Award winners for ‘Excellence in Workplace Wellbeing and Culture’

HSS won the category ‘Excellence in Workplace Wellbeing and Culture’ at the 2023 WA Health Excellence Awards, in recognition of our culture and engagement journey over the last several years.

In 2017, an organisation-wide survey was conducted to determine our baseline culture. The survey compared the organisation with results from companies across the world which revealed HSS was among the lowest 10 per cent of all participating organisations.

Significant changes were required to turn these results around and provide a better workplace for our employees.

The HSS Culture and Engagement Journey has meant a refresh of our values, developing a cultural strategy, and transforming HSS’ initiatives.

In under five years, there has been significant improvements to our culture in all 12 indices. In 2023 our employee engagement score was the highest across the WA health system.

While we are proud of how far we’ve come, this is definitely more about the journey than the destination and we will continue to strive to improve our culture and engagement.

Congratulations to all the winners across WA Health! It was humbling and encouraging to be in a room full of passionate people who care deeply about the health of Western Australians.