We would love you to meet our Acting Director of People, Culture & Research, Tammy Boone. Tammy’s background is in corporate governance and law and in her current role she is focused on championing a positive, inclusive, RITES-driven culture and aligning our People Strategy initiatives with our broader NSW Health Pathology objectives.

Tam­my is a proud par­ent of Hugo (15) and Toby (12). She also co-par­ents a fur-baby called Coco with her part­ner, Amy, who lives in Syd­ney with her daugh­ter Ade­laide. In her down­time, Tam­my enjoys drink­ing cof­fee, walk­ing in the sun, watch­ing dis­as­ter movies and beat­ing her kids in paintball.

Why is being vis­i­ble in the work­place impor­tant to you?
I’ve had the great priv­i­lege of being sur­round­ed by love and accep­tance for most of my life, and I want to extend that to oth­ers. By being vis­i­ble at work, I hope to help cre­ate a safe and wel­com­ing space for everyone.I am also incred­i­bly proud of my two young men and the jour­ney I have shared in rais­ing them with their oth­er mum. I want them to walk through life with pride and grace – and that means lead­ing by example.

Why are you proud to work for NSW Health Pathology?
I realised ear­ly in my career that I want­ed to do mean­ing­ful work in ser­vice of oth­ers. I lost my Mum to can­cer when I was 22 and that expe­ri­ence has giv­en me a deep con­nec­tion to the mis­sion of NSW Health Pathol­o­gy. I’m con­stant­ly inspired by the ded­i­ca­tion and self­less­ness of our team, and I hope that what I do can con­tribute in some small way to help­ing them improve life for others.

How have you learnt to embrace and cel­e­brate yourself?
It’s still a work in progress, but self-com­pas­sion has been key. Pri­ori­tis­ing my phys­i­cal and men­tal well-being and sur­round­ing myself with kind, sup­port­ive peo­ple has also helped. I’d love to see us con­tin­ue build­ing spaces where every­one feels they belong – where diver­si­ty isn’t just accept­ed, but celebrated.

Pride Month morning teas

June is Pride Month – a time to cel­e­brate, recog­nise, and stand in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the LGBTIQ+ com­mu­ni­ty. Here at NSW Health Pathol­o­gy, we are proud to be cel­e­brat­ing Pride Month and the work we are doing every day to make sure all our staff and patients feel safe and welcome.

Dur­ing June, we have been cel­e­brat­ing Pride Month and would like to give a  huge shout out to all our labs and teams right across the state who came togeth­er this June to cel­e­brate love, iden­ti­ty, and the free­dom to be unapolo­get­i­cal­ly YOU.

Check out the amaz­ing morn­ing teas put on by our labs and offices across the state.

We want to cre­ate safe and respect­ful work­places and ensure every­one who access­es our ser­vices feels wel­come and included.

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