Two Gosford nurses have been named among the state’s most exceptional nurses and midwives for their outstanding contribution to health care in NSW.
NSW Health Minister, Ms Jillian Skinner, presented the third annual NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery awards at Parliament House on September 7. Ms Leanne Holwell of Gosford Hospital received an award for Excellence in Nursing while Ms JanMaree Tweedie of the Central Coast Local Health District was a finalist for the Judith Meppem Lifetime Achievement Award.
A total of 11 winners and 32 finalists were chosen from a record fi eld of 244 nominees. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald, congratulated the nurses on their achievement. “I am proud that nurses and midwives on the Central Coast have been judged as outstanding among their peers,” he said.
Media release, Sep 8, 2016 Mitchell Cutting, office of Scot MacDonald