More than 200 staff and guests from the district were on hand to congratulate winners at the ceremony on Friday night.
MLHD Interim Board Chair Adrian Lindner paid tribute to award winners for their tremendous contributions.
“It is a pleasure to be able to pay tribute to our award winners, who are working hard every day to make a difference to the lives of people in our region,” Mr Lindner said.
At tonight's ceremony, we have seen example after example of MLHD staff and volunteers who embody the values of excellence, innovation and collaboration which help improve the lives of people in their care."
Winners were announced in 15 award categories. The evening culminated in the presentation of the Chief Executive’s Choice Award and the Board Chair’s Choice Award.
“It’s been such an honour to celebrate so many high calibre nominees this year,” Chief Executive Jill Ludford said.
“And rewarding too, to see the number of activities happening across our District with sincere efforts to support our First Nations communities.”
“What an enormous pleasure it was to present Nigel Smith with the Staff Member of the Year Award.
Over the last 12 months Nigel has been instrumental in the implementation of the Aboriginal Mental Health and Welling Strategy.
Nigel is also taking a leading role in the implementation of the Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Program.”
Winner of the Keeping People Healthy Award was “Saving Sight is our Vision,” an ophthalmology project to improve access to eye care services to Indigenous people living in the Western reaches of the district.
“Improving access to eye care services through the delivery of high quality, sustainable, affordable, regular and culturally sensitive eye services have been Griffith Ophthalmology’s focus,” Ms Ludford said.
The MLHD School Based Apprenticeship program was awarded the Enhancing People and Culture Award.
“This program really contributes towards our Growing Our Own strategy to attract and retain a skilled health workforce in our region, with a specific focus on young Aboriginal students developing industry ready skills into health careers.”
