Achievement AwardsThe Achievement Awards celebrate our top performing staff, volunteers and teams from across Hunter New England Health and reflect the organisation’s commitment to Excellence for every patient, every time. | High Value Health Care AwardsThe High Value Health Care Awards reinforces our focus on High Value Health Care and ensures we recognise work that accomplishes the Triple Aim of meeting population health needs at the highest quality and lowest cost per capita. |
Staff Member of the YearAmanda Collison, Receptionist, Scone Health Services Jane Morison, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Neurosurgery, John Hunter Hospital Bron Rose, Manager, Aboriginal Mental Health Service and Workforce Stewart Symons, Technical Services Manager New England, Facilities Management Unit
| Local SolutionsBy Your Side, Ward G1, John Hunter Hospital High value road retrieval health care delivery in the Hunter, Hunter Retrieval Service Establishing a casual pool to fill Allied Health vacancies, District Allied Health Project Team
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Clinical Team of the YearAged Care and Rehabilitation Services Clinical Network Cardiology Stream G1, John Hunter Hospital Mental Health Pharmacy Services, Hunter New England Mental Health Services
| Integrated Health Care Healthy Tums, Healthy Gums- An Oral Health and Dietetic Initiative, HNE Oral Health and Dietetics, Child and Family Allied Health Team, Tamworth Community Health Service
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Support Team of the YearActivity Based Funding, Finance Desktop Services, Information Technology and Telecommunications District Pharmacy Services, Allied Health HNE Oral Health Contact Centre, Hunter New England Health Oral Health
| Translational ResearchDextrose Gel: Reducing Neonatal Admissions to NICU, Maternity & Newborn Services, John Hunter Hospital Participatory Action Research to Guide Aboriginal Health, Tamworth Stroke Service and Gomeroi /Gamilaraay Aboriginal Community Supporting Lifestyle and Activity Modification after Transient Ischemic Attack (SLAM-TIA),Community Stroke Team, Community Aged Care Services and Greater Newcastle Sector
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Excellence in Workplace Safety Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) program, John Hunter Hospital The Engineering Department, Belmont Hospital
| Transforming Health Telehealth – Virtually Transforming Our Care To Aged Care, Belmont Hospital & Anglican Care Improving Theatre Efficiency Through Smarter Scheduling, Maitland Hospital Tenterfield, Telehealth and Nutrition : Dietetics a New Way, Tenterfield Health Service and Armidale Community Health Dietetics
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Volunteer of the Year - IndividualCarrie Callahan, Newcastle Mental Health Unit Glad Dent, Calvary Mater Newcastle
| Enhancing the Patients' Experience through the ArtsMeasuring Happiness via Music & Memory Program in Aged Care, Wallsend Aged Care
Facility Music group activity on a mental health inpatient unit, Lake Macquarie Mental Health Unit
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Volunteer of the Year - GroupCalvary Mater Newcastle Auxiliary 'Cancer Carers', Calvary Mater Newcastle John Hunter Site Carers, John Hunter Hospital Maitland Hospital Volunteers, Maitland Hospital
| Patients as Partners Supporting decision-making for early stage breast cancer, Department of Medical Oncology, Calvary Mater Newcastle Guiding Sick Day Management: A Diabetes App for Patients and Parents, Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes John Hunter Children’s Hospital
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Board Chair's Award: Best Local Health Report 2016 | Preventive HealthTo be announced |
| Infection PreventionReducing Healthcare-Associated Bloodstream Infections, Infection Prevention Service Calvary Mater Newcastle Reducing Haemodialysis Catheter-Related Infections, Medical & Interventional Services and Nephrology Department John Hunter Hospital
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| Collaborative TeamDoor to drug time for Sepsis patients: doing it better at Belmont, Emergency Department Belmont Hospital Let's Eat Together: Rural Feeding Assessment Clinic, Hunter Valley Community Health Service Hunter Valley Sector Improving access to Urgent Care – Gastroenterology Outpatient Service, Outpatient Service, John Hunter Hospital
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| Emerging LeaderNicholas Zdenkowski, Clinical Research Fellow in Medical Oncology Mary-Anne Dieckmann, Registered Nurse
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