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Community nursing is Andrea’s pride and joy

16 Sep, 2020, 3:26 pm16 Sep, 2020, 3:26 pm Harrison Vesey

Unlike most nurses, Andrea rarely sets foot in a hospital.

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Community Health Spotlight Top 4 

Allied Health launches three-year plan to make Western Sydney healthier

13 Aug, 2020, 3:45 pm14 Aug, 2020, 3:08 pm Harrison Vesey

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

19 Jun, 2020, 9:22 am19 Jun, 2020, 11:13 am Harrison Vesey

Health care interpreters have been providing 190 sessions a day.

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Community Health Health News 

Spreading simple health messages for older Australians

05 Jun, 2020, 3:12 pm10 Jun, 2020, 12:42 pm Harrison Vesey

Stay safe, stay healthy and stay connected is the message.

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Community Health Featured Our employees 

Physiotherapists help sickest COVID-19 patients on the road to recovery

27 May, 2020, 8:57 am27 May, 2020, 11:39 am Harrison Vesey

Physiotherapists might be the only people in the world asking patients with COVID-19 to cough.

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Calendar Community Health Health Top 4 

Lidcombe welcomes BreastScreen NSW van

12 Mar, 2020, 3:21 pm12 Mar, 2020, 3:51 pm Jenny Harrison

Women living in Lidcombe are being invited to access free and potentially lifesaving breast screening.

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Community Health Health News Top 4 

New cancer screening resources for multilingual and migrant groups

26 Feb, 2020, 2:03 pm26 Feb, 2020, 2:05 pm Jenny Harrison

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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Community Health Spotlight Top 4 

Sexual health gets busy at Festival X

18 Feb, 2020, 11:31 am18 Feb, 2020, 11:31 am Harrison Vesey

617 young people did a sexual health check at the festival.

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Community Health News Top 4 

Healthy start to high school: immunisation reminder

12 Feb, 2020, 2:17 pm13 Feb, 2020, 11:38 am Jenny Harrison

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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Blacktown Mount Druitt Community Health Featured Health 

Clinicians turn passion to action on International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM

06 Feb, 2020, 3:45 pm07 Feb, 2020, 9:09 am Jenny Harrison

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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  • COVID-19 detected in Western Sydney sewage

    COVID-19 detected in Western Sydney sewage

    22 Jan, 2021, 11:42 am Jenny Harrison Comments Off on COVID-19 detected in Western Sydney sewage
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    NSW urged to prepare for heatwave

    21 Jan, 2021, 12:22 pm Harrison Vesey Comments Off on NSW urged to prepare for heatwave
  • COVID-19 detected in sewage in Berala, Northern Beaches

    COVID-19 detected in sewage in Berala, Northern Beaches

    21 Jan, 2021, 11:01 am Harrison Vesey Comments Off on COVID-19 detected in sewage in Berala, Northern Beaches
  • COVID-19 location alert for pubs in Auburn, Berala

    COVID-19 location alert for pubs in Auburn, Berala

    19 Jan, 2021, 9:07 am Harrison Vesey Comments Off on COVID-19 location alert for pubs in Auburn, Berala

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