This document lists the winners and highly commended organizations in various award categories for improving health care in Victoria, Australia. In the Premier's Health Service of the Year Awards, Sunbury Community Health won Primary Health Service of the Year, Rural Northwest Health won Small Health Service of the Year, East Grampians Health Service won Medium Health Service of the Year, and Alfred Health won Large Health Service of the Year. The document also lists winners and commendations in categories such as excellence in person-centered care, innovative models of care, improving health through clinical research, and others.

1. Category Awards
Improving health equality and closing the gap
Gold winner Western Health
CALD Assist:APPlyingtechnology to allied health
assessments of people from culturally and linguistically
diversebackgrounds
Silver winner Monash Health
Aboriginal health professional career development
pathway
Highly
commended
Victorian Transcultural Mental Health,
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Our voices:Stories of carers from refugee and migrant
backgrounds
Excellence in person, family and community-centred care
Gold winner Alzheimer's Australia Vic
The virtual dementia experience: Transforming
dementia careeducation to improve the quality of life
for people livingwith dementia
Silver winner
The Victorian Aboriginal Community
Controlled Health Organisation
The Victorian Aboriginal palliativecareproject
Highly
commended
The Royal Children's Hospital
Care in their own communities: Hospital-widedelivery
of services via telehealth
Improving health, safety and wellbeing
Gold winner UnitingCareReGen
Innovativedrug serviceresponses to growing
methamphetamine concerns
Silver winner Monash Health
Monash Care - the Mental Health and Wellbeing
Strategy for Monash Doctors
Highly
commended
Monash Health
Wellness and Recovery Centre: a centre of excellence
in the treatment of eating disorders
Innovative models of care
Gold winner Monash Health The Big Red Kidney Bus: Holiday dialysis service
Silver winner
Austin Health and the Royal District
NursingService
Assisted home peritoneal dialysisprogram
Highly
commended
Bentleigh BaysideCommunity Health Matt's placedental service
Improving healthcare through clinical research
Gold winner Melbourne Health
Reducing stroke disability with endovascular
thrombectomy
Silver winner Monash Health Just say no to the justin casecannula
Highly
commended
Monash Health Preventing stillbirth:An evidenced-based careprogram

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Excellence in women’s health
Gold winner Women's Health Victoria The Labia Library
Silver winner Monash Health Home birth program
Highly
commended
Peter MacCallumCancer Centre
Improvingthe long-term reproductive health and
fertility prospects of young women with breast cancer
Key Directions in Healthcare Awards
Premier's Award for excellence in supporting the health workforce
Winner Austin Health Physiotherapy workforce redesign
Highly
commended
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Oh what a feeling! System redesign of correctional
pharmacy services in collaboration with Toyota Motor
Corporation
Highly
commended
The Royal Children's Hospital
Monash Health
Supporting the Victorian workforceto better recognise
and respond to the sick child
Minister for Health's Award for excellence in cancer care
Winner Peter MacCallumCancer Centre
Stop the clotwith STEP (surgical thrombo-embolism
prevention): A risk-stratified,decision-makingApp for
all patients,for all surgery,for any health institution
Highly
commended
Alfred Health Positivechangefor life
Highly
commended
Paediatric Integrated Cancer Service
Target 60 minutes: Improvingthe delivery of
emergency care to children with cancer and fever and
neutropenia across Victoria
Minister for Mental Health's Award for excellence in consumer leadership &
advocacy
Winner The Royal Children's Hospital
Leadership and advocacy for children with gender
dysphoria
Highly
commended
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Peer workforce development at St Vincent’s Mental
Health
Highly
commended
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Food for the soul
Secretary's Award for excellence in access and responsiveness
Winner Eastern Health
PARTS: PoliceAcute Response & Triage Service-
leadingmental health services in a new direction
Highly
commended
Inner South Community Health Health time at the Gatwick
Highly
commended
The Royal Children's Hospital
Access,responsiveness and supportfor children
needing complex care

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4. Page 4 Department of Health & Human Services
Premier’s Health Service of the Year Awards
Primary health service of the year
Winner Sunbury Community Health
Highly
commended
BanyuleCommunity Health
Small health service of the year
Winner Rural Northwest Health
Highly
commended
Moyne Health Services
Highly
commended
West Wimmera Health Service
Medium health service of the year
Winner East Grampians Health Service
Highly
commended
BairnsdaleRegional Health Service
Highly
commended
Benalla Health
Large health service of the year
Winner Alfred Health
Highly
commended
Barwon Health
Highly
commended
The Royal Women's Hospital