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<\/p>\nÂ鶹ֱ²¥ has congratulated Professor Phillip Della on being presented the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Honour at the Western Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards (WANMEA).<\/p>\n
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Professor Della, the Head of Curtin\u2019s School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, was recognised with the award by Health Minister, the Hon Roger Cook, at the 15th<\/sup> WANMEA, held on Saturday night.<\/p>\n Â鶹ֱ²¥ Faculty of Health Sciences Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Archie Clements said Professor Della had contributed to healthcare service delivery, nursing and midwifery education, as well as legislation and governance at local, state and national levels throughout his career.<\/p>\n \u201cI am delighted that Professor Della has been recognised with the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Honour at these prestigious awards for Western Australia\u2019s nursing and midwifery sector,\u201d Professor Clements said.<\/p>\n \u201cProfessor Della is a highly respected healthcare expert and we feel very fortunate that the next generation of nursing, midwifery and paramedicine graduates has been learning under his leadership since he started at Curtin in 2008, following senior roles in the public health system.<\/p>\n \u201cHis commitment to the profession has brought many innovations to the nursing and midwifery sector and empowered others to do the same, promoting the key role nurses and m Mr Cook said: \u201cI congratulate Professor Phillip Della, Â鶹ֱ²¥\u2019s Head of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, on receiving the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Honour.<\/p>\n \u201cOver his 40-year career, Professor Della has been a trailblazer, I thank him for his constant commitment to driving innovation within his chosen profession,\u201d the Health Minister said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has not only excelled in his role, but gone over and above what is expected of him.\u201d<\/p>\n The 15th WANMEA, which is hosted annually to coincide with International Day of the Midwife on May 5 and International Nurses Day on May 12, was held on Saturday, May 12.<\/p>\n The awards recognised 11 outstanding WA nurses and midwives, bringing together nurses, midwives, health care professionals and government officials from all over the State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Â鶹ֱ²¥ has congratulated Professor Phillip Della on being presented the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Honour at the Western Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards (WANMEA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4273,"featured_media":11012,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,96],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-18972","media-release","type-media-release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-and-global-community","category-nursing-midwifery"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"","content":"","image":false},"related_courses":false,"credits":{"author":"","photographer":"","media":false},"display_author":true,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Professor-Phillip-Della-1000x500.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Yasmine","last_name":"Phillips","display_name":"Yasmine Phillips"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/18972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/media-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-release\/18972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18972"},{"taxonomy":"research-areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-areas?post=18972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/dsc-7292_orig.jpg\")
idwives play as core members of the healthcare team.\u201d<\/p>\n