South Metropolitan Health Service

ONE WEEK TO GO! Get your FREE tickets to the next Fiona Wood Public Lecture on fatty liver disease. Dr Koya Ayonrinde will be chatting all things fatty liver including how to prevent and reverse it to live a long and healthy life. https://lnkd.in/gNAfb7cQ https://lnkd.in/gWFSYBxk

Carter’s life took a positive turn when he was referred to the Cockburn Aboriginal Ear Health Program. Presenting with hearing loss due to ear fluid that affected his speech development, Carter underwent a successful grommet surgery at Rockingham General Hospital. Adapting to new sounds after years of limited hearing, the moment three-year-old Carter heard his mum speaking was deeply emotional. "It was such an emotional moment when he could hear me better; I honestly just cried,” recalls Yolandi, Carter’s mum. Read more on how Cockburn Aboriginal Ear Health Program is helping children like Carter along with Telethon Kids Institute, Cockburn Integrated Health, Telethon Speech & Hearing Ltd, Moorditj Koort Aboriginal Corporation, Hearing Australia, St John of God Health Care & Child and Adolescent Health Service 👉 https://lnkd.in/gNQjFCjz

The transition for Peel Health Campus to the South Metropolitan Health Service is well underway and on track for 13 August. Ensuring patients continue to receive high-quality care with minimal disruption during this transition is our priority, so last week we hosted a staff Welcome Week - a one-stop shop for onboarding Peel Health Campus staff to SMHS.   This was an exciting milestone event where staff received their welcome bags, corporate induction handbooks, new uniforms, and staff identification badges, organise their computer provisioning and set up for day one, as well as having the opportunity to ask questions and attend guest speaker events.     Supporting staff in this way ahead of the transition in August means staff are ready and equipped to focus on what they do best, providing excellent care to our patients.

Gracie’s world was turned upside down when she fell from a three-storey balcony after a night out with friends. She suffered multiple injuries including broken bones, a fractured skull and even had a stroke. Thanks to the support of the staff at Fiona Stanley Hospital State Rehabilitation Service, she is getting stronger every day and learning to walk, talk, eat, run, read and write. Gracie is now able to share her story to other young people and will soon be volunteering at Fiona Stanley Hospital. Well done, Gracie!

After being diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obstructive sleep apnoea and diaphragm palsy in January, Andrew Rowling was left unable to walk to his letterbox. His shortness of breath was so severe he was forced to step down from his role as a Security Officer and take up a desk-based position. But in February, Andrew was referred to the South Metro Health Service (SMHS) Community Physiotherapy Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in Jolimont. With the support of senior physio Nikki Strahan, Andrew underwent eight weeks of progressive walking, arm and leg strengthening and education. In his final walking assessment Andrew doubled his distance, walking 600 meters in six minutes compared to 300 meters at the beginning of the program. Now, Andrew has returned to work as a Security Officer and can walk up to an hour per day. He says the rehabilitation program turned his life around. Congratulations Andrew on this remarkable achievement, and thank you Nikki and team for your excellent work 💜👏

One in three Australians, including some children, has fatty liver disease and may not even know it. Join us as leading liver specialist Dr Koya Ayonrinde discusses what fatty liver is, how anyone can be susceptible to it, regardless of lifestyle, and how it is a major risk factor for heart disease, diabetes and liver cirrhosis. From drinking alcohol to doing liver cleanses, Koya will debunk all the common myths associated with fatty liver disease and let you know how to effectively prevent or reverse it to live a long and healthy life. Encourage your patients and clients to attend and bring along your friend family and colleagues too. Secure your FREE tickets and get more information: https://lnkd.in/gD6uhhPc

We were honoured to have the Minister for Health Amber-Jade Sanderson visit Fiona Stanley Hospital today for the launch of the Doctor Support Unit (DSU) across the South Metro Health Service. Clinical services, medical education and the medical workforce have combined forces to provide our junior doctors with a single, seamless and responsive point of contact for wellbeing support and management of rostering, overtime and leave. We have more than 1500 incredible junior doctors across our workforce, and we know supporting their overall wellbeing is crucial in empowering them to forge excellent, rewarding careers 👩⚕️🧑⚕️ Area Director Clinical Services Dr Mark Monaghan and Resident Medical Officer Olivia Tan spoke at the launch and said realistic rostering and leave optimisation are among the supports that will help prevent burnout in junior doctors. Minister Sanderson said it’s important to keep moving away from the attitude that fatigue and poor work-life balance are inherent aspects of a medical career, and continuing to listen to what junior doctors need is key in supporting them to deliver the highest quality patient care 💜

The new South Metropolitan Service (SMHS) Research Integrity Advisors program is providing researchers with ‘high ethics and high integrity’ support to embed integrity as a key value of all research activities. SMHS conducts high-quality research projects at state, national and international level across all its hospitals and community health sites. The program formalises support on research integrity issues including authorship, data management and suspected breaches of the Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research. Find out more at https://lnkd.in/gAGckaZ9

South Metro Health Service (SMHS) is pleased to receive a share in $25 million Research Infrastructure Support (RIS) grants, made available by the WA Government. Awarded over $400,000 the funds will be injected into research across SMHS, and could not have been made possible without the hard work and dedication from the SMHS Research Business Support Unit 👏 Read more about the grant announcement online 👉 https://lnkd.in/gevdQuz4

Fiona Stanley Hospital is the first public hospital in Australia to open a gaming disorder clinic, which has been operating as part of the FSH Addiction Prevention and Treatment Service since 2022. The clinic operates seven days a week and offers detection, assessment and treatment of gaming disorder and related conditions. FSH Consultant Psychiatrist and Head of Service Mental Health Dr Daniela Vecchio says it’s a growing problem and is committed to raising public awareness about gaming disorders, promoting prevention and early intervention, and developing evidence-based guidelines and interventions. Listen to her interview on ABC Mornings to learn more about gaming addiction and the work being done at the clinic - https://lnkd.in/gAsErTu9