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  • Amy O' Meagher sits in a garden setting holding a baby in her arms
    Lived experience at the centre of trauma-informed maternity care at SMHS 25 February 2026 A new Birth Trauma Advisory Committee at South Metropolitan Health Service is seeking expressions of interest from consumers with lived experience for two committee roles.
  • Governor-General of Australia Ms Sam Mostyn AO with Dr Daniela Vecchio at the 2026 Australian of the Year Awards.
    Australian of the Year finalist cherishes once-in-a-lifetime awards experience 30 January 2026 Australian of the Year award finalist Dr Daniela Vecchio spent the long weekend in Canberra with the Prime Minister, Governor General, dignitaries and some extraordinary Australians doing so much to help others.
  • 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.

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  • 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.
  • Six forearms and hands reach up from the bottom of the image. Text reads Youth Advisory Group
    SMHS is seeking new changemakers 04 September 2025 SMHS Mental Health is inviting young people to join its Youth Advisory Group, because designing mental health care for young people should be done with young people, not for them.
  • Julie pictured front centre, standing with the clinicians involved in her cancer journey.
    Ten years of cancer care providing hope for another day 21 August 2025 It’s not a milestone she ever imagined reaching, but for Julie, her tenth anniversary of care at FSH’s specialist Cancer Centre is well worth celebrating. It marks ten years since her stem cell transplant following a relapse of AML.
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Last Updated: 05/05/2025
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