NSLHD shines at NSW Health Awards Two finalists from NSLHD were named as award winners at the 2024 NSW Health Awards. The NSW Health Awards are incredibly prestigious and showcase some of the most outstanding teams and individuals from across the NSW Health public system. The district’s planetary health team took out the Environmental Sustainability Award after they completed a first-of-its-kind project to calculate baseline emissions, identify reduction strategies, and model a Paris Agreement-aligned pathway to net zero, informing the NSLHD Planetary Health Framework 2024-2027. The Parental Leave Understanding and Support (PLUS) program, led by the RNSH Emergency Department, was named the winner of the People and Culture Award. This program is tailored to address the unique challenges faced by new working parents in emergency medicine, offering mentorship, wellness sessions, lactation support, and a family room, resulting in improved staff retention and wellbeing. NSLHD Chief Executive Anthony Schembri congratulated the winners on the achievement. “Congratulations to these winners along with our other district finalist for being shortlisted across three different award categories,” he said. “I am very proud to work for an organisation that continually provides exceptional care and innovates, and it is so pleasing to see this talent recognised at a state level.”
Winner - NSLHD Planetary Health Team
Environmental Sustainability Award
Winner - Royal North Shore Emergency Department
People and Culture Award
NSLHDNEWS | ISSUE 21| 1 NOVEMBER 2024
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