Community
6 December, 2024
Life Governorship for Lesley
AT its recent annual general meeting, South West Healthcare announced its newly inducted Life Governor and AEW Matthews travelling scholarship recipient.
Lesley Togni was awarded a Life Governorship, acknowledging her dedicated work as a volunteer with the palliative care team for 15 years.
South West Healthcare chief executive officer Craig Fraser said Lesley consistently goes above and beyond as a volunteer, making a lasting impact on people’s lives and has found great reward in the meaningful friendships and memories formed with patients.
“She has also been involved in creating patient autobiographies, ‘My Life, My Memories’ for individuals with life-limiting conditions, helping them to share their life stories with loved ones as a lasting legacy,” Mr Fraser said.
“We also awarded our 2024 AEW Matthews Travelling Scholarship to WBHR senior project manager Michael Farley who will be heading to the European Healthcare Design Conference 2025 in June,” he said.
Eastern Maar Traditional Owner Sherry Johnstone opened the meeting with a Welcome to Country and an address on the importance of healthcare services working across cultures to ensure strong outcomes for community.
Board chair Allison Patchett followed by acknowledging several achievements of the service in the last 12 months.
This included an increase in staffing numbers and further education and training opportunities available across South West Healthcare campuses.
Mr Fraser acknowledged the growth in South West Healthcare’s current and future workforce as the service welcomed 24 graduate nurses, 17 registered Undergraduate Students of Nursing or Midwifery (RUSONS) across the Warrnambool and Camperdown campuses and 105 doctors in training as well as commencing the Hospital Medical Officer program at the Camperdown campus.
“Our accreditation as one of the nation’s first rural training hospitals for Plastic and Reconstructive Registrars is also a huge accomplishment, having accepted our first registrar into the program earlier this year.
“It’s been an incredibly busy 12 months for our services and all these achievements and more are outlined in our annual report,” he said.
South West Healthcare’s annual report can be found online at www.southwesthealthcare.com.au.
