• Skip to main content
  • Skip to navigation
  • Accessibility
  • Contact Us
Government of Western Australia Crest
Government of Western Australia
Government of Western Australia Crest

Additional Menu

  • Accessibility
  • Contact us
Go to WA Government search
  • About SMHS
    • Health Service Board
    • Strategic focus
      • Vision and values
      • Strategic Plan
      • Annual Report
      • Environmental sustainability
      • Innovation
    • Executive
    • Conduct and standards
    • Freedom of Information
    • Governance
    • SMHS Excellence Awards
    • Pulse
    • Contact SMHS
  • Our services
    • Our hospitals
    • Elective surgery
      • Contracted medical practitioners
    • Outpatients
    • COVID-19 information
      • SMHS staff self-reporting
    • Aboriginal health
    • SMHS Mental Health
      • Lived experience
      • SMHS-wide mental health services
      • Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals
      • Peel and Rockingham Kwinana
      • SMHS mental health referrals
      • Work for us
      • Building for the future
      • Peel Mental Health Taskforce
    • Health promotion
      • Our priorities
      • Public health planning
    • Community Services
      • Home Hospital
    • Health care snapshot
    • SMHS Online Services Portal
    • Western Australian Limb Service for Amputees
    • Library and Information Service
  • Our care
    • Safe, quality care
      • Reduce your falls risk
      • Preventing pressure injuries
      • Supporting patients with cognitive impairment
      • Understanding delirium
      • Hand hygiene
      • MySay healthcare survey
      • Healthcare associated infections
      • "What matters to you?"
    • Understanding where you will receive care
    • For overseas visitors and students
    • Patient rights
    • Patient stories
      • Cancer didnt break me Brookes breast cancer journey
      • Emotional farewell to rehab teams who helped Matt walk again
      • Back on the farm is the best evidence for stem cell transplant trial
      • Virtual cochlear-implant care helps patients like Matilda hear better from home
      • Telethon donates lifesaving ventilators to preterm babies at FSH
      • Ten years of cancer care providing hope for another day
      • Every day a gift for heart transplant recipient
      • Couples remarkable rehab journey following motorcycle crash
      • Mesothelioma biobank research to help patients like Barry
      • Occupational therapy team helping patients reclaim their independence
    • Private patients
    • Support for carers
      • If you can't visit an older patient
  • Our community
    • Consumer experience
    • Partnering with consumers
      • Community advisory councils
      • 'Put it to the People' engagement platform
    • Engaging with our community
      • GP Engage
      • Fiona Wood Public Lectures
      • Voluntary assisted dying podcasts
      • Health Stories podcasts
    • Disability access and inclusion
      • DAIP strategies
      • DAIP initiatives
      • Supporting people with disability
    • Pulse
    • SMHS HealthReady Pipeline
      • About HealthReady
      • Get involved in HealthReady
      • Current HealthReady projects
    • Our volunteers
    • Events
  • Our research
    • About research at SMHS
    • Current research
      • Allied Health Research Unit
      • Nursing and Midwifery Research Unit
    • Our research stories
    • For researchers
      • SMHS Research Integrity Advisors
    • Participate in our research
      • Valuing the consumer voice
  • Work with us
    • Career opportunities
      • Aboriginal workforce
      • Allied health and health professionals
      • Clinical academics
      • Corporate and non-clinical careers
      • Medical
      • Mental health
      • Nursing and midwifery
    • Employee benefits
    • Apply for a job
    • Living in WA
  • News
  1. Home
  2. News

News

Keep up to date with the latest news across SMHS

News

  • 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.

See more SMHS news

  • Frank (back right) with his family.
    World first trials investigating targeted bladder cancer treatment 05 July 2021 After recovering from a malignant melanoma more than three decades ago, it was the diagnosis of bladder cancer that completely changed 67-year-old Frank Waters’ life.
  • Zoom up on man's face wearing Google glasses
    Google glasses cause a buzz amongst hospital staff 01 July 2021 Ever-changing COVID-19 restrictions are providing an opportunity for SMHS to explore new and innovative technologies.
  • Group of people standing in front of hospital.
    SMHS moves forward from the darkest days of COVID-19 25 June 2021 Staff across South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) took time out this week to acknowledge the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on their professional and personal lives and the many sacrifices made to help keep the community safe.
  • Four men and three women standing together
    Forum highlights inter-agency partnership key for mental health initiatives 04 June 2021 A mental health forum hosted by SMHS in partnership with the Mental Health Commission and local governments facilitated important conversations on ways to collaborate to improve mental health and wellbeing in our local communities.
Previous12...22232425262728293031Next
Last Updated: 05/05/2025
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube

Footer menu

  • wa.gov.au
  • Copyright
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Sitemap
  • Contact Us

Brought to you by the Department of Health, Western Australia

© Government of Western Australia 2018 to