Nominations for regional health awards now open
Health professionals, organisations and communities are set to be recognised for their valuable contributions to improving health outcomes in the region during the past 12 months.
Nominations for Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network’s (MPHN) annual Primary Healthcare Awards opened today, with award categories including Outstanding Contribution to Leadership in Primary Healthcare; Innovation; Promoting Healthy Living; and Murrumbidgee Community Grant of the Year.
MPHN Board Chair Dr Jodi Culbert encouraged individuals, organisations and communities to submit award nominations prior to the 4 October closing date.
“As a general practitioner, every day I see my colleagues, other health professionals and organisations implementing meaningful strategies to improve health outcomes for their patients,” Dr Culbert said.
“It might be by striving to improve health literacy; encouraging better lifestyle choices to combat weight, chronic disease, or alcohol and drug issues; reducing hospital admissions; or improving mental health and wellbeing.”
MPHN CEO Melissa Neal said the awards presented a vital opportunity for the wider community to show their support and gratitude for those in the health industry.
“During 2020 in particular, our primary healthcare providers have faced some enormous challenges, with the devastating bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic.
“These awards are one way of showing our appreciation for the efforts of those who have worked tirelessly to keep our communities safe and healthy during this period.”
Award winners will be announced during a virtual presentation on 14 November 2020.
For more information about the awards and to apply, visit www.mphn.org.au/awards-home or follow Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
MPHN 2020 Primary Healthcare Awards categories:
Murrumbidgee Community Grant of the Year to recognise excellence in developing and delivering an activity or event funded by a Murrumbidgee Community Grant or Murrumbidgee Community Youth Grant. The recipient of this award will demonstrate how the event or activity supported the mental health and wellbeing a drought affected community.
Outstanding Contribution to Leadership in Primary Healthcare to recognise a health professional, practice or organisation that has made an outstanding contribution to leadership in primary healthcare. The recipient of this award will demonstrate exemplary leadership, which has made a difference to primary healthcare in the Murrumbidgee region.
Innovation to recognise those who are promoting new or creative ways to improve the health and wellbeing of our community; or improve business outcomes. Activities could have led to improved healthcare journeys, outcomes, partnerships, user experience, business outcomes; or reductions in waiting times.
Promoting Health Living to recognise projects encouraging people to take ownership of their own health and wellbeing with projects targeting health literacy, healthy lifestyles, reducing hospital admissions and chronic disease examples of activities to promote health living.