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Featured News Our employees Westmead Hospital 

Secret lives of staff: Jennifer don’t want no (blue) scrubs 

10 Jun, 2022, 10:46 am10 Jun, 2022, 10:57 am Alyssa Terese

For over 15 years, Westmead Hospital clinical nurse educator, Jennifer Morgan, has been brightening the wards with her colourful and

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Featured News Westmead Hospital 

Up, up and away! Big benefit for emergency patients in Westmead and Blacktown hospitals with rapid program re-launch

09 Jun, 2022, 3:33 pm09 Jun, 2022, 3:34 pm Alyssa Terese

The Allied Health Rapid Assessment, Intervention and Discharge – Emergency Department (RAID-ED) program prevents hospital admissions and helps get patients

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Why some bubs are less likely to breastfeed: Westmead Hospital researcher cracks the code

08 Jun, 2022, 1:37 pm08 Jun, 2022, 2:45 pm Alyssa Terese

Congratulations to Westmead Hospital Neonatal ICU Registered Nurse, Rachel Jones, for recently winning the New Investigator Award: Neonatal Nursing at

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Community Health Featured News 

Keeping seniors safe in Western Sydney Local Health District’s aged care homes with jab-to-door service

07 Jun, 2022, 5:15 pm08 Jun, 2022, 9:41 am Alyssa Terese

The Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is supporting the elderly with hundreds of COVID-19 vaccinations delivered direct to residential

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Community Health News 

Get tested this HIV testing week: early treatment essential to living a longer life

01 Jun, 2022, 7:51 am01 Jun, 2022, 7:51 am Alyssa Terese

NSW Health is urging anyone who thinks they may be at risk of HIV to test regularly, as early treatment

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Community Health News 

Do you know what you’re vaping? Western Sydney Local Health District launches Youth Voices Vaping poster competition

31 May, 2022, 4:00 pm02 Jun, 2022, 10:38 am Alyssa Terese

This World No Tobacco Day, Western Sydney high school students are being invited to create posters to highlight the effects

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News Top 4 Westmead Hospital 

Westmead Hospital junior doctor secures one of the world’s most prestigious international scholarships

31 May, 2022, 10:42 am31 May, 2022, 11:23 am Alyssa Terese

Westmead Hospital junior doctor, Rosemary Kirk, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in Renal and Cardiac Genetic Medicine and is

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Health Top 4 

World No Tobacco Day: NSW ‘quitters’ group reaches 1.5 million

31 May, 2022, 8:20 am31 May, 2022, 8:50 am Alyssa Terese

NSW Health is urging people who smoke to join the ranks of Australia’s largest quit-smoking group this World No Tobacco

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Featured News 

Western Sydney students to voice concerns about vaping this World No Tobacco Day

30 May, 2022, 6:57 pm02 Jun, 2022, 10:40 am Alyssa Terese

World No Tobacco Day is celebrated every year on 31 May and this year, Marayong resident Rose Lewis, is advocating

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Featured Government News Women’s and Newborn 

$2,000 IVF rebates for NSW women

30 May, 2022, 9:26 am02 Jun, 2022, 11:36 am Alyssa Terese

In an Australian first, women in NSW undergoing IVF and accessing other assisted reproductive treatments (ART) will be given a

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  • NSW residents urged to get free flu shot as another 211 people admitted to hospital

    NSW residents urged to get free flu shot as another 211 people admitted to hospital

    23 Jun, 2022, 9:10 am23 Jun, 2022, 9:10 am Alyssa Terese
  • Towards the elimination of hepatitis C as a public health concern

    Towards the elimination of hepatitis C as a public health concern

    22 Jun, 2022, 12:24 pm22 Jun, 2022, 12:25 pm Sia Anthopoulos
  • Record $33 billion for healthcare in New South Wales

    Record $33 billion for healthcare in New South Wales

    21 Jun, 2022, 12:39 pm21 Jun, 2022, 12:40 pm Sia Anthopoulos
  • Measles case identified in NSW/Victoria border region

    Measles case identified in NSW/Victoria border region

    19 Jun, 2022, 8:03 pm19 Jun, 2022, 8:03 pm Alyssa Terese

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