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  • 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.
  • 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.

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  • A male nurse and female nurse stand in a hospital hallway.
    Celebrating family ties at SMHS 03 September 2021 SMHS has over 9,200 employees, and it just so happens that a fair few of them are related! This Father’s Day, we showcase some fathers who inspired their children to join the SMHS family (and vice versa), and hear from their children about what makes their dad special.
  • Paramedic shows patient video call in the back of ambulance.
    SMHS Virtual Emergency Medicine service set to expand 12 August 2021 South Metropolitan Health Service in collaboration with St John WA ambulance is changing the face of emergency medical care with the first-of-its-kind in Australia Virtual Emergency Medicine (VEM) service, shown to reduce patient wait times and improve ambulance and emergency department flow.
  • An older woman and man stand beside each other. The man holds a wedding photo of him and the woman.
    Home is where the heart is for 90-year-old-Dallas 29 July 2021 Thanks to the SMHS Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH) program, Dallas was able to spend most of her time recovering from a fall at home with her husband Bob.
  • Staff member talking to patients through Teams online meeting.
    West Australian first virtual behaviour therapy program for type 1 diabetes launched 05 July 2021 Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group has launched its first virtual behavioural group therapy program for people living with type-1 diabetes.
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