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Keep up to date with the latest news across Rockingham Peel Group

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  • Heart transplant recipient Brett Driessen stands behind a bicycle. A nurse stands to his right and FSH Cardiac Transplant Nurse Practitioner Clare Fazackerley stands at his left
    Every day a gift for heart transplant recipient 01 August 2025 It was a full circle moment for heart transplant recipient Brett Driessen when he returned to Rockingham General Hospital as a guest speaker for DonateLife Week.
  • A group of doctors stand beside an item of medical equipment
    Hands-on echo training a first for WA 21 July 2025 Junior doctors at Rockingham General Hospital now have access to a unique hands-on echocardiography training program, the first of its kind in Western Australia.
  • A group of health professionals stand together eating Aboriginal bush tucker
    Bush tucker meals now on the menu at Rockingham General Hospital 11 July 2025 Rockingham General Hospital has introduced bush tucker meals to its patient menu, offering a meaningful way to celebrate and support Aboriginal culture.
  • A registered nurse stands in a hospital corridor. She is wearing bright pink scrubs that feature the words McGrath Foundation
    RGH welcomes McGrath Cancer Care Nurse to better care for cancer patients 01 July 2025 Thanks to support from the McGrath Foundation, Rockingham General Hospital cancer patients are now benefiting from supportive care and guidance from McGrath Cancer Nurse, Dinah Tegan.

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  • A woman wearing sunglasses stands beside the open boot of a car holding a crate of recyclable cans
    Cancer patients benefit from 'Nancy's gift baskets' 16 March 2021 Rhonda McNeill and her friends have been collecting containers for change and using the profits to buy items such as skin lotions, hair products, mouth products and chocolates for vulnerable patients within the RGH Oncology Unit.
  • Two men and eleven women sitting in a lecture theatre
    Aboriginal graduates kickstart their careers at SMHS 15 February 2021 A group of Aboriginal registered and enrolled nursing graduates will start their careers at Fiona Stanley, Fremantle and Rockingham hospitals in maternity, mental health and other areas from Monday 15 February 2021.
  • Two women sitting, two women standing and one man standing in a room
    Digital platform set to TRANSFORM COVID-19 research 15 February 2021 South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) Clinical Director of Research, Professor Merrilee Needham, is committed to building for the research future through a digital statewide research platform known as TRANSFORM.
  • Two women and four men standing outside a building entry
    SMHS proud to engage Aboriginal businesses 15 February 2021 South Metropolitan Health Service is proud to be not just meeting but exceeding the target of awarding a percentage of contracts to Aboriginal businesses. In the last financial year, SMHS awarded more than 6 per cent of contracts to Aboriginal businesses, demonstrating its commitment to engaging Aboriginal businesses.
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Last Updated: 06/07/2022

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