A Tweed dementia screening program and a Mullumbimby-based birthing service received top gongs at the recent Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSW LHD) Quality Awards.
The annual awards honour excellence among clinical teams working in diverse settings.
This year they included hospitals, community health, mental health, dementia care and the specialist management of hepatitis C.
Team finalists came from across the region: Tweed Heads, Lismore and Kyogle hospitals, Mullumbimby Community Birthing Service, the LHD Drug & Alcohol and Donate Life teams, and other services.
NNSW LHD Board Chair Dr Brian Pezzutti said, ‘The range and quality of these projects indicates the NNSW LHD’s close involvement with the community’s health care needs at every level, from the designing of preventive health programs through to the delivery of acute and primary care services. The standard of the award entries are a great testament to our innovative and highly professional staff.’
And the winners are:
Excellence in the Provision of Mental Health Services
Excellence in Cognitive Screening of the Older Person – Psychogeriatrics & Dementia, and Tweed Aged Care Assessment Team. This award winner also won the best of the best Overall Winner category, which was judged on the night.
Patients as Partners
Allowing natural death – Development and evaluation of an innovative model for end of life care in a rural setting (Kyogle Community Health), and Women with midwives with women – a publicly funded model of care offered by Mullumbimby Community Birthing Service – joint winners.
Integrated Healthcare
Hep C Matters – HARM and HIV team, NNSW LHD Drug & Alcohol Service.
Healthy Living
Patient Care Area Air Quality – The Tweed Hospital.
Building Partnerships
Community Health in Schools – Paediatric Speech & Family Coordinator team, Tweed-Byron Network.
Collaborative Team
Donate Life and give our people a second chance of life – Organ & Tissue Donation, and Bugalwena Aboriginal Health Service.
