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Registered nurses (back) Kareena Pascua, Dino Lacanlale, Anita Chand, Lauren Cole, (front) Olivia Chaker, Alex Sudjai, Samantha Moloney, (front right) endorsed enrolled nurse Ailini Narayan, registered nurse Maria Jimenez, endorsed enrolled nurse Lisa Wilson, registered nurse Rica Tanada and clinical nurse specailist Adam Surey celebrate Interenational Emergency Nurses Day.
Blacktown Mount Druitt Events Our People Top 4 

Why emergency nurses deserve a special day

12 Oct, 2017, 10:53 am Anne Markey 0 Comments Blacktown Hospital, emergency, Interenational emergency nurses day

Blacktown Hospital emergency department nurses have celebrated International Emergency Nurses Day.

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A detail from the Myco Logic exhibition, part of the 2017 Big Anxiety Festival.
Events Mental Health Top 4 

Big Anxiety art gets to the root of the matter

11 Oct, 2017, 8:51 am11 Oct, 2017, 8:51 am Anne Markey 0 Comments Big Anxiety

From above, they look kind of twee, a colourful collection of hand-crafted mushrooms and other fungi. Underneath is a tangle

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Auburn Hospital food services assistants Hardheet Barar and Suna Orcun. My Food Choices has now launched at Westmead Hospital.
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Westmead food choices move up a notch

10 Oct, 2017, 1:25 pm11 Oct, 2017, 9:46 am Anne Markey 0 Comments My food Choice, Westmead Hospital

Patients at Westmead Hospital are set to receive a new range of nutritious and tasty meals as My Food Choice arrives at the hospital. 

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Car park P6 at Westmead Hospital will close until mid-November.
Redevelopment Westmead Hospital 

Car park P6 to close on weekends

10 Oct, 2017, 12:25 pm10 Oct, 2017, 12:40 pm Anne Markey 0 Comments parking, Westmead Hospital, westmead redevelopment

Car park P6 at Westmead Hospital will be closed on weekends until mid-November as part of redevelopment work.

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Associate professor Michael Edye
Blacktown Mount Druitt Events Top 4 

Packed agenda on offer on Hospital Day

10 Oct, 2017, 11:50 am10 Oct, 2017, 12:27 pm Anne Markey 1 Comment Blacktown Hospital, Hospital Day, Michael Edye

A packed agenda will cover topics as diverse as forensic medicine and staff health and wellbeing at this year’s Hospital Day at Blacktown Hospital.

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News Westmead Hospital 

Everything you need to know about M4 roadworks

10 Oct, 2017, 10:50 am Anne Markey 0 Comments M4, roadwork

Night work on the M4 Western Motorway from Parramatta to Wentworthville will begin on Sunday, October 15.

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Volunteers from Blacktown and palliative care at the counselling training day.
Blacktown Mount Druitt Our People 

Volunteers build their skills with counselling training

09 Oct, 2017, 4:47 pm Anne Markey 0 Comments palliative care, volunteers

Blacktown Hospital volunteers and palliative care volunteers recently attended counselling training.

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The 2017 Perinatal CALD conference will explore a range of topics.
Events News Women’s and Newborn 

Conference will promote better care for CALD women

09 Oct, 2017, 4:30 pm09 Oct, 2017, 4:37 pm Anne Markey 0 Comments CALD, perinatal

The 2017 Perinatal CALD Conference aims at improving the health and wellbeing of culturally and linguistically diverse women

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Research grants
News Top 4 

$300,000 in grants up for grabs

09 Oct, 2017, 2:59 pm Anne Markey 0 Comments Research and Education Network, research grants

The Research and Education Network has announced the 2018 round of its internal competitive research funding scheme.

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Clinical psychologist Jessamine Chen, clinical psychologist Dr Michelle Jiang, clinical psychologist Evelyn Kandris, provisional psychologist Melissa Clark, clinical psychologist Yasmeen El Masry, provisional psychologist Nathalie Elliot and medico - legal clerk Donna Buckley.
Our People Spotlight Top 4 

Meet the team who helps you overcome your fear

09 Oct, 2017, 2:46 pm09 Oct, 2017, 3:37 pm Anne Markey 0 Comments Anxiety Unit

The Anxiety Unit is one of the few specialist tertiary referral clinics in NSW providing high quality treatments for adults with anxiety disorders.

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  • NSW further expands access to Japanese Encephalitis vaccine

    NSW further expands access to Japanese Encephalitis vaccine

    27 Jan, 2023, 10:18 am27 Jan, 2023, 10:18 am Jessica Chahine
  • Viral gastroenteritis on the rise in NSW

    Viral gastroenteritis on the rise in NSW

    18 Jan, 2023, 2:01 pm18 Jan, 2023, 2:01 pm Alyssa Terese
  • Thousands of western Sydney and NSW women to receive fertility treatment rebate

    Thousands of western Sydney and NSW women to receive fertility treatment rebate

    17 Jan, 2023, 3:11 pm17 Jan, 2023, 3:29 pm Alyssa Terese
  • Western Sydney urged to be aware of rare serious bacterial illnesses requiring urgent care

    Western Sydney urged to be aware of rare serious bacterial illnesses requiring urgent care

    09 Jan, 2023, 1:36 pm09 Jan, 2023, 1:37 pm Natalie Noordhuis

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