On International Women’s Day, the inductees to the WA Women’s Hall of Fame included Prof Lyn Beazley AC, Dr Penny Flett, Prof Fiona Stanley, Dr Fiona Wood AM, Dr Maureen Phillips, and Dr Margaret Smith.
No election at the AMA again this year. A/Prof David Mountain has been re-appointed AMA (WA) President. GP Dr Richard Choong and Obstetrician/Gynaecologist Dr Michael Gannon are the new Vice Presidents.
Dr Felicity Flack of the Population Health Research Network was one of 12 West Australians (from 101 applications) and 107 Australians (from more than 1000 applicants) to be awarded a 2011 Churchill Fellowship by the Churchill Trust.
Construction giant John Holland has beaten two other construction groups to win the State Government contract to design and build the new children’s hospital at the QEII Medical Centre.
Kimberley nurse and Walmatjarri woman, Grace McCarthy, was selected as the 2011 Nursing and Midwifery Rhonda Marriott NAIDOC Award winner.
Diana Salvaris has been appointed the new manager of Donate Life WA. She brings senior government management experience from education and business.
Dr Mike Civil is chair of the RACGP Telehealth Standards Taskforce which has been asked to produce standards for GPs by October.
Mal Beacham has returned to WA from NSW to take over Healthscope Pathology management, replacing Brendon Ball, who is now managing the group’s 12 general practices and six Molescan clinics.
Mr Grahame Marshall has been appointed as the new CEO of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Western Operations). Grahame was previously the Deputy Chair of the RFDS Central Operations board in the Northern Territory. He brings to the role extensive senior management experience from prior positions at Westpac, the Territory Insurance Office, Lynch Meyer Lawyers, and WorkCover SA. The previous CEO, Tim Shackleton, leaves after five years’ service to develop his own health services management advisory business.