WESTERN AUSTRALIA Dr Bruce Powell STATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR Melissa Smith CLINICAL NURSE MANAGER DONATELIFE DONORS IN NUMBER OF FULL-TIME HOSPITALS 2016 TRANSPLANT EQUIVALENT STAFF RECIPIENTS IN 2016 8.82 AGENCY-BASED 11 7.08 503) NUMBER OF (TOTAL: DECEASED NUMBER OF 1,447) Service expanded During the year the DonateLife WA Donor Family Support Coordinator participated in Advanced Care Planning workshops conducted by Palliative Care WA in metropolitan and regional centres of the state. This complements the work being undertaken by DonateLife WA to embed consideration of organ and tissue donation as a Musicians & Boy’ entertain the audience at the 2016 ‘Bird Honour Ceremony routine part of end-of-life care. New hospital increases donations St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospital opened in November 2015 as Perth’s newest hospital. The DonateLife WA team met with various stakeholders and conducted education sessions throughout the hospital. To date there have been three organ donors and two tissue donors at the hospital, which is a 2016 Health Minister Jon Day launches the Writing for Life competition with DonorMate’s Peter Chwal and a young testament to the engagement between the recipient hospital’s team and the team at DonateLife WA. Education and collaboration Two perioperative workshops on organ and tissue donation were successfully conducted in 2016–17 at the St John of God Midland Hospital and the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The evaluations indicated that the professional needs of the participants were met. City of Perth Council House lights up for DonateLife Week 2016
WESTERN AUSTRALIA STATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR Dr Bruce Powell CLINICAL NURSE MANAGER Melissa Smith FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT STAFF 8.82 AGENCY-BASED 7.08 NUMBER OF DONATELIFE HOSPITALS 11 NUMBER OF DECEASED DONORS IN 2016 503) NUMBER OF TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS IN 2016 (TOTAL: 1,447) Service expanded During the year the DonateLife WA Donor Family Support Coordinator participated in Advanced Care Planning workshops conducted by Palliative Care WA in metropolitan and regional centres of the state. This complements the work being undertaken by DonateLife WA to embed consideration of organ and tissue donation as a routine part of end-of-life care. New hospital increases donations St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospital opened in November 2015 as Perth’s newest hospital. The DonateLife WA team met with various stakeholders and conducted education sessions throughout the hospital. To date there have been three organ donors and two tissue donors at the hospital, which is a testament to the engagement between the hospital’s team and the team at DonateLife WA. Education and collaboration Two perioperative workshops on organ and tissue donation were successfully conducted in 2016–17 at the St John of God Midland Hospital and the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The evaluations indicated that the professional needs of the participants were met. Musicians ‘Bird & Boy’ entertain the audience at the 2016 Honour Ceremony 2016 Health Minister Jon Day launches the Writing for Life competition with DonorMate’s Peter Chwal and a young recipient City of Perth Council House lights up for DonateLife Week 2016
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