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Aboriginal health Blacktown Mount Druitt Community Health Food News Population Health Top 4 

Active together: Families make healthy food fun in western Sydney

06 Jan, 2023, 10:37 am06 Jan, 2023, 10:46 am Natalie Noordhuis

The sound of kids laughing as they raced around the field outside Kimberwalli could be heard all the way from

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Winning year for Westmead Hospital’s Courtney James

13 Dec, 2022, 10:20 am13 Dec, 2022, 3:12 pm Sarah Mason

It’s been a stellar 2022 for Western Sydney Local Health District’s (WSLHD) Courtney James who is a registered midwife working

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‘Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!’: Western Sydney Local Health District celebrates NAIDOC across three huge vibrant events

19 Oct, 2022, 12:43 pm20 Oct, 2022, 1:44 pm Sarah Mason

Western Sydney Local Health District’s (WSLHD) Centre for Population Health (CPH) celebrated NAIDOC with the community at three recent events

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‘Celebrating who we are as a community’: Inside the NAIDOC event at Kimberwalli with Western Sydney Local Health District’s leading teams

13 Oct, 2022, 3:18 pm14 Oct, 2022, 1:02 pm Natalie Noordhuis WSLHD

Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) proudly hosted two stalls at the NAIDOC celebrations at Kimberwalli on Thursday, 6 October.

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Aboriginal health Blacktown Mount Druitt Events Featured News 

Blacktown Hospital community ‘Get Up, Stand Up! Show Up!’ for NAIDOC Week 2022

14 Jul, 2022, 3:24 pm20 Jul, 2022, 3:33 pm Alyssa Terese

Visitors, patients and community members gathered on Darug land on the morning of 13 July to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2022

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Aboriginal health Featured News Top 4 

Stan Grant on strengthening Aboriginal workforces in western Sydney

29 Jun, 2022, 12:23 pm30 Jun, 2022, 4:48 pm Alyssa Terese

Esteemed Journalist and Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi man, Stan Grant, has supported discussions around how to bolster the representation of Aboriginal

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Aboriginal health News 

Have your say: Help improve hospital care for Aboriginal people

20 Jun, 2022, 12:02 pm20 Jun, 2022, 12:03 pm Alyssa Terese

Aboriginal adults admitted to hospital in 2022 will have the opportunity to provide feedback on their hospital experience. If you

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Aboriginal health Community Health Events Featured Health Rouse Hill Hospital Top 4 

Good yarn from Rouse Hill locals on making new hospital’s services work best

20 Jun, 2022, 10:21 am20 Jun, 2022, 10:21 am Sia Anthopoulos

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community members who live and work in the local Rouse Hill community will be invited to take

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Aboriginal health Blacktown Mount Druitt Mental Health Our employees 

Proud Kaantju/Wik Mungknh man and WSLHD mental health clinician shares personal Sorry Day story

26 May, 2022, 5:48 pm26 May, 2022, 5:48 pm Alyssa Terese

Today, 26 May is National Sorry Day, a day Australians remember and acknowledge the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait

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Aboriginal health Events Featured News 

“It’s hard to bring up the pain” – raw Stolen Generations story shared at Westmead Hospital on Sorry Day

26 May, 2022, 1:51 pm26 May, 2022, 1:51 pm Alyssa Terese

A harrowing story of the Stolen Generations was delivered on-stage at Westmead Hospital for National Sorry Day, which acknowledges and

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    18 Jan, 2023, 2:01 pm18 Jan, 2023, 2:01 pm Alyssa Terese
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    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
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    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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