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  • Emergency Medicine Consultant Simone Bartlett stands outside Fiona Stanley Hospital holding a smart phone in her left hand.
    SMHS is ‘appy’ with study to improve outcomes for patients with concussion 18 March 2025 Using app-based technology to better understand and improve the management of concussion, services across both Fiona Stanley Hospital and Rockingham General Hospital are collaborating with organisations across the country on the Australian Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Study.
  • Members of the PHC Medical Record and the HSS DMR Support teams
    SMHS becomes WA’s first fully Digital Medical Record public health service 19 February 2025 SMHS is proud to become the first public WA health service to have rolled out the Digital Medical Record (DMR) across all sites.
  • A female therapist places a supportive hand on the back of a female patient using elbow crutches
    Reaffirming our commitment to you 13 February 2025 South Metropolitan Health Service would like to reassure our community that we will not tolerate any form of racism against our patients, visitors or staff.
  • Professional photograph of Dr Wei-Sen Lam from the chest up, smiling at camera.
    Patient centred approach at heart of SMHS cancer services 05 February 2025 FSH Head of Service Medical Oncology, Dr Wei-Sen Lam, has spent almost a decade treating cancer patients and knows the importance of improving patient outcomes and service.

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  • Five representatives from Act Belong Commit, Lakelands Shopping Centre, City of Mandurah and SMHS Health Promotion team stand together at the Spring into Life event.
    Health promotion team supporting mental wellbeing for Mandurah locals 20 October 2023 The South Metropolitan Health Service Health Promotion team recently celebrated another major success, playing a key role in promoting mental wellbeing for the Mandurah community.
  • Representatives from SMHS and Perth Consulate General of India stand together in front a video call with the Sarojini Naidu Medical College.
    Agreement with Indian medical school to share research and knowledge across continents 06 October 2023 Representatives from Sarojini Naidu Medical College in Agra, India are set to collaborate with South Metropolitan Health Service as part of an official ‘twinning’ agreement to bolster research, knowledge and clinical care for both of our communities.
  • A woman wearing multiple winners medals stand between an older woman and a teenage girl in a garden setting
    Transplant recipient celebrates gift of life this Mother's Day 12 May 2023 World Transplant Games competitor and mum Chesney Maloney celebrates the gift of life this Mother’s Day.
  • Fiona Stanley Hospital Consultant Radiologist and another male health professional jointly hold a certificate
    New tech to improve outcomes for thyroid nodule patients 11 May 2023 In a WA first, the new thyroid radiofrequency ablation service has been established at Fiona Stanley Hospital and is expected to significantly improve outcomes for eligible patients with benign thyroid nodules.
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Last Updated: 26/04/2024
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