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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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  • Stars of CAHS winner Josie Ford
    Congratulations to our Stars of CAHS winners 17 February 2020 Las​t Friday, Aboriginal Health Worker Josie Ford from Armadale Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, was presented with her Stars of CAHS Award by CAHS Chief Executive Dr Aresh Anwar and PCH Foundation's Heiko Plange, representing our award sponsors. “Josie had an idea to create an Aboriginal health and wellbeing festival in response to the growing number of suicides in the Aboriginal community and she made it happen! About 18 months of hard work later, the festival took place. It was so successful it is now going to be an annual event. People like Josie are few and far between, she cares so much about what she does, and digs deep and gives so much of herself to her role. This festival was a huge undertaking and a real positive action to address the causes of suicide in Josie’s community. The world needs more people like Josie. The festival and her role in it really ...
  • Cubes with health icons stacked in a pyramid
    Expressions of interest open for new Midland Health Hub 11 February 2020 The Child and Adolescent Health Service has secured funding to build a community hub for children's health in Midland. The community hub will co-locate community health, mental health and other services in a ‘one stop shop’ approach. The intention for this first hub is in providing a contemporary designed facility that provides integrated and coordinated health services in partnership with key government and non-government collaborative partners. The hub aims to provide: Co-located, integrated and coordinated services that meet consumer needs Improved access in an area of community demand and population growth Culturally safe, appropriate and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) people Long-term care for chronic conditions in the community, helping to prevent hospital admissions and manage acute care demands ...
  • Mum and baby in NICU
    Welcome to Neonatology 23 January 2020 Neonatology supports the sickest babies and infants in Western Australia through: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Perth Children's Hospital (PCH) King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH), including the Special Care Nursery Neonatal Emergency Transport Service (NETS WA) Perron Rotary Express Milk Bank (PREM Bank), located at KEMH Neonatal Follow-Up Program Outpatient services Centre for Neonatal Research and Education. This services are supported by a team of over 500 dedicated staff, who look after our littlest people. Find out more about our Neonatology service here.
  • CAHS staff dressed as superheroes for CAHS Child Health Heroes
    Introducing our Child Health Heroes! 27 November 2019 Every day our CAHS staff and volunteers go above and beyond to help others - our patients, clients, families and the community - you are the heroes of our health service. We're shining a light on their super powers with a health service-wide campaign featuring staff from roles right across CAHS including nursing, support services, Aboriginal health, medical, community health, mental health, volunteers, corporate and many more. Keep an eye out as they zoom into clinics, offices, sites and PCH over the next few weeks!
  • Stars of CAHS
    Our stars of CAHS winners 21 November 2019 The Stars of CAHS Staff Awards recognise and celebrate employee efforts aligned with the CAHS values of compassion, collaboration, equity, respect, excellence and accountability. This quarter's winner was Jodi Mann, Neuromuscular Clinical Nurse at PCH.Jodie was awarded with the Stars of CAHS award in recognition of her demonstration of the CAHS value of excellence. Jodi's work has been fundamental in the instituting a life-changing treatment for our patients. Here are some words from her nomination: "Jodi runs our joint Neurology and Respiratory Neuromuscular clinic and has always been the key player in ensuring care coordination for this patient group. She exemplified all of the CAHS values when instituting a life-changing treatment for our patients. I feel all of Jodi's actions demonstrate her excellent commitment to outstanding service delivery to our patients." Kym Little was presen...
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