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PHOTO GALLERY: Western Sydney continues to celebrate NAIDOC Week with powerful events

14 Jul, 2023, 12:53 pm14 Jul, 2023, 12:53 pm Jessica Chahine

WSLHD has continued to celebrate NAIDOC Week with a number of events at Blacktown Hospital, Riverstone, and Westmead Hospital. Attendees

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PHOTO GALLERY: Western Sydney celebrates NAIDOC week 2023

07 Jul, 2023, 2:11 pm07 Jul, 2023, 2:42 pm Jessica Chahine

Stunning images from Western Sydney Local Health District’s (WSLHD) Naidoc Week 2023 events at Auburn Hospital and Kimberwalli:

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Breaking down barriers to support western Sydney Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mums-to-be

05 Jun, 2023, 11:14 am05 Jun, 2023, 11:28 am Alyssa Terese

This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, Be a Voice for Generations, urged Australians to use their power, words and actions

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Aboriginal health Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals News 

A voice for generations: Andrew Fraser

01 Jun, 2023, 4:13 pm01 Jun, 2023, 4:15 pm Alyssa Terese

“As goes the idiom, “great people plant trees for shade of which they’ll never sit in”.  ’Be a voice for

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Aboriginal health News Westmead Hospital 

A voice for generations: Ngaire Denton

30 May, 2023, 9:23 pm30 May, 2023, 9:24 pm Alyssa Terese

“This year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, “Be a voice for generations” resonates strongly for me and my family. “It’s important

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A voice for generations: Miriam Maloinato

29 May, 2023, 9:00 am30 May, 2023, 9:10 pm Alyssa Terese

“National Reconciliation Week is a journey we move through – yearly for some, and daily for others. “To me, this

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Powerful messages shared to unite Western Sydney Local District staff this Sorry Day

26 May, 2023, 4:39 pm26 May, 2023, 4:39 pm Alyssa Terese

Held annually on 26 May since 1998, National Sorry Day honours the resilience and self-determination of Aboriginal people who have

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Aboriginal health Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals Featured News Our People 

‘A beautiful, honourable job’: How Nicole Winters and her team are transforming palliative care for Aboriginal patients

24 May, 2023, 2:39 pm24 May, 2023, 2:39 pm Natalie Noordhuis

Nicole Winters is a Senior Aboriginal Health Worker in palliative care at Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals. Each time her

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Aboriginal health Featured News Westmead Hospital 

Ngalawa Burudi ‘Live Better’ – Family and Communities – Human Experience Week 2023 kicks off at Westmead Hospital – PART 3

02 May, 2023, 4:33 pm18 May, 2023, 2:28 pm Alyssa Terese

Staff and community members stepped onto the sunny lawns of Westmead Hospital at 12pm for the second part of the

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Aboriginal health Featured News Westmead Hospital 

All of Us: The Power of Community – Human Experience Week 2023 kicks off at Westmead Hospital – PART 1

01 May, 2023, 6:34 pm09 May, 2023, 8:57 am Alyssa Terese

Love, belonging and healing. These are the cornerstones of this year’s NSW Health Human Experience Week; a week co-designed by

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    Western Sydney urged to be on the look out for serious bacterial illness

    13 Sep, 2023, 10:50 am13 Sep, 2023, 10:50 am Jessica Chahine
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    Western Sydney urged to be on alert amid rise in listeriosis

    08 Sep, 2023, 1:01 pm08 Sep, 2023, 1:01 pm Jessica Chahine

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