Year-in-Review-2021-22 - Flipbook - Page 108
Sydney Local Health District
Innovation and
Excellence Awards
Each year Sydney Local Health District Staff come to work each
day to make a difference. Our Annual Innovation and Excellence
Awards recognise the significant contributions of our staff.
Delivering Integrated Care
The District is committed to
collaborating and purposefully
working in partnerships across
government and community
organisations.
Highly commended
National Centre for Veterans’
Healthcare – Pilot
Residential Aged Care Facility
Outreach Team – Expanding
non-COVID Activity to respond to
COVID-19
Women’s Health, Neonatology
and Paediatrics – Leading Better
Value Care – Bronchiolitis
Winner
Community Paediatric School
Clinic - Ngaramadhi Space
The Paediatric team worked
with education, social care,
and the Wouwanguul Kanja – an
Aboriginal community steering
group – to provide integrated
care which significantly reduced
the behavioural difficulties
experienced by 79 children.
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Health Equity, Diversity
and Inclusion
Excellence in the provision
of Mental Health Services
The District is committed to
ensuring the services it provides
are inclusive of all people in the
community regardless of race,
gender, sexuality and ability
and that everyone is accepted,
welcomed and valued.
This award recognises and
showcases innovation in
improving the quality and safety
of mental health patient care.
Highly commended
BreastScreen NSW –
Aboriginal Shawl Project
Health Promotion and Population
Health – Aboriginal Bowel
Screening Project
Winner
Aboriginal Health Unit and
Executive Support Unit –
COVID-19 Aboriginal Cultural
Response Team
The Aboriginal Cultural
Response Team provided
cultural support to COVID-19
positive Aboriginal patients and
assisted rpavirtual and Special
Health Accommodation with
patient engagement reducing
the potential for large-scale
outbreaks.
Highly commended
Mental Health Services –
Project ECHO
RPA Institute of Academic
Surgery – Surgical outcomes
for patients with serious
mental illness
Winner
Mental Health Services
– Providing psychological care
for patients in Special Health
Accommodation
The team provided psychological
support to help people cope
with the stressors of quarantine.
They’ve supported more than
7000 people – helping them
manage anxiety, claustrophobia,
depression, insomnia, substance
withdrawal, self-harm and
suicidal ideation.
Sydney Local Health District
