This award brings together two individual awards, Staff Member of the Year and Collaborative Leader of the Year. It aims to recognise HNE Health employees who have made an exceptional contribution through effective collaboration to the health system. This award is proudly sponsored by Rural Health Pro - powered by Rural Doctors Network (RDN).

Rural Health Pro. Grow. Connect. Thrive. Be Inspired.

Rural Health Pro is a community of people and organisations passionate about keeping our rural community healthy. Our online platform delivers curated information to suit your location, profession and interests, and our mobile app helps you access it wherever you are and whenever you need it.

The platform provides a comprehensive resource library, video on demand, grant and scholarship directory and dedicated information to support your health and wellbeing. Additionally, Rural Health Pro offers opportunities for professional growth, including career prospects, training, continuing professional development and scholarships.

Join more than 7,000 other health professionals who have already jumped on board to access support, news, events and resources.

The Volunteer of the Year Award is proudly sponsored by HESTA.

At HESTA, we invest in and for people who make our world better.

Super with impact is the positive outcome we create by supporting our members to face the future with confidence, being a gutsy advocate for a fair and healthy community and delivering investment excellence with impact.

Over 35 years, the Fund has built deep relationships across the health and community services sector, contributing to a strong understanding of our one million members, around 80 per cent of whom are women.

HESTA is proud of our enduring partnership with the healthcare sector and we recognise the contributions and impact that healthcare professionals make each day to support our communities and keep our nation safe and healthy.

Crossing the border and collaborating to close the gap

Boggabilla Community Health

Recognising that patients are partners in their healthcare, this award aims to acknowledge projects/programs which promote collaboration between the patient and the healthcare team to improve health. This award is  proudly sponsored by Telstra.

Telstra has a long history of successfully working with State Government agencies, co-creating solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of your community. From public safety to community engagement and service delivery, Telstra empowers your agency to focus on your mission and meet – and exceed – the citizen expectations. We work with your agency to bring together key solutions, integrate infrastructure and leverage external skills and capabilities to provide foundational mission-enabling capabilities.

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Our experts help you understand, manage and mitigate risk to meet your legislated compliance requirements.
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Telstra designs, supplies and supports your solution in partnership with you, from end-to-end.
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Draw on the experience of our global experts and business partners to design, build and manage complete integrated solutions, whatever your requirements.

The Integrated Value Based Care Award recognises initiatives that support NSW Health’s vision for a sustainable health system that delivers outcomes that matter to patients, is personalised, invests in wellness and is digitally enabled. The move to value is being accelerated through local initiatives and state-wide programs including Leading Better Value Care (LBVC), Integrated Care and Commissioning for Better Value. This award is proudly sponsored by LeasePlus.

With over 20 years of experience in managing and servicing novated leasing services, LeasePLUS is proud to provide NSW Health and in particular Hunter New England Local Health District with their employee’s novated leasing needs.

Within the LeasePLUS Group, both LeasePLUS and SalaryPackagingPLUS play key roles in servicing customers’ needs. SalaryPackagingPLUS specialises in administrating and managing employees’ salary packaging, while LeasePLUS delivers novated leasing solutions.

LeasePLUS has been a longstanding partner of Hunter New England Local Health District, and we are incredibly proud of the continuous growth and strengthening of our relationship over the years. With our long and proud history with NSW Health, we are absolutely delighted to be a part of the Hunter New England Excellence Awards in 2023.

Providing world-class clinical care where patient safety comes first is a key priority for HNE Health. HNE Health has a shared vision that Patient Safety is everybody’s business. This award acknowledges a commitment to putting Patient Safety First every day.

NSW Health is committed to promoting good health through raising awareness of healthy choices, preventing ill health and improving the overall health and wellbeing of the community.

The Keeping People Healthy Award, formerly The Harry Collins Award, has previously commemorated the outstanding commitment and passionate contribution of Mr Henry (Harry) Collins. Harry made a particularly outstanding contribution to the “Clean Hands Save Lives” campaign prior to his death in November 2007. This campaign is an example of a Keeping People Healthy initiative. His dedication to bringing the community’s perspective to the prevention of Healthcare Associated Infections is greatly appreciated by both patients and staff of the NSW health system, and NSW Health is proud to recognise these achievements.

Bringing together two previous HNE Award categories, a Safe and Healthy Workplace and Supporting Our People, The People and Culture Award recognises teams who develop and support our people and culture, and ensure a safe and healthy environment for patients and staff.  This award is proudly sponsored by Multiplex.

Established in Australia in 1962, Multiplex is a premier construction company known for shaping skylines and delivering iconic projects around the world. Multiplex has a simple purpose: to construct a better future. A better future where opportunities are harnessed, and our people, projects, communities and industry reach their full potential.

Multiplex has expertise across the entire property sector, and has delivered more than 1,000 projects with a combined value in excess of US$90 billion. We are uniquely positioned to fulfil our purpose by drawing on our culture - a powerful combination of inherent values, and a belief that we can outperform in everything we do.

We are backed by the financial stability and global relationships of our parent company, Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world's largest asset managers with approximately US$800 billion of assets under management. Multiplex has a robust history of delivering vital infrastructure projects in the Hunter region and using those projects as vehicles to generate local employment and send ripples of positive change into the local community.

Multiplex has a strong track record for construction in the health sector, delivering world-class hospital facilities to meet the growing needs of the greater Newcastle, Hunter, and northern NSW regions. It recently completed the new Maitland Hospital and is currently constructing the John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct. In addition to, Multiplex is committed to having a positive impact in the community and has connected with local groups to establish Multiplex Connectivity Centres tied to its Stockland Green Hills, Maitland and John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct projects.

Multiplex Connectivity Centres bring together local job seekers, employment providers and community groups to collaborate and co-create tailored employment solutions for the long-term unemployed, whilst also supporting people to become self-sufficient and improve outcomes across a range of areas such as health and wellbeing, confidence and creativity.

Collaboration between researchers, policy makers, service users, health managers and clinicians in research is critical and can lead to findings that are more likely to be innovative and positively inform health decisions. This includes innovative future focused infrastructure and digital health initiatives. This award is proudly sponsored by the University of Newcastle.

At the University of Newcastle, we’re dedicated to outstanding education and research. We’re ranked in the top 200 of the world’s universities by QS World University Rankings. Our degrees are shaped around flexible and transferable skills, work placements and entrepreneurial opportunities. Across our campuses in Newcastle, the Central Coast, Sydney and Singapore, the University of Newcastle enrols more than 37,000 students from diverse backgrounds, with a focus on equity and developing the world’s next generation of socially-oriented leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators. We are global leaders in health and medical research.

In partnership with the Hunter New England Health Local Health District and the Hunter Medical Research Institute, our University helps deliver world-class translational research that improves the health of our local communities.

Mental Health is a priority area for the NSW Government, with one in five (20%) Australians aged 16-85 experiencing a mental illness in any year*. This award recognises and showcases innovation in improving the quality and safety of mental health patient care within programs. This award is proudly sponsored by Eagers Automotive.

Eagers Automotive Limited is the leading automotive retail group in Australia and New Zealand, with a long and proud history of more than 100 years.

Our name was changed to Eagers Automotive Limited from A.P. Eagers Limited in 2020 following our acquisition of the listed Automotive Holdings Group Limited (AHG). This new name better reflects our position in the automotive industry and recent growth, whilst also maintaining a connection to our foundation.

Eagers Automotive Newcastle employs over 600 local people and we represent the largest range of automotive passenger and commercial brands throughout Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter Valley. Our franchises include Audi, GMSV, Isuzu Ute, Kia, LDV, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Peugeot, Subaru, Suzuki, Skoda, Toyota and Volkswagen.

Eagers Automotive dealerships offer an extensive range of services, including new vehicle, demonstrator, fleet sales, complete vehicle finance options, with competitive insurance policies and the largest selection of used vehicle in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter area.

AHG Newcastle recognises the importance of supporting and giving back to the community. Each year all our dealerships proudly support a number of charities and sporting groups in their local areas. Tonight is simply one example of this.

​Excellence in Aboriginal Healthcare is a new award that recognises exceptional healthcare delivery through strong partnerships across HNE Health and external agencies. This award is proudly sponsored by Multiplex.

Established in Australia in 1962, Multiplex is a premier construction company known for shaping skylines and delivering iconic projects around the world. Multiplex has a simple purpose: to construct a better future. A better future where opportunities are harnessed, and our people, projects, communities and industry reach their full potential.

Multiplex has expertise across the entire property sector, and has delivered more than 1,000 projects with a combined value in excess of US$90 billion. We are uniquely positioned to fulfil our purpose by drawing on our culture - a powerful combination of inherent values, and a belief that we can outperform in everything we do.

We are backed by the financial stability and global relationships of our parent company, Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world's largest asset managers with approximately US$800 billion of assets under management. Multiplex has a robust history of delivering vital infrastructure projects in the Hunter region and using those projects as vehicles to generate local employment and send ripples of positive change into the local community.

Multiplex has a strong track record for construction in the health sector, delivering world-class hospital facilities to meet the growing needs of the greater Newcastle, Hunter, and northern NSW regions. It recently completed the new Maitland Hospital and is currently constructing the John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct. In addition to, Multiplex is committed to having a positive impact in the community and has connected with local groups to establish Multiplex Connectivity Centres tied to its Stockland Green Hills, Maitland and John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct projects.

Multiplex Connectivity Centres bring together local job seekers, employment providers and community groups to collaborate and co-create tailored employment solutions for the long-term unemployed, whilst also supporting people to become self-sufficient and improve outcomes across a range of areas such as health and wellbeing, confidence and creativity.

Recognising that climate change and unsustainable resource use are contributing to ill-health the world over, this award aims to acknowledge environmental sustainability projects, practices and programs which promote healthcare without harm. This award is proudly sponsored by the University of Newcastle.

At the University of Newcastle, we’re dedicated to outstanding education and research. We’re ranked in the top 200 of the world’s universities by QS World University Rankings. Our degrees are shaped around flexible and transferable skills, work placements and entrepreneurial opportunities. Across our campuses in Newcastle, the Central Coast, Sydney and Singapore, the University of Newcastle enrols more than 37,000 students from diverse backgrounds, with a focus on equity and developing the world’s next generation of socially-oriented leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators. We are global leaders in health and medical research.

In partnership with the Hunter New England Health Local Health District and the Hunter Medical Research Institute, our University helps deliver world-class translational research that improves the health of our local communities.