2020: International Year of the Nurse and Midwife 06 January 2020 This year has been declared as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife by the World Health Organisation in recognition of the vital role nurses and midwives play in caring for our community. The theme for the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife is Champions for Change – nurses and midwives have always been, and continue to be, dynamic professionals who deliver care and compassion across the continuum of life. Nurses and midwives are there when the first breath is taken and when the last breath has left. They provide care in the most vulnerable moments in the lives of our patients and their families, and are paramount to the provision of high quality healthcare. This year also coincides with the 200th birthday of the founder of modern nursing and a true patient advocate and change agent – Florence Nightingale, who once said: Nurses and midwives really are our unsung heroes, and with more than 3000 nurses and midwives working across EMHS, we cannot overstate...
'Living better with lung disease through exercise' resource launched 04 December 2019 EMHS is committed to providing culturally safe healthcare for our diverse community. We are proud to announce the launch of the 'Living better with lu...
Congratulations RPH Head of Cardiology - $1.8M funding to investigate treatment of a common heart condition 20 November 2019 Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) Cardiologist, Professor Graham Hillis, has been awarded more than $1.8M in funding for his research team to investigate tre...
Caring for families experiencing perinatal loss– AKG: a WA Health Excellence Award Finalist 07 November 2019 Armadale Kalamunda Group midwife Kristine Tetlaw was recently named as a finalist in the 2019 WA Health Excellence Awards for her efforts to educate t...
Integrating Services for Holistic Interdisciplinary Care AKG: a WA Health Excellence Award Finalist 07 November 2019 The Armadale Kalamunda Group Community Rehabilitation Service was recently recognised as a finalist in the 2019 WA Health Excellence Awards for suppor...
Family Information and Skills Sessions – East Metropolitan Youth Unit: a WA Health Excellence Award Finalist07 November 2019At EMHS we are committed to delivering health care services that are responsive to the needs of the EMHS community, while recognising the value in collaborating with our service providers, consumers, and their loved ones to ensure better health outcomes and recovery-focused care. The East Metropolitan Youth Unit (EMyU) – a 12- bed acute inpatient psychiatric service for young people aged 16-24 – was recently recognised as a finalist in the 2019 WA Health Excellence Awards for supporting families, carers and loved ones to develop the skills and knowledge to assist with the mental health recovery of our young consumers. An important factor in ongoing recovery with a mental illness is the community environment and social network. Families and support people can play an important role in a young person's mental health recovery. Often during a young person's first contact with formal mental health services, families, carers and other support people do not always feel...
Rainbow Standards Tick Achievement – RPBG: WA Health Excellence Award Finalist07 November 2019Recently, the Royal Perth Bentley Group inpatient mental health services were named as a finalist in the 2019 WA Health Excellence Awards for their Rainbow Tick Accreditation achievement – recognising their commitment to delivering safe, inclusive recovery-focussed services that are welcoming and supportive of our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) consumers and staff. LGBTI consumers often experience stigma and discrimination which impact health outcomes due to a fear or reluctance to seek help. Significantly, LGBTI people have poorer mental health and higher rates of suicide than other Australians (source Beyond Blue). Aiming to improve patient outcomes and experiences, a group of committed professionals from Royal Perth Bentley Group (RPBG), supported by Lived Experience representatives (consumer advisory group) from the LGBTI community began working through the Rainbow Tick Quality Improvement Plan standards, to ensure a welcoming, safe and supportive e...
RAPID (RPH, Addition, Psychiatry, Intervention, Discharge): a WA Health Excellence Award Finalist 07 November 2019The Royal Perth Hospital Addiction, Psychiatry, Intervention, Discharge (RAPID) Team was designed to assist patients seeking specialised Alcohol and other Drug (AOD) treatment. RAPID was borne out of the redesign of the Royal Perth Hospital emergency department (RPH ED) and is the first team of its kind to combine Mental Health and AOD specialist clinicians in one team. The team offers a single point of contact (24/7) to RPH wards and units seeking referral to and specialist advice mental health and AOD. RAPID team works alongside Homeless Health Care, RUAH Choices and RPH Aboriginal Health Liaison officers to meet the needs of an often marginalised and vulnerable cohort of patients to ensure they receive the appropriate support and care in hospital and from community health providers. The RAPID Team provides psychiatric and AOD services to RPH medical, surgical and emergency department patients and are helping to improve health outcomes through early intervention to reduce the adverse...
Providing HIV Management for People in Rural and Remote Areas: a WA Health Excellence Award Finalist07 November 2019Everything we do at EMHS is done so with our community in mind, including delivering health care services that are responsive to the needs of some of the most isolated individuals in WA. The RPH Rural and Remote HIV Service was recently recognised as a finalist in the 2019 WA Health Excellence Awards for overcoming unique challenges to accessing healthcare in some rural and remote communities. This program delivers a service that is equivalent to healthcare received in metropolitan Perth, and to internationally recognised standards. The RPH Rural and Remote service commenced in 1998 following an increase in patients diagnosed with HIV in rural areas. A clinical nurse specialist is responsible for facilitating the provision of care through a combination of visiting specialist clinics, local physicians, and the increasing use of Telehealth and Videocall appointments. Supply and delivery of medications is also facilitated. Since being introduced, a total of 450 patients have been enrolled...
New Virtual Multidisciplinary Foot Ulcer Clinic supports rural and remote health care delivery01 November 2019A new inter-agency healthcare initiative is helping to deliver best practice diabetes related foot care to rural and remote communities in WA. Healthcare teams from Boab Health Services, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services (KAMS) and Royal Perth Hospital recently undertook training on a new 3D measurement, imaging and documentation system is being rolled out across the Kimberley region to support multidisciplinary healthcare for monitoring and treating diabetic foot wounds. Funding from Diabetes WA allowed Boab Health Service and KAMS to purchase this significant technology that will support multidisciplinary healthcare for diabetic foot wounds. Thanks to the ongoing multi-agency collaboration patients living in regional and remote communities can now access best practice care closer to home. This innovative technology means that specialists and primary health service providers from across the state can now systematically collect, analyse and share accurate assessment data (including...
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