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2011 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards
On this page: Health Leaders & Health Service of the Year | Better Health Awards | Health Lifetime Achievements Awards | Minister's Awards | Further information
Celebrating the best in health
The spotlight was on excellence and innovation at the ceremony in Melbourne on 16 November 2011, when the winners of the 2011 Victorian Public Healthcare Awards were announced.
Health Leaders and Health Service of the Year
The Premier of Victoria, the Hon. Ted Baillieu MP, presented the winners of his Health Leader's Awards and the Health Service of the Year Awards saying, 'The Awards pay tribute to Victoria's outstanding healthcare leaders and acknowledge their contribution. The diversity of our nominees, coupled with their remarkable achievements, demonstrates the best of public healthcare.'
See details of finalists and Premier Baillieu awarding the winners here:
Better Health Awards
The Minister for Health, the Hon. David Davis MP presented his Minister's, Health Leaders and Better Health Awards. He said, 'In my first year as Minister for Health I have had the opportunity to travel across the state and see first hand the commitment and dedication that underpins our healthcare system. I have been greatly impressed by their enthusiasm to foster innovation and implement improvements.'
Six categories of Better Health Awards were made. See photos of the winners and learn more about Silver Award and Highly Commended winners here:
Health Lifetime Achievements Awards
Minister Davis said, 'The Awards honoured many outstanding teams and individuals making improvements to our healthcare system and to the health outcomes of the Victorian community. A highlight of this year's program was the introduction of the Health Lifetime Achievements Awards'.
'The inaugural honourees have had outstanding careers in their respective fields and are truly deserving of this accolade.'
Learn more about the outstanding people honoured with these awards through photos, short videos and brief biographies:
Minister's Awards
Minister for Mental Health, the Hon. Mary Wooldridge MP presented Minister's Awards honouring outstanding work in mental healthcare, and said, 'Victoria is a leader nationally and internationally for many progressive and innovative developments in the delivery of health services. These Awards demonstrate that services are striving to achieve innovative and creative practice across the mental health and drug and alcohol sectors'.
See the outstanding individuals and teams in mental healthcare here:
Further information
Use the menu at left to find background to the Awards, including the process of judging, past Award winners and more. You can also download the documents linked at the top of this page for more detail about the winners and finalists.
