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  • CAHS Annual Excellence Awards banner
    CAHS Annual Excellence Awards 2026 finalists announced 16 July 2026 The Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) is proud to announce the finalists for the 2026 CAHS Annual Excellence Awards, recognising the outstanding staff, volunteers and teams who provide exceptional care and service to improve the health and wellbeing of children, adolescents and families across Western Australia. Following the success of the inaugural awards program, this year's awards attracted an impressive 225 nominations, reflecting the commitment to excellence and compassion demonstrated across CAHS every day.
  • The Perth Children's Choir performing a special performance for NAIDOC Week 2026
    CAHS celebrates 50 Years Deadly during NAIDOC Week 14 July 2026 Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) staff, children and families came together throughout NAIDOC Week to celebrate and recognise the rich cultures, histories and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This year’s theme, 50 Years Deadly, marked a significant milestone for NAIDOC Week, recognising five decades of celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voic...
  • Obang says "I want to be a bridge between my community and the Child and Adolescent Health Service, sharing essential health information and building awareness about the support and services available".
    Obang helps migrant and refugee families navigate health services 29 June 2026 Obang Girma Othow was born in Ethiopia, and came to Australia in October 2016 from a refugee camp in Kenya. On arrival, he was amazed by the quality of the services and healthcare available for his children and family. As a father of twins who were born preterm, he has firsthand experience of the health service as a parent. These experiences motivated Obang to become a Child and Adolescent Health ...
  • Padmini says "Ensuring that no child's wellbeing is compromised because of cultural or linguistic misunderstanding. Every child deserves safe, compassionate and culturally response healthcare, and I am committed to helping make that a reality".
    Meet CAHS Community Ambassador Padmini Saxena 20 June 2026 For over two decades, Padmini Saxena has worked in Western Australian schools as a teacher, supporting children and families from a wide range of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. This grounding and her own lived experience fuel her goal to ensure families from all cultural backgrounds feel informed, empowered and supported when navigating the health system. This also drove Padmin...
  • CAHS Nurse of the Year Winner Natalie with Kym from the West Perth Rotary Club
    Winner announced at Rotary-CAHS Nurse of the Year awards 19 June 2026 The Rotary-Child and Adolescent Health Services (CAHS) Nurse of the Year awards celebrating excellence in nursing were held at Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) on 18 June. The Nurse of the Year award recognises the outstanding performance of a nurse who demonstrates commitment to an excellent standard of practice and professionalism and provides high quality, safe, evidence based, child and family...

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  • ArnicaGregory
    Our patient experience champions: Meet Arnica Gregory 30 April 2020 Patient Experience Week is an opportunity to celebrate healthcare staff who have an impact on the patient experience, every day. This year, we are taking a minute to acknowledge those who are going above and beyond in our vision of healthy kids, healthy communities! Meet Arnica Gregory Child Health Nurse, Community Health "I attended Arnica's mother's group in Atwell as my local mothers' group didn't provide educational information. Arnica's session was well structured and informative with practical techniques which worked trying to get my newborn to sleep. The group was for Chinese speaking mums. Although I don't have any problems with English after living in Australia since I was a teen, I can see the benefits to the Chinese speaking community. Arnica is knowledgeable and willing to help in anyway." - Compliment from mothers' group member How long have you worked for CAHS? I have worke...
  • Patient experience survey
    Patient Experience survey 28 April 2020 Help us create our Patient Experience survey Perth Children’s Hospital is working to adapt the Australian Hospital Patient Experience Question Set to provide for every parent or carer of an inpatient when they stay at PCH. We are inviting parents or carers to help us develop this survey. Contact Cathy on 6456 5155 or email cahs.research@health.wa.gov.au to participate in a 15 to 30 minute telephone interview.
  • Coronavirus
    Coronavirus: Information for patients and families 22 April 2020 All you need to know about Coronavirus and the health of your child. We know that this is a scary and challenging for parents who are worried about their child and family's wellbeing. We've gathered information and resources to help you answer some questions and provide some reassurance as we face this challenge. Service changes In response to the restrictions around Coronavirus, we've made some changes to how we deliver our services. Find out more below: Community Health Child Health Child Development Service Mental Health Perth Children's Hospital Resources HealthyWA HealthyWAhas daily updates and information about Coronavirus for the Western Australian community. Department of Health, Western Australia TheDepartment of Healthincludes the latest information and impacts on health across the state. Department of Health, Australian Go...
  • Join the flu fight
    Join the flu fight! Get your child's flu vaccination today 20 April 2020 The influenza vaccination program is here and with the risks around Coronavirus (COVID-19), now is the time to get your child vaccinated. What is influenza (the flu)? The flu is an illness that typically affects the nose, throat and lungs, and can spread easily. One in three children who catch the flu are hospitalised and most flu-related hospital admissions and deaths occur in previously healthy children. The best way to prevent the flu is to get the influenza vaccine. The vaccine will give your child immunity for up to 6-12 months. Getting the flu vaccine for free The flu vaccine is free for: Children aged 6 months to year 6 of primary school Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and children who have medical conditions including: asthma chronic lung, liver, kidney, heart and neurological conditions impaired immunity cancer diabetes metab...
  • Nursing profile - Celeste
    Celebrating our nurses: Celeste Coleman 28 February 2020 International Year of the Nurse & Midwifecelebrates the invaluable contribution that nurses and midwifes make to global healthcare. At CAHS, we're profiling the diversity of roles and people that make up our nursing services. Meet Celeste Coleman. Celeste is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in our Gender Diversity Service, atPerth Children's Hospital. Tell us about your background and how you became a nurse I started my nurse training in 1993 at Curtin University. Funnily enough I was told I didn’t have a 'nursing personality'. But here I am 27 years later, and still loving it. I always wanted to be a nurse, never anything else and I wouldn’t change a thing! I have worked in medical, surgical, nursing education and psychiatric from neonates to adults in just about every aspect of the job both here and overseas. What made you want to be in a leadership role? I got into the Gend...
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