Honouring outstanding achievement

Award-winning services and people recognised in 2024-25

WA Health Excellence Awards 2024

Endocrinologist Dr Danish Mahmud, a specialist with AHS, was named 7News Health Hero for his compassion, diagnosis and treatment of a stroke patient with Cushing’s disease.
The Active Recovery Team (ART) pilot program, launched by EMHS to relieve pressure on emergency departments and mental health inpatient beds by offering care in the community, received the Excellence in Mental Health award.
Emerging Drugs Network of Australia, an EMHS project to detect new illicit drugs in the community, won Excellence in Research and Innovation.
Staff with Disabilities and Allies Network won Excellence in Workplace Wellbeing and Culture (multi-agency project).
The 24/7 WA Statewide Telestroke Service − which provides round-the-clock access to specialist stroke consultants − won Excellence in Rural and Remote Health Care (multi-agency project).
Health Support Services’ e-Prescribing implementation won Excellence in Safety and Quality (multi-agency project).

WA Excellence in Allied Health Awards 2024

Royal Perth Bentley Group (RPBG) Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer Kim Hawkett was named Aboriginal Allied Health Professional of the Year at the inaugural awards.

WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards 2025

Advance Skilled Enrolled Nurse Elizabeth Troester, from Kalamunda Hospital, received the Excellence in Enrolled
Nursing award.
Francine Ocampo, from Royal Perth Hospital (RPH), was awarded Graduate of the Year.
The EMHS Co-HIVE Aged Care Service won the Excellence in Person Centred Care – Team award.
RPBG Staff Development Nurse Noreen Elliott received the Excellence in Education Award.

WA Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Awards 2025

Our Bidi Wungen Kaat Centre team was honoured with the Excellence in Injury Recovery award for work in reducing the stigma around mental health and promoting greater understanding of suicidal ideation.

EMHS Values in Action 2024

The annual EMHS Values in Action Awards celebrate individuals who embody our core values: excellence, respect, kindness, accountability, collaboration, and integrity.

The Facilities Management and Infrastructure team was the overall winner, for exceptional work during a critical incident at Armadale Health Service (AHS). Team members prevented further risks and ensured minimal disruption to services. They were Richard England, Graeme Edwards, Denzil Padua, Edgardo Garrido, David Raye, Robert Kerrigan, Christopher Burden, Ramesh Patel and Hitesh Pandya.
Other winners included AHS Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer Marra Thorne, Bentley Health Service (BHS) Advanced Sterilisation Technician Jaigeet Vijayambika Radhakrishnan and BHS Nursing and Site Director Annette Baker.

Excellence Symposium 2025

The symposium showcases outstanding projects and services across EMHS. Five winners were chosen from 24 nominations.

RPH Injectable HIV Therapy Clinic

The RPH Injectable HIV Therapy Clinic was established to give patients living with HIV access to long-acting injectable treatment as an alternative to daily medication. Long-acting antiretroviral therapy became available in Australia in 2022.

Kalamunda Hospital Palliative Care Centre of Excellence

Armadale Kalamunda Group (AKG) delivered the Kalamunda Hospital Palliative Care Centre of Excellence in 3 phases, delivering both the Day Hospice and 22 beds in 2022, increasing to 25 beds in 2023 and then moving to 30 beds in 2024. The service is highly rated by patients and their families. Click here for more information.

PIVC Review, Remove, Replace service

Armadale Health Service is providing a specialist nurse-led service which ‘reviews, removes or replaces’ peripheral intravenous catheters improving patient safety and quality of care. Click here for more information.

Contemporary healthcare security practices

St John of God Midland Public Hospital security staff are seen as a part of the patient care team and are actively involved in clinical care working groups directly supporting our clinical caregivers and patients. Click here for more information.

Midwifery Birth Centre

The Midwifery Birth Centre (MBC) which opened at BHS in December is Western Australia’s first fully endorsed midwife-led maternity service within a public hospital. Click here for more information.

RPBG Nursing and Midwifery Awards 2024

Noreen Elliott won the overall RPBG Nurse of the Year award as well as the Excellence in Nursing or Midwifery Education and Research Award.
Other winners were Wesley Leo (Excellence in Leadership), Grant Cox (Excellence in Nursing or Midwifery Bentley and Community), Beth Sperring (Excellence in Nursing or Midwery RPH), RPH HIV Injectables team (Excellence in Person Centred Care – Team Award), Jackson Murrie (Outstanding Early Career Nurse), Charlotta Seigerschmidt (Consumer Appreciation Award).

Dual celebration for RPH Liver Service

Our outstanding RPH Liver Service celebrated its 30th anniversary in May, as well as 20 years of the Hepatology Clinical Research Fellowship program.

The RPH Liver Service, led by Dr Wendy Cheng, is recognised for pioneering Australia’s first Hepatology Nurse Practitioner and Telehealth services.