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  • Department of Health Direcor General Shirley Bowen presents a WA Health Excellence Award to members of Fiona Stanley Hospital Geriatricians for Older Adults in the Emergency Department team
    SMHS staff triumph at WA Health Excellence Awards 26 November 2025 Last night, South Metropolitan Health Service took home four awards at the 2025 WA Health Excellence Awards including the biggest honour of the night – the Director General’s Award.
  • A male doctor in training and a female nurse sit beside an older male Home Hospital patient
    Home Hospital offering doctors in training a unique career path 30 October 2025 For Doctor in Training (DiT) Jack Kelly, Home Hospital was a standout rotation, so much so that he returned to the program as a registrar.
  • Seven South Metropolitan Health Service staff whose innovations received FHRI grant funding stand together outside
    SMHS awarded more than $3 million in innovation grants 30 October 2025 South Metropolitan Health Service was successful in securing $3,323,939 through the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund of Western Australia which was awarded to seven separate innovation grants.
  • Former Peel Health Campus breast cancer patient Brooke Glatz wears cycling clothes and a bright pink tutu. Above her head she holds a racing bicycle.
    Cancer didn't break me: Brooke's breast cancer journey 23 October 2025 This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Peel Health Campus staff member Brooke Glatz shares her powerful journey from diagnosis to recovery.

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  • Fiona Stanley Hospital Intensive Care Unit pharmacists
    Pharmacists lead the way in nutrition prescribing innovation 16 October 2025 Congratulations to the Intensive Care Unit pharmacists at Fiona Stanley Hospital, who were honoured with the 2025 Advanced Pharmacy Australia WA Team Innovation Award for their new approach to nutrition care for critically ill patients.
  • Ten members of the Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group Anticoagulation Stewardship Program stand together
    New program helps keep patients safe from blood clots 13 October 2025 In a first for WA Health, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group has launched a new Anticoagulation Stewardship Program to help protect patients from serious harm caused by blood clots and bleeding linked to blood-thinning medications.
  • Two female intensive care unit nurses stand beside a a total closed-loop enteral feeding system
    First total closed-loop enteral feeding system introduced to SMHS 07 October 2025 Rockingham General Hospital is the first South Metropolitan Health Service hospital to introduce a total closed-loop enteral feeding system in its Intensive Care Unit, improving patient safety and supporting sustainability efforts.
  • six staff standing in front of two pull up banners
    Health innovation boosted by $1.2 million grant 24 September 2025 South Metropolitan Health Service has secured $1.2 million grant to strengthen the WA health and medical innovation ecosystem by fostering collaboration among healthcare professionals, innovators, and industry.
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