrod was now faced with a life-threatening emergency and an uncertain future. He says that Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) was where his life was saved, due to a radiologist who recognised the seriousness and understood immediate action was critical...
  • KEMH 110 years
    King Edward Memorial Hospital celebrates 110 years of service 24 July 2026 Western Australia's largest tertiary women and newborn hospital, King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH), recently celebrated 110 years of providing leading maternity and gynaecology care to Western Australian women.
  • Angela Komninos
    Profile on NMHS Board member Angela Komninos 03 July 2026 Introducing Board member Angela Komninos who is also Deputy State Solicitor. With a wealth of experience, Angela joined the Board as part of her passion for improving healthcare outcomes in Western Australia. The daughter of migrant parents, Angela Komninos finished school unsure what career path to pursue. Initially choosing architecture, Angela swapped to science, then commerce and finally found...
  • Building a sustainable future through remanufacturing of medical equipment 01 July 2026 A program that involved the collection and return of single use devices that started in Osborne Park Hospital (OPH) Theatres in November 2025 has quickly grown into a hospital‑wide sustainability success story. Over a five-month period more than 10 kilograms of material has been diverted from landfill by OPH Theatres, equivalent to two bags of potatoes. OPH Clinical Nurse Specialist Surgical Servi...

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  • Tania Orr
    Celebrating our staff! 18 May 2020 Congratulations to NMHS Telehealth Manager Tania Orr on being named NMHS Corporate Employee of the Quarter! Tania leads the telehealth team throughout the NMHS hospital and health service network and is no doubt a familiar face for many of you. Tania’s win is especially timely as draws upon her response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has seen her lead her team to implement more telehealth services than ever before, to enable us to continue deliver excellent clinical care to our community despite facing unprecedented challenges. No matter which area we work in, this is something we have all been involved with recently, so Tania's win provides us with an opportunity to take stock and see how far we have collectively come. Through the example highlighted in her nomination, Tania clearly demonstrates a strong alignment to our values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Teamwork and Innovation ...
  • WA guide dog and handler
    Visiting assistance animals in NMHS hospitals 29 April 2020 To coincide with International Guide Dog Day, celebrated this year on 29 April, the NMHS hospital network has produced a Visiting Assistance Animals guide (PDF) that recognises the importance of assistance animals and welcomes their use, where appropriate, in our facilities. The Guide provides information about the use of assistance animals in our hospitals and arrangements that may need to be made for patients, visitors and their assistance animal. International Guide Dog Day acknowledges the critical role that guide dogs and assistance animals play in enabling people with impaired vision to get around safely. It’s amazing what a difference four paws, a wet nose and a wagging tail can make in assisting vision impaired people, as well as people with other disabilities, to safely experience freedom and independence. The owners of these extraordinary dogs celebrate their loyalty and ...
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