South Metropolitan Health Service

15/03/2026

When she’s not caring for women and their babies, Endorsed Clinical Midwife Eleanor Shenton is using her artistic talents to create illustrations for national maternity journals and conferences 🎨

Designing artwork for tea towels, tea tins, beeswax wraps and even socks, Eleanor’s most recent piece featured on the cover of the Practicing Midwife Journal Australia 👏

Through her art, Eleanor advocates for maternity care and supports the midwifery profession, while supporting and promoting cultural diversity.

Find out more about Eleanor’s artistic talents 👉 https://fsfhg.health.wa.gov.au/News/2026/03/06/Eleanors-midwifery-inspired-artwork-features-nationally

14/03/2026

It was a sea of purple at Cockburn Health last week as they celebrated International Women’s Day in style 💜

As a mental health service dedicated solely to women, the day offered a meaningful opportunity to reflect on this year’s theme , celebrating the strength and diversity of women’s experiences.

Patients, staff, and community partners heard from empowering guest speakers, engaged in rock painting, participated in a women’s circle, and chatted with community stalls offering resources, conversations, and support 🙌

Thank you to our friends at BreastScreen WA, Dress for Success, Ruah, Zonta House, Fremantle Women’s Centre, CoMHWA, Erica Women’s Centre, and AHLO for working with us to support women in our care.

13/03/2026

Fiona Stanley Hospital has partnered with on-site food vendors to introduce a new food organics recycling system to reduce our environmental impact ♻

The partnership sees food scraps collected from the vendors, with packaging sent to recycling, and remaining food waste turned into compost.

With further roll-out and refinement, the initiative is set to see over 10,000kg of waste diverted from landfill this year 👏

12/03/2026

🎉Congratulations to Professor Dickon Hayne on the publication of a major international bladder cancer trial in European Urology.

Led through the ANZUP 1301 study, his research examined the use of Bacillus Calmette‑Guérin (BCG) combined with mitomycin for people with non‑muscle‑invasive bladder cancer.

The findings add important evidence to support treatment decisions at a time of global BCG supply challenges. As Head of Urology at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Professor Hayne’s work continues to improve care for SMHS patients while contributing to clinical practice and research worldwide🌏

We are proud to see locally led research having a global impact 💜

Read the full study 👉https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0302283826000151

11/03/2026

Students from Corpus Christi College and Clontarf Aboriginal College recently made a special visit to Fiona Stanley Hospital as part of a culturally inclusive high school career day.

Designed to create meaningful pathways for young aboriginal students into future employment within WA Health, students were immersed in a series of interactive demonstrations and behind the scenes tours, including:

👨‍⚕️ touring the emergency department
🪡 practicing suturing and plastering
🐍 learning how to treat a snake bite
🏥 exploring key operational areas

The culturally inclusive high school career day is part of South Metro Health Service’s commitment to increasing Aboriginal representation across the health service 🤝

09/03/2026

Dancing to the beat of your own drum 🥁

Mental health staff from across Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group recently completed Rhythm2Recovery (R2R) training!

The expressive, evidence based therapeutic approach uses rhythm, movement and reflection to support emotional wellbeing, helping reduce anxiety, build connection, improve focus and support recovery through creative expression 🎶

Offering a powerful non verbal therapy alternative, R2R enables people to communicate in ways beyond words, harnessing the power of music – in particular the drums, providing another pathway to support mental health recovery and better support our community.

08/03/2026

We’d like to officially welcome our new Consumer Advisory Group: Care by Design to our team 👥

This new partnership is major step toward strengthening patient centred care across Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals bringing carers, consumers and project teams together to shape our services 🏥

By sharing their stories and perspectives, they will help ensure our patient centered-care reflects the needs of the community 💜

06/03/2026

General practitioners and public and private hearing health professionals (audiologists and audiometrists) are invited to attend a collaborative education session bridging community care and services delivered by the Statewide Tertiary Adult Audiology Service.

Designed to strengthen partnerships and enhance patient outcomes, ‘Sound decisions – bridging ENT, audiology and primary care in hearing health management’ will:
👂showcase precision medicine
👂clarify access pathways
👂share strategies for improving communication and accessibility.

Event details
🕔5-7pm, Thursday 12 March 2026
📍Seminar Rooms 2.1 and 2.2, Education building, Fiona Stanley Hospital
🎫 Register now - https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ub4mXTDXQ0OiUdFwyoY3fGg_tlrM5ApNgXB4Rh2bQG1UNjlBNUFMVzE1TVNERVhaMU4xSkdDMjcwSC4u

More information 👉 https://fsfhg.health.wa.gov.au/Our-services/Statewide-Tertiary-Adult-Audiology-Service/Sound-decisions-collaboration-session

05/03/2026

Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) has launched a new TRAUMA bed card, boosting visibility and coordination of trauma care across the hospital 👩‍⚕️

The new EBM ‘TRAUMA’ bed card provides a clear visual identifier, helping teams quickly recognise trauma patients and support consistent care, documentation and escalation, regardless of the ward or area the patient is cared for on.

Backed by a dedicated multidisciplinary trauma team who provide clinical oversight and multidisciplinary coordination, the enhanced service is a natural step in FSH’s growth as a Metropolitan Trauma Centre 👏

04/03/2026

South Metro Health Service has formed a new Birth Trauma Advisory Committee to support models of care so that women and their families feel psychologically safe before, during and after birth 🤰

The committee brings together clinicians and consumers – like Amy – who brings lived experience of birth trauma and believes that women’s voices are central to creating meaningful change.

If you or someone you know has lived experience and wants to help shape our maternity services, express your interest online before 10 March 👉 https://smhs.health.wa.gov.au/News/2026/02/25/Lived-experience-at-the-centre-of-trauma-informed-maternity-care-at-SMHS

27/02/2026

Earlier this month Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH) welcomed WA Professor Obstetrics and Gynaecology, John Newnham, to speak to staff about Every Week Counts, an initiative aimed at reducing preterm births across Australia.

Already making significant progress introducing an induction of labour booking form for staff, progesterone take-home packs, as well as smoking cessation and ni****ne replacement therapy, the FSH Every Week Counts working group have achieved a six per cent reduction in preterm and early term births 👏

Thanks for having us Fiona Stanley Hospital!

The latest in our Every Week Counts Collaborative Outreach Roadshow took place today at Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH).

Alliance Chair, Professor John Newnham, joined hospital executive and FSH’s Every Week Counts team, to outline the hospital's involvement in the national program to safely reduce rates of preterm and early term birth.

Progress made at FSH and new initiatives underway to provide culturally safe preterm birth prevention for First Nations women and families were among the hot topics discussed in preparation for our upcoming Adelaide Learning Session in just a couple of weeks.

Eight Western Australian hospitals and health services are among the 40 maternity hospitals across the country that are working together as part of Round 2 of our national program which is working to improve pregnancy outcomes for women across the country.

The Commonwealth Government-funded Every Week Counts Australian Preterm and Early Term Birth Prevention Program is a collaboration between the Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance, Women's Healthcare Australasia, and Institute for Healthcare Improvement - IHI.

26/02/2026

An Australian-first study is underway at Fiona Stanley Hospital seeking to better support Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses with single-room ICU layouts 👩‍⚕️

With single-room layouts becoming more common in ICUs around the world due to a range of patient benefits, including enhanced privacy and lower infection rates, this study focuses on the experiences of ICU nurses in making this transition to a new model of care.

Principal Investigator and ICU Acting Clinical Nurse Paige Gleason said, “by better understanding ICU nurses’ experience of working in single-room adult ICUs, we can identify the challenges and supports required.

Read more about the study 👉 https://fsfhg.health.wa.gov.au/News/2026/02/17/Australian-first-study-to-better-support-ICU-nurses-underway-at-Fiona-Stanley-Hospital