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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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Operating theatres improve efficiency with new time-saving equipment deliveries in western Sydney

06 Jul, 2022, 12:44 pm06 Jul, 2022, 12:45 pm Alyssa Terese

Productivity is better than ever in the Western Sydney Local Health District’s (WSLHD) operating theatres due to a new cost-effective

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Featured News Our employees 

A lifetime commitment to western Sydney: Blacktown Mount Druitt doctor farewelled after four decades

30 Jun, 2022, 3:32 pm30 Jun, 2022, 3:32 pm Alyssa Terese

Caring, compassionate, authentic, dedicated, professional and a gentleman are just some of the words used by colleagues to describe beloved

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Blacktown Mount Druitt News Nursing & Midwifery Our employees Spotlight Women’s and Newborn 

Blacktown Hospital maternity liaison officer wins 2022 NSW Humanitarian Award

23 Jun, 2022, 12:48 pm23 Jun, 2022, 2:50 pm Alyssa Terese

Known for her dedication and compassion in helping people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, Nawal Nadar has provided support

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Alerts Auburn Blacktown Mount Druitt Featured Government Health In the media 

Record $33 billion for healthcare in New South Wales

21 Jun, 2022, 12:39 pm21 Jun, 2022, 12:40 pm Sia Anthopoulos

The NSW Government is investing a record $33 billion in health as part of the 2022-23 NSW Budget, demonstrating its

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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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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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Blacktown Mount Druitt Featured News Westmead Hospital 

“Live your best life no matter what” is the message this Palliative Care Week in western Sydney

25 May, 2022, 3:38 pm25 May, 2022, 3:39 pm Alyssa Terese

This week across the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD), visitors, staff and volunteers are being asked to express what

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Featured News Our volunteers Westmead Hospital 

Special salute to the volunteers of Western Sydney Local Health District

19 May, 2022, 3:36 pm19 May, 2022, 3:39 pm Alyssa Terese

It’s National Volunteer Week and the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is celebrating more than 200 volunteers who work

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Featured News Our volunteers 

Congratulations to Mt Druitt Palliative Care volunteer Mary Vincent: NSW Health Volunteer of the Year finalist

10 May, 2022, 8:15 pm16 May, 2022, 10:07 am Alyssa Terese

Western Sydney Local Health District volunteer Mary Vincent has been named an individual award finalist in the 23rd Annual NSW

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