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Celebrating breastfeeding for all families during World Breastfeeding Week 03 August 2023 When mum Hannah was pregnant, her same sex partner Joan wanted to be able to share the breastfeeding responsibilities for their baby. For Breastfeeding Centre (BFC) WA Lactation Consultant Shaughn, complex breastfeeding and working with all families across the Women and Newborn Health Service was key to her role as an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant. Shaughn said that while breastfeeding is a normal human behaviour, it was often a struggle for couples to get started. “I think all parents should consider breastfeeding their baby,” she said. “I had already worked with a mother whose baby was birthed by a surrogate and we induced lactation, so I knew it was possible when we started getting this question from same sex couples.” For mum Joan, gathering information was initially a challenge but she said Shaughn, and the Breastfeeding Centre provided g... -
Congratulations to our WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award state finalists 28 July 2023 It is with great pleasure that we congratulate the North Metropolitan Health Service finalists in the 2023 WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards (WANMEA): Excellence in Person Centred Care – Team Award Women’s Newborns Health Service Diabetes Team, King Edward Memorial Hospital Excellence in Midwifery Sue-Anne Hawkins – King Edward Memorial Hospital Excellence in Education Jodie Atkinson – King Edward Memorial Hospital Helen Herson – Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Consumer Appreciation Award Sue-Anne Hawkins – Community Midwifery Program Carissa Williams – King Edward Memorial Hospital Excellence in Research Zoe Bradfield – Curtin University and King Edward Memorial Hospital Excellence in Registered Nursing Calina Ting – Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Excellence in Primary, Public and Community Care Sandra Vinciguerra – Sir C... -
Embryo retrieval in summer raises odds of IVF success 26 July 2023 The time of year when eggs are collected during fertility treatments make a difference to live birth rates, according to groundbreaking research by Dr Sebastian Leathersich at King Edward Memorial Hospital and City Fertility. The research found that transferring frozen, then thawed embryos from eggs collected in the summer resulted in a 30 per cent higher odds of a live birth than if the eggs had been retrieved in autumn. The amount of sunlight around the time of egg collection appeared to account for much of this difference. With more than 60 per cent of embryo transfers in Australia being from frozen embryos, Dr Leathersich and his colleagues saw this as an opportunity to investigate the impact of environment on egg development and on early pregnancy by analysing the environmental conditions independently from the time of embryo transfer. Congratulations to Dr Leathersich and his team ... -
Lyfe Languages steps up to the challenge 21 July 2023 The King Edward Memorial Hospital-based Lyfe Languages was recently announced as a finalist in the $5 million Pilbara Health Challenge for leading the way in medical innovation. Lyfe Languages is a project designed to bridge the language divide experienced by many Aboriginal and other indigenous communities by translating complex medical terminology into traditional languages. Lyfe Languages is based at King Edward Memorial Hospital and is an initiative of the Western Australian Register of Developmental Anomalies (WARDA) and Women and Infants Research Foundation. Lyfe Languages Manager and Precision Public Health Fellow, Yarlalu Thomas (left) and Lyfe Languages Founder and WARDA Head, Dr Gareth Baynam (right), both based at King Edward Memorial Hospital, are driving the project to exciting new levels. In October last year, the Western Australian Government issued a $5 million global ch... -
Health Heroes - WA Excellence Awards 11 July 2023 Has a health professional had a significant impact on your patient experience? Now is your chance to nominate them for 7New Health Heroes Award (external site) in the annual WA Health Excellence Awards. The Department of Health and 7News have launched a people's choice award at the annual WA Health Excellence Awards. Known as the 7News Health Heroes Award, members of the public can nominate a frontline worker who has made a significant impact on their health care journey and patient experience over the past wo years. Frontline staff can include doctors, nurses, allied health staff, administration staff, volunteers and service staff. So, if you've had a wonderful experience at one of our hospitals or services, please take a moment to complete the form (external site).
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20/12/2021