Ms Eva Skira AO has been appointed as a Commissioner and Chair-elect of the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia (CECWA). Photo: Michelle Tan. Ms Eva Skira AM has been appointed as a Commissioner and Chair-elect of the Catholic Education Commission of Western Australia (CECWA), replacing Bunbury Bishop Gerard Holohan DD, who retires Friday 3 June 2022. “It is a great privil...

The Trustees of St John of God Health Care have last week announced the appointment of the Hon Neville Owen AO KCSG as the new Chair of the Trustees, in addition to the appointment of Ms Shelly Park to its board. Photo: Supplied. The Trustees of St John of God Australia Limited have announced the appointment of the Hon Neville Owen AO KCSG as the new Chair of Trustees of St John of God Heal...

Perth priest Rev Dr Joe Parkinson has last week been awarded the Catholic Health Australia 2021 Sr Maria Cunningham Lifetime Contribution Award.

The award recognises Dr Parkinson’s work over the past 40 years, in particular his contributions to St John of God Health Care, one of Australia’s largest Catholic providers of health care services, and his impact on the community through a lifetime of bioethics writing, teaching and consultancy across health, aged care and education.

St John of God Murdoch Hospital has won the 2021 HESTA Compassion in Action Social Justice Award. The award, run by Catholic Health Australia and sponsored by HESTA, recognises an individual or team who has shown creativity, commitment, and accomplishment in effecting positive social change.

A new adult mental health centre will be opened by St John of God Social Outreach, part of St John of God Health Care, in Midland named Head to Health adult mental health centre.
Expected to open early 2022, the centre will offer free advice, support and, if needed, assessment and treatment for people with stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues.

Since the Congregation of the Sisters of St John of God formed in Wexford, Ireland in 1971, the Sisters have readily and courageously put themselves in dangerous and unknown circumstances to care for the sick and injured, writes SJOG Health Care Group Director Mission Integration, Marcelle Mogg.

The advent of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Western Australia has introduced a totally new feature in the landscape of end-of-life options, and a new challenge for Catholic acute, aged and disability services.

The re-development of St John of God Hospital will add a new eight storey clinical block, private emergency department, a Mother and Baby Unit including a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a virtual care hub, and a purpose-built pandemic ward to care for patients when outbreaks of highly infectious diseases such as COVID-19 occur.

St John of God Murdoch Hospital orthopaedic surgeon Professor Piers Yates has ignited his passion for art, creating a large crucifix made from welded recycled metal tools, equipment and implants used in orthopaedic surgery. The crucifix was installed at the entrance of the hospital on 31 May. By Amanda Murthy.

St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital Nurse Unit Manager Ashly Grabski and St John of God Social Outreach (Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Network) Clinical Nurse Specialist Jupp Groenveld were winners in the Excellence in Registered Nursing and the Consumer Appreciation award categories respectively.