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Compassion and innovation combine in cancer trial at FSH 17 April 2025 When 41-year-old Matthew Furlong was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2023, life changed overnight. Matthew began treatment with determination, undergoing several rounds of chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant in May 2024.

New MAPS continuity of maternity care trial on World Health Day 07 April 2025 Fiona Stanley Hospital has commenced a trial Maternity Antenatal Postnatal Service program, to provide a best-practice continuity of care model for women across their perinatal journey.

LifeBerg: Wellbeing app for junior doctors 03 April 2025 New junior doctors at Fiona Stanley Hospital have started their orientation on the right foot with a presentation on a new, free app called ‘LifeBerg’, developed by a junior doctor to help them manage their busy work and life schedules.

‘Heal your Skin Burn Here’ device launches at Fiona Stanley Hospital 20 March 2025 A partnership between Fiona Stanley Hospital and the Fiona Wood Foundation is providing accessible, culturally appropriate skin burn care to regional and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through a portable video device.

SMHS is ‘appy’ with study to improve outcomes for patients with concussion 18 March 2025 Using app-based technology to better understand and improve the management of concussion, services across both Fiona Stanley Hospital and Rockingham General Hospital are collaborating with organisations across the country on the Australian Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Study.