Nurses go for gold at awards night in Perth

Several members of the Hall & Prior Aged Care Group WA cohort of nurses were nominated for awards at the annual WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards’ ‘night of nights’ on Saturday May 10.

As a gold sponsor of these important awards Hall & Prior were very proud to have nominated some of our nurses in various categories in 2025.  

Dr Jenny Prentice PhD RN STN, Hall & Prior’s Wound Skin and Ostomy Care Consultant won recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

This is a wonderful recognition of her well-earned place in the aged care firmament, but perhaps especially fitting for somebody who has contributed so much over her 50-year career.   This is the second Lifetime Achievement Award for Hall & Prior (Jennifer Grieve being recognised three years ago).

Jenny’s contribution to aged care has been – and continues to be – ‘monumental’.

She is a good and great nurse of immense skill, care and compassion, an extraordinary nurse who continually shines a light for others to follow.

She has both commitment to and pride in nursing with humility of self in equal measure.

Jenny’s career is hard to reduce to a few paragraphs, but perhaps one colleague’s description is the best: above all, Jenny Prentice is the definition of a ‘good nurse’.

“Jenny is an exemplary, proactive and masterful clinician, an extremely diligent and thorough researcher, an inspiring, motivating and empowering nurse educator and her leadership and management style is collaborative, transformational and steeped in ethical practice,” writes Jenny Grieve.

“Her ability to communicate with her residents/ patients, their families, and her wide circle of multidisciplinary colleagues serves as an example to everyone who knows her; and they all appreciate her lovely sense of humour just when it is required.”

It was a glittering night of superlatives for the Hall & Prior Group, with many of the nominee’s colleagues in attendance on the night.

“Congratulations Jenny from all your friends and colleagues at Hall & Prior – we are so proud of your achievements and the contributions you have made to the aged care landscape, in particular advancements in wound care and palliative care,” said CEO Graeme Prior.

The night continued to be successful for Hall & Prior with Devi Subramaniam, our Mosman Park and Freshwater Bay’s Director of Nursing recognised as a winner in the Excellence in Residential Care category.

Devi continues to be an inspiration for many of our nursing staff in WA, and is a strong female leader within the Hall & Prior group as a whole.

The Director General, Dr Shirley Bowen, added her message of congratulations to all the finalists and winners of WANMEA awards.

“Thank you to each and every nurse and midwife for your commitment to supporting the WA health system, and health and wellbeing of your patients,” said Dr Bowen.

“These prestigious awards honour the more than 47,000 nurses and midwives working throughout WA’s public, private, and non-government health services – all of whom deliver professional, compassionate, safe, and effective care across our hospitals, clinics, and communities in WA.

“This year’s winners come from a variety of backgrounds and specialities, showcasing the diversity nursing and midwifery has to offer.”