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26 Oct 2018

Funding to continue older adult mental health

St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital has received $22.5 million from the WA Government to continue providing older adult mental health care through the hospital’s Ursula Frayne Unit.

19 Oct 2018

Vale Eleanor Bendat

St John of God Foundation is mourning the loss of friend, long-time supporter and advocate, Eleanor Bendat who passed away on Thursday 11 October 2018.

18 Oct 2018

Digital revolution sweeps sterilising departments

A standardised, digital approach to tracking all theatre instruments through hospital sterilisation processes has revolutionised the behind-the-scenes department in St John of God Health Care surgical hospitals.

9 Oct 2018

Tom wins Royal Lifesaving Society Bravery Award

A refresher course in CPR was credited with helping physiotherapist Tom Powikowski keep his cool while helping a friend who had suffered a heart attack – an act which has earned him a Gold Medallion Bravery Award from the Royal Lifesaving Society of WA.

5 Oct 2018

Celebrating our foundations - 1950 to 1990

Every year, St John of God Health Care celebrates the Foundation of the Sisters of St John of God. This year, as a part of our Foundation Day celebrations we look back at the period from 1950 to 1990 when the Sisters’ were inspired to respond radically to the signs of the times.

3 Oct 2018

Mental health focus this October

This October, Australia puts a spotlight on mental health and good emotional wellbeing with Mental Health Month recognised in New South Wales and Victoria, and Mental Health Week celebrated in Western Australia from 7 to 14 October.