Community nursing is Andrea’s pride and joy
Unlike most nurses, Andrea rarely sets foot in a hospital.
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Community Health
Allied Health launches three-year plan to make Western Sydney healthier
The plan has six key strategies tailored to the diverse needs of Western Sydney.
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Western Sydney supports travellers in quarantine with mental health and interpreting
Health care interpreters have been providing 190 sessions a day.
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Spreading simple health messages for older Australians
Stay safe, stay healthy and stay connected is the message.
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Physiotherapists help sickest COVID-19 patients on the road to recovery
Physiotherapists might be the only people in the world asking patients with COVID-19 to cough.
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Lidcombe welcomes BreastScreen NSW van
Women living in Lidcombe are being invited to access free and potentially lifesaving breast screening.
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New cancer screening resources for multilingual and migrant groups
Understanding cancer screening is now a little easier with the new single-source information brochure by Cancer Institute NSW on bowel, breast and cervical cancer myths for multicultural communities.
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Sexual health gets busy at Festival X
617 young people did a sexual health check at the festival.
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Healthy start to high school: immunisation reminder
Western Sydney Local Health District nurses will visit schools to vaccinate more than 22,000 Year 7 and 10 students this month and parents are being encouraged to provide consent.
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Clinicians turn passion to action on International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM
It was a cold winter day in July two decades ago when Blacktown Hospital midwife Terry Leathers first heard about female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C).
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