Shenton Park GP Dr Janice Bell was awarded the RACGP’s most prestigious honour, the Rose-Hunt Award. The Rose-Hunt Award is presented to a GP who has rendered outstanding service in the promotion of the aims and objectives of the RACGP.
Winthrop Professor and Director of UWA’s Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health, Prof Helen Milroy, has won two international awards – the 2011 World Council for Psychotherapy’s Sigmund Freud Award, and she was also named the 2011 Yachad Scholar, awarded by the International Zionist Organisation.
Silver Chain volunteer Ms Kate O’Brien is a finalist in the 2011 WA Senior the Year Awards, Community Award category. Kate was nominated for her outstanding contribution to volunteering and her dedication to the Walpole community.
The WA Health Good Outcomes Awards were announced during Mental Health Week. The winners included A/Prof Jonathon Rampono (McCusker Charitable Foundation Award for Excellence), South Metropolitan Community Drug Service and South Metropolitan Mental Health Service (GESB Partnerships Award), Rural Community Support Services (Edith Cowan University Prevention and early intervention Award), Mark Morton (Freehills Mental Health Employee Award), and Margaret Doherty (John Da Silva Award for Consumer and Carer Participation).
Ms Kaye Mazzoleni has recently joined Western Australian General Practice Network as Strategy and Development Manager. Kaye has more than 20 years’ experience in the health industry across the public and private sectors.
Mr Michael Cain, of the Cancer Clinical Service Unit at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, was named Pharmacist of the Year in the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s Excellence Awards.
Aged care provider Southern Cross Care has announced two new board members: Ms Anne Arnold, the Chief Executive of the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia, and Mr Chris Hunt, who has held senior management roles within the Financial Markets Division of BankWest.