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The Liver Outreach Team, Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Hospital wins 2024 Hepatitis NSW Cheryl Burman Award
The Cheryl Burman Award is named in honour of former community activist and leader, teacher, mother, Hepatitis NSW Board member and President – Cheryl Burman, who died on 9 August 2011 after a long and difficult struggle with hepatitis C-related liver disease.
As President, Cheryl led the then Hepatitis C Council of NSW through a difficult time, putting her great people skills and wisdom, sharp intellect, heartfelt passion and great leadership capabilities to excellent use.
The Award is presented to an individual or team in NSW, to recognise an outstanding commitment to the advancement of prevention, support, information provision, management or treatment for people living with viral hepatitis – and is assessed on the work performed in the two years leading up to each Annual General Meeting.
This year’s Award goes to a passionate, committed team doing all they can and more to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. As the nomination states, it is a rare achievement to get four (4) hepatology nurses attending one outreach event for the community. This epitomises the level of commitment, resourcefulness and determination this team has to serve their community and to provide the highest quality health care no matter what the location.
This team has been among the leading innovators and pioneers in the hepatitis B and hepatitis C sector for many years.
Their work is often away from the spotlight and rarely getting the sort of broader recognition they, without doubt, deserve. They were part of the Storr Liver Centre which were doing GeneXpert POCT before it was cool. They were doing hep B testing before it was fashionable. They were taking a mobile health van of expert nurses out to communities before almost anyone else, finding people who needed liver-focused healthcare.
To a person, the entire team treat our hep B and C communities with unmatched commitment, care, dedication and even, love. They are the perfect partner – fabulous to work with, superb at providing care, show constant innovation and leadership, and are a true asset to our efforts to achieve elimination.
The recipient of the 2024 Cheryl Burman Award is the Liver Outreach Team, Storr Liver Centre, Westmead Hospital.
The Liver Outreach Team is being recognised for pioneering work, innovation, leadership, and dedication to viral hepatitis elimination efforts, and unwavering commitment and care shown to communities affected by hepatitis B and C when providing the highest quality outreach-based healthcare.
