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Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards 11 May 2019 Skycity Darwin

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Title

Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards 11 May 2019 Skycity Darwin

Other title

Tabled paper 1195

Collection

Tabled papers for 13th Assembly 2016 - 2020; Tabled papers; ParliamentNT

Date

2019-05-15

Description

Tabled by Natasha Fyles

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Made available by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory under Standing Order 240. Where copyright subsists with a third party it remains with the original owner and permission may be required to reuse the material.

Language

English

Subject

Tabled papers

Publisher name

Department of the Legislative Assembly

Place of publication

Darwin

File type

application/pdf

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Copyright

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License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00042

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/307822

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/336993

Page content

Madam Speaker, it was my pleasure to present the award to Jenny as Nurse of the Year. She has been working at Juninga Centre in Coconut Grove for 23 years and I have met with Jenny a number of times at the centre. Her dedication and commitment to Indigenous clients and their families is highly regarded amongst her peers, staff and communities. She delivers the highest quality clinical care, is a role model for the values of respect and diversity and is a natural leader. The other major award of the night is the NT Administrator's Medal for Lifetime Achievement. This year it was awarded to Brycen Brook, Director of Nursing and Midwifery - Primary Health Care, Central Australia Health Service. Brycen started his nursing career in 1973 and has worked throughout the Territory including Alice Springs, Papunya, Ati Curung and Yuendumu. Brycen has inspired Aboriginal people to train and work in the health sector, believing they must be employed as part of the team to deliver comprehensive health care to Aboriginal people. It is an honour to recognise the contribution of nurses and midwives, both as individuals and collectively as work units in the excellent care they provide, enabling high quality health services to be available right across the Territory.