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DonateLife Week 2020 20 July 2020 DonateLife Week is 26 July to 2 August 2020, and we want all Australians to have the conversation about organ and tissue donation. If you want to be a donor, make sure you register and tell your family. It only takes a minute to register at the DonateLife website. Resources and information on how you can get involved are available on the DonateLife website (external site). -
Refugee Week 14-20 June 2020 08 June 2020 Refugee week runs from Sunday June 14 to Saturday June 20, 2020 with the theme 'Year of Welcome'. The Week runs across Australia annually and celebrates the positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society. Refugee Week aims to create a culture of welcome for refugees throughout the country. The Humanitarian Entrant Health Service (HEHS), previously known as the Migrant Health Unit, has been providing post-arrival health care to refugees settling in Western Australia for over 40 years. While COVID-19 has placed refugee arrival into WA temporarily on hold, HEHS continues to support existing clients with their health care needs. In 2019, HEHS provided services to people from 24 different countries around the globe. In addition, HEHS prides itself on being a culturally diverse organisation. HEHS held a morning tea in celebration of Refugee Week on Friday 19 June where Anita Cl... -
June is the month to be bowel aware and prevent bowel cancer 01 June 2020 June is Bowel Cancer Awareness month and the WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network Clinical Implementation Unit (WACPCN CIU) team who support the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) in WA is reminding Western Australians to be bowel aware and for those eligible (50-74 years) to complete their bowel screening test kit. A Commonwealth initiative, the NBCSP provides a free test kit, a faecal occult blood test (FOBT), in the mail to eligible Australians aged 50-74 years every two years. It detects invisible traces of blood in your poo, which can indicate changes in your bowel that you cannot see or feel and may need investigating. Completing the FOBT test is quick and easy. Clinical Lead and Head of Gastroenterology at SCGH, Dr Hooi Ee, says “At this time, it’s important to continue to screen and follow-up positive test results. We recognise there is anxiety over enga... -
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 ... -
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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18/10/2023