Person

Worth, Patricia Mary (Trish) (1946 - )

AM

Born
21 April 1946
Riverton, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Member of Parliament, Politician and Nurse

Summary

Trish Worth was a registered nurse and midwife. Prior to being elected as Member of the House of Representatives for Adelaide, South Australia, she was working as a manager in health administration.

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Chronology

1967
Award - Calvary Hospital Nurse of the Year award
1969 - 1972
Career position - Senior nursing positions at Calvary Hospital, South Australia
1983 - 1987
Career position - Registered Nurse at Gribbles Pathology
1987 - 1989
Career position - Patient Services Assistant Manager at Gribbles Pathology
1989 - 1993
Career position - Patient Services Manager at Gribbles Pathology
1993 - 2004
Career position - Member for Adelaide, House of Representatives, Parliament of Australia
1996 - 1997
Career position - Government Whip
1997 - 1998
Career position - Federal Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Family Services
1998 - 2001
Career position - Federal Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs
2001 -
Career position - Federal Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing
2016
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to community health through drug and alcohol prevention organisations, and to the Parliament of Australia

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Resources

See also

  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

Ailie Smith

Created: 6 March 2003, Last modified: 31 March 2025

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