The outstanding and dedicated work of allied health clinicians has been celebrated at the NSW Health Excellence in Allied Health Awards, held in Sydney last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The annual awards recognise the passion, dedication, and contributions of allied health professionals and their support staff across the NSW public health system, with 35 finalists considered in the seven award categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Awards were presented by Minister for Health Ryan Park, Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson, and NSW Health Secretary Susan Pearce AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The winners in each of the seven categories are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information, including a full list of finalists, visit 2025 NSW Health Excellence in Allied Health Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Health Ryan Park:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want to congratulate the winners and all of the finalists for their contribution to our health system. Their hard work has had a positive impact on thousands of people and their communities, and I\u2019m pleased to be able to help recognise them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was an honour to present the award to NSW\u2019s Allied Health Professional of the Year Dr Kate Short whose clinical practice and research focuses on child development, prevention and intervention for children with communication disorders and those experiencing adversities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quotes attributable to Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAllied health professionals play an incredibly important role providing compassionate care for patients across a wide range of disciplines, including mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want to thank all the finalists for their dedication to our health system and their leadership in driving the highest standards of care for our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Medical Research David Harris:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAllied health professionals do a lot of heavy lifting to make a significant difference in the health, recovery and well-being of so many people across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI congratulate all the winners and finalists and would particularly like to highlight the achievements of Dr Sim Yee (Cindy) Tan, a clinical dietitian with over 20 years\u2019 experience specialising in cancer nutrition. As well as her own important research work, Dr Tan has supervised more than 20 research student projects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Health Secretary Susan Pearce AM:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want to thank all of our nominees, finalists, and winners for the incredible work they do in a wide variety of roles, right across the NSW public health system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAllied health professionals play a crucial role in our healthcare system, and through their professionalism, kindness and compassion, enrich health in many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Health Chief Allied Health Officer Andrew Davison:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese awards recognise that allied health professionals play a vital role in the public health system, working across 23 unique professions, they engage with people at all stages of their lives, from birth to aged care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI congratulate the winners and finalists for their achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The outstanding and dedicated work of allied health clinicians has been celebrated at the NSW Health Excellence in Allied Health Awards, held in Sydney last night. The annual awards recognise the passion, dedication, and contributions of allied health professionals and their support staff across the NSW public health system, with 35 finalists considered in the … Continue reading “Allied health professionals celebrated at the NSW Health Excellence in Allied Health Awards”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32095"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32096,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32095\/revisions\/32096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}