NT Health
Northern Territory nurses and midwives have been recognised tonight in Darwin at the 2021 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards in a year of record nominations.
More than 140 nominations were received across nine categories recognising the outstanding efforts of nurses and midwives from all over the Territory over the past 12 months.
The 2021 gala event recognised both finalists and overall winners for 2020 and 2021, after the 2020 awards were postponed due to COVID-19.
All nurses and midwives who hold a current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and are employed in the Northern Territory at the time of nomination or within 12 months of nomination are eligible for the annual awards.
By ERIN MCGUINNESS
Credits: Dawn Wilde
January 20, 2021 at 9:00 AM
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Alsdorf “Al” Smith is remembered by former board members and friends as a dedicated, kind man with a true passion and knack for public service. He was wise in his leadership, placing confidence in new BOE members that would catapult them into several terms of public service. A rare man in the world of elected officials, Smith’s only agenda in local government was to serve the people of Raritan, according to those who knew him.
By ROMAN USCHAK
Credits: Dawn Wilde
December 28, 2020 at 9:00 AM
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Bridgewater-Raritan Education Association President Laura Kress broached the topic during the board of education’s Dec. 15 meeting. Kress spoke of how a committee for all stakeholders in the matter had been formed in February, but then COVID-19 struck the following month, shuttering the schools, and that original committee never got the opportunity to meet. We learned that all stakeholders must be involved in all aspects of this issue, Kress said. We know we need to resurrect the stakeholder committee formed prior to the pandemic. We know this committee must be involved in the creation of all surveys. We know that this committee must see all data from these surveys.