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Featured Our employees Our People Spotlight Westmead Hospital 

Our orderlies are superheroes

26 Mar, 2018, 3:51 pm28 Mar, 2018, 8:51 am Linda Clavecillas orderlies, orderly services, patient, patient transfer, porters, Westmead, Westmead Hospital

Our orderly services at Westmead Hospital respond to a whopping 32,000 tasks a month.

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Calendar Events News Top 4 

Want a 2018 Quality Award? Here’s your chance

20 Mar, 2018, 2:59 pm21 May, 2020, 4:07 pm Linda Clavecillas clinical governance, qa 2018, qa workshop, quality, quality awards, rosehill gardens, subissions, WSLHD, WSLHD Quality Awards; nominations; submissions; categories

Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is preparing for another successful Quality Awards season.

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Events Westmead Hospital 

Run 4 Jess and support our oncology ward

15 Mar, 2018, 1:29 pm15 Mar, 2018, 1:29 pm Linda Clavecillas c5c, foundation, fundraise, fundraising, jess clark, run 4 jess, westmead foundation, WMRF

For six consecutive years Steve Clark with the assistance of his mother Lynette Clark have organised the Run 4 Jess initiative in memory of Steve’s wife, Jess Clark, who passed away in early 2013.

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Government Health In the media News Top 4 

$12.26 million boost for cancer research

15 Mar, 2018, 11:27 am Linda Clavecillas Brad Hazzard, cancer institute, cancer research, Health Minister, investment, nsw government, NSW Health, prostate cancer

Thousands of men with prostate cancer will benefit from significantly improved treatment as part of a $12.26 million NSW Government investment in cancer research.

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Calendar Community Health Featured Westmead Hospital 

World Glaucoma Week stresses early detection

15 Mar, 2018, 10:27 am19 Mar, 2018, 4:15 pm Linda Clavecillas andrew white, community eye, eye clinic, glaucoma, ophthalmology, westmead eye clinic

It is estimated that 300,000 Australians are living with glaucoma, but up to 50% don’t know they have the disease.

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Government Health In the media News Spotlight Top 4 

Free whooping cough vaccine savings bubs’ lives

15 Mar, 2018, 10:12 am15 Mar, 2018, 1:31 pm Linda Clavecillas Brad Hazzard, free vaccine, immunisation, NSW Health, pregnant women, vaccine, Vicky Sheppeard, whooping cough

The NSW Government-funded whooping cough vaccine for pregnant women has reduced the chance of infants with the illness being hospitalised by 94 per cent.

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Government Health In the media Top 4 

Tackling suicide in NSW

14 Mar, 2018, 2:01 pm Linda Clavecillas commissioner, lifeline, mental health, minister davies, nsw government, suicide, suicide prevention

Key mental health and other organisations have begun working with the NSW Government on a statewide framework to reduce the rate of suicide across NSW.

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Calendar Events Our volunteers Top 4 

Get creative for palliative care’s 20th birthday

13 Mar, 2018, 11:33 am14 Mar, 2018, 2:54 pm Linda Clavecillas birthday, celebrations, mosaic, mosaic art, Mount Druitt Hospital, mtdruitt, palliative care unit, volunteers

The Supportive and Palliative Care Unit at Mount Druitt Hospital will be turning 20 on 19th June.

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Redevelopment Westmead Health Precinct Westmead Hospital 

Welcome to Westmead Crane-ye West and Sir Lift-a-lot

08 Mar, 2018, 2:38 pm12 Mar, 2018, 2:28 pm Linda Clavecillas aerial view, crane, crane competition, crane video, cranes, westmead redev, westmead redevelopment, wetmead hospital

The Westmead Redevelopment project team are proud to announce the two winners of the crane voting competition.

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Redevelopment Westmead Hospital 

Construction begins on Westmead Hospital Library

08 Mar, 2018, 2:12 pm Linda Clavecillas cadwell, librarian, library, university of sydney, westmead education, Westmead library, westmead redevelopment

It’s exciting times in the Westmead Education and Conference Centre as Cadwell Constructions officially starts work on the new Westmead Hospital Library

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