Click on the tiles below to find out more about current projects led by Nursing & Midwifery and designed to support staff provide the best care possible.

Automated Dispensing Solution
Provide streamlined staff access to correct and meaningful data that is as close to real-t...
Westwards
Establish the Westwards enhanced nursing and midwifery Pool...
Dashboard Project
Provide streamlined staff access to correct and meaningful data that is as close to real-t...
Co-designed Roster & Wellness Enhancement
Using co-design to develop an agreed set of rostering guidelines which meet the need of th...
Enhancing Comprehensive Care
Comprehensive Care Improvement Plan to decrease hospital acquired complications and enhanc...
Additional Care Resources
Support the optimal utilisation of Additional Care Resources...
Lippincott Procedures and Education
PPGs are updated and include references to the Lippincott procedures and launch links with...
Supporting team-based models
An educational package has been released to support our nursing and midwifery teams to abl...
EMR Phase 2.1 support
Support Phase 2.1 of EMR implementation across Western Health...
Grad+ Program
Implement the Grad+ program, aimed at embedding life-long learning, enhancing development ...
Falls Improvement Plan
Sustainably decrease incidence of falls with injury and rate of falls...
Transition to Emergency Mental Health and AOD Nursing Program
Implement a program to enable ED nurses to gain specialist skills in mental health and AOD...
Safewards
Implement a trial of Safewards methodology in 2 acute inpatient wards....
HeWS expansion to Bacchus Marsh/Melton and Mental Health & Wellbeing
Support expansion of HeWS to Melton and Bacchus Marsh...
Maternity CARES Plan
Sustainably decreasing incidence of PPH and severe perineal trauma...
Transition of Mental Health & Wellbeing to Western Health
Support the transition of mental health and wellbeing services to Western Health...
New Footscray Hospital support
Support the New Footscray Hospital project...
New Melton Hospital support
Support the development of the new Melton Hospital...
Nursing & Midwifery Research
Support and enhance nursing and midwifery led research...
First Nations Health Research
Support and enhance Aboriginal Health research...
Nursing & Midwifery Workforce Plan 2022-26
Develop a Nursing & Midwifery Workforce Plan for 2022-26...
RUSON/RUSOM Program
Embedding and expanding the RUSON/RUSOM program...
Single Check Medication Pilot
Pilot Single Check Medication project...
Working Together Project Expansion
Expand the implementation of the Working Together Project...