Twenty-six police officers from the Southern Division, Central Division, Community Policing Secretariat and South Western Division participated in the fifth Psychological and Mental Health First Aid training session, hosted by the Psychiatric Department on May 26th, 2017 at Level 3 Conference Room, San Fernando Teaching Hospital. This brief training session was designed to equip officers with knowledge to recognise and respond to persons with mental illnesses, while facilitating the referral process for specialised treatment available at the SWRHA.

For hand hygiene to effectively prevent the spread of infections and diseases it must be done correctly and consistently each time hands are washed at home, work, school or in any other public space. The Infection Control and Prevention Unit continued to lead the charge for mass education by hosting an outreach on World Hand Hygiene Day, May 5th, 2017.

On May 5th every year the world is asked to join in celebrating the work of midwives and midwifery. The idea of the International Day of the Midwife (IDM) was borne through the efforts of the International Confederation of Midwives following discussions among Midwives Associations.

The International Day of the Midwife is an occasion for every individual midwife to think about the many others in the profession, to make new contacts within and outside midwifery, and to widen the knowledge of what midwives do for the world.

Administrative Professionals Day and Administrative Professionals Week annually recognises the important role and contributions made by administrative professionals to the daily operations of organisations worldwide. The South-West Regional Health Authority showed appreciation for our administrative professionals by hosting self-enhancement workshops at San Fernando Teaching Hospital on April 26th and 28th, 2017. These workshops were coordinated by the Human Resources Training and Development Unit and included lectures on Women’s Safety, Women’s Health and a Pilates session.