Message from the chief executive Adjunct Professor Anthony M. Schembri AM
I had the pleasure of attending the 25th Annual NSW Health Awards and I was delighted to celebrate our finalists and winners. We had four finalists in this year’s award. A big congratulations to Royal North Shore Hospital’s multidisciplinary concussion service which was named a joint winner in the Patient Safety First Award category. The concussion clinic is providing an Australian-first service and it works with the community to provide vital education about concussions. It also runs a specialised multidisciplinary clinic to help patients with post-concussion symptoms return safely to school, study, work and sport. Congratulations must also go to RNSH’s intensive care unit which received a highly commended in the Health Research Award category.
I encourage staff to take a moment to learn a bit more about peri/menopause and its impacts. In some other pleasing news, we received the 2023 People Matter Engagement Survey (PMES) results. A special congratulations to Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital which had the most improved participation rate at 62.5 per cent. They were the winners of the $5000 prize to be used for workplace improvement initiatives. Thank you to all of our staff who took the time to provide valuable feedback. The high-level results for the district are located on the intranet - https://bit.ly/3Q2re84, and the detailed results are now available for dashboard users. Once the results are analysed, all sites and services will be working on PMES 2023 action plans that will be presented to the NSLHD Board later in the year. We also launched the annual NSLHD Safety and Quality Account - https://bit. ly/NSLHD-SQA2023 - which allows our district to reflect on the safety and quality of care provided to our patients, consumers, families, and carers, which is integral in planning to achieve world-class clinical care. The publication showcases our many achievements over the 2022-2023 financial year. In addition, it provides our community with a testament to NSLHD’s ongoing commitment to safety and quality, consumer participation and workplace culture that drives staff to continue to provide safe, high-quality care.
The ICU team was recognised for its research into transforming fluid resuscitation in intensive care.
It is an incredible result for our local health district and I would like to congratulate everyone who took part. I am incredibly proud of our district’s work in supporting women in the workplace with a fantastic new resource the Supporting our People: Menopause in the Workplace Guide - https://bit.ly/3FwzPv5. This new guide provides useful information about a topic that for too long has not been acknowledged, particularly in the workplace. This guide is the first step in recognising peri/menopause as a workplace matter and a springboard into greater awareness about what some of our colleagues may be going through.
Adjunct Professor Anthony M. Schembri AM Chief Executive Northern Sydney Local Health District
NSLHDNEWS | ISSUE 20|27 OCTOBER 2023
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