Message from the Chief Executive Deb Willcox
It gives me great pleasure to see the winners of the 2021 Exceptional People Awards in this issue of NSLHD News. The ceremony may have been a little later than normal due to our response to last year’s COVID-19 outbreak, but it was a tremendous day of celebrations with our staff. I would like to thank everyone who was involved in the awards, from the organising committee to all the staff who submitted nominations and to those who attended. It truly is one of my favourite days in our calendar, and we get to do it again later this year for the 2022 Exceptional People Awards. Congratulations to all of our winners, you can read more about them here: https://bit. ly/35Ulfie Speaking of celebrations, Royal North Shore Hospital has been ranked the third best hospital in Australia, and number 136 in the world, in Newsweek’s 2022 World’s Best Hospitals list. It is joined by Hornsby Ku- ring-gai Hospital which was ranked 27th in the hospital rankings for Australia. RNSH was one of just seven Australian hospitals to make this year’s top 250 hospitals global list. After such a challenging year with the COVID-19 pandemic, the results are a testament to our staff who have worked tirelessly to deliver safe and quality healthcare to our patients every day. In more praise for our wonderful staff, the NSLHD Board Consumer Committee wanted to extend their sincere and heartfelt thanks to our healthcare staff in the delivery of excellent care through the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee is a group of people who are helping us improve the care we provide by offering their insight and experience. The committee knows of the many difficulties and hardships our staff have endured, including personal sacrifices, so the patients and consumers of our health service could continue to receive the care they needed during this difficult period. As well as our consumer committee, I regularly receive feedback from the community of the stellar job our staff are doing, and I cannot help but feel an enormous sense of pride every time.
This week we celebrated International Women’s Day 2022. Incredibly, women make up more than 72 per cent of our workforce and are leaders in research, innovation, clinical care and management. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day was ‘Break the Bias’, a call to action for a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination, and to promote diversity, equity and inclusivity. A few of our inspiring staff were interviewed for a podcast to discuss what the day and theme mean to them professionally and personally. You can hear from Occupational Therapist and Allied Health Workforce Development Manager, Emma Tan, Associate Director of Medical Services Dr Bahare Moradi and Acting Divisional Nurse Manager for Women Children and Family Health at Royal North Shore Hospital Michelle De Vroome through our Moments that Matter site or here: https://bit.ly/3pJOUSk The recent flood disaster in NSW and south-east Queensland has been devastating to watch unfold. For some of these communities, it is the second time in 12 months they have been impacted by flooding, while others are still reeling after the devastating bushfires of 2019 and 2020. I know many of us are thinking of our colleagues, as well as any family and friends we may have in flood affected areas. Please know NSW Health, along with other disaster relief authorities, are responding to the situation and helping people access the services they need at this difficult time. Already a number of NSLHD staff have put their hand up and we are in the process of redeploying staff to help the community of northern NSW and support Northern NSW Health Local Health District staff. I know many in our district would welcome the chance to assist, and should such an opportunity materialise it will be communicated.
Deb Willcox Chief Executive Northern Sydney Local Health District
NSLHDNEWS | ISSUE 4 | 11 MARCH 2022
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