Fay Newell $5,000 Scholarship open for studies in Nursing and Medicine

The Fay Newell Scholarship is an annual award of $5,000 funded through a generous gift provided to the Broken Hill Health Service by the late Fay Newell OAM.

Ms Newell was a nursing sister at the Broken Hill and District Hospital, having begun her nursing career there in 1954 and retired from nursing in 1991. In 2009, she was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to the community of Broken Hill as a nursing sister, mentor to nurses and allied health professionals, palliative care volunteer and historian. The previous year, she was named Broken Hill's Citizen of the Year in the annual Australia Day awards for her contribution to the community. Ms Newell passed away in Broken Hill on 24 August, 2020. She was 82.

The scholarship is awarded to encourage excellence in the education and training of students in any of the following areas:

• The practice or study of medicine as a Doctor of Medicine or a speciality in Medicine
• Nursing, with the essential qualifications to excel in Emergency Care and/or terminal care
• Aged care services
• A student with the qualification and special attributes to specialise as a Doctor or Nursing Specialist to care for newly born infants and their mothers and fathers, care of toddlers, children and young adults.

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be undertaking studies in one of the areas as listed above, and must reside and work in Broken Hill.

For information about the scholarship contact Jane.Baker@health.nsw.gov.au or Brooke.Napier@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications close Wednesday, 6 April 2022.