2024 Award nominations
Annual awards programs are great opportunities to celebrate and showcase our outstanding staff, services and initiatives.
Details about the 2024 Awards programs are available here with information about how to submit your nomination.
All award submissions received for the NSW awards will be considered for the Sydney Local Health District Innovation and Excellence Awards, presented at the District’s Annual General Meeting in December.
Innovation and Excellence Awards
The Sydney Local Health District Innovation and Excellence Awards aim to recognise, celebrate and encourage healthcare innovation and excellence in line with the District's values, strategic focus and vision to achieve 'Excellence in health and healthcare for all'.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Innovation and Excellence Awards which were announced at the Sydney Local Health District Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 6 December 2023.
Category | Winner | Highly commended |
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Delivering Integrated Care |
Partnering for better health outcomes — collaborative model of care |
Collaborative management of COVID-19 outbreaks in residential aged care Where’s Wardoh?! Oral health in acute geriatric wards |
Excellence in the Provision of Mental Health Services |
Naamuru Parent and Baby Unit |
Statewide Intellectual Disability Mental Health Outreach Service |
Education and Workforce Development |
Sydney Education |
Engaging adolescents in science and health, LifeLab Sydney |
Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion |
Celebrating District diversity - Sydney World Pride 2023 |
‘Riding the Vegetable Horse’ Multilingual Children’s Book Ngangkari Traditional Healing Cultural Immersion Experience |
Keeping People Healthy |
Outreach model of care for Aboriginal community members |
Endodontics Access Scheme Health and Wellbeing Social Housing Peer Education Program |
Patient Safety First |
Best practice care for incontinence-associated dermatitis Substance Use in Pregnancy and Parenting Service |
VTE/Anticoagulation Stewardship Program |
Transforming Patient Experience |
BEST support for troubled patients and frontline staff |
End of life care in an acute hospital setting |
Health Research and Innovation |
Needle-free insulin |
Healthy Beginnings telehealth intervention Equity Focused Health Impact Assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic |
Services of the Year |
Capital Infrastructure and Engineering Orthogeriatric Service |
Procurement, Contracts and Supply Service Stroke Service |
Chief Executive’s Award for Excellence |
Canterbury Leaders Forum |
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Volunteer of the Year |
Diane McPhail |
Christine Purdie |
Collaborative Staff Member of the Year |
Michael Berbari |
Grace Scott |
Cleaners of the Year |
Manoliy Buryk Deepesh Thapa Kogulanath Arunasalam Janice Baggow Cheryl Alfanta Shreebina Bheleshrestha |