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Give your health a shake-up this diabetes week

15 Jul, 2019, 3:55 pm15 Jul, 2019, 5:43 pm Sia Anthopoulos

e you keen to get healthy but have been putting it off? What better time to give your health a shake-up than National Diabetes Week (14-20 July).

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Measles alert: New Sydney case in a returned traveller

09 Jul, 2019, 5:08 pm10 Jul, 2019, 9:15 am Sia Anthopoulos

A new case of measles has been reported in a young Sydney man recently returned from travel to South East Asia.

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GP rules for vaccine storage strengthened

09 Jul, 2019, 9:28 am09 Jul, 2019, 4:31 pm Taylah Massingham

NSW Health is advising all General Practitioners of the strengthened rules to vaccine storage and management following a NSW Health state-wide audit.

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Change champions wanted to improve Western Sydney healthcare

04 Jul, 2019, 5:00 pm04 Jul, 2019, 5:00 pm Jenny Harrison

Community members keen to share their insights as a patient or carer are being invited to become a Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) consumer representative.

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Free medical scans and information at first Korean Health Expo

03 Jul, 2019, 4:46 pm03 Jul, 2019, 4:46 pm Sia Anthopoulos

A first-of-its-kind Korean Health Expo in Western Sydney complete with free oriental fans has attracted 160 people. The event held

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Double delight for active kids – cash vouchers up for grabs

01 Jul, 2019, 1:00 pm01 Jul, 2019, 3:17 pm Jenny Harrison

NSW kids are keeping active while their parents are keeping the cash, with each school-enrolled child now able to access two $100 Active Kids vouchers from July 1.

Health News Top 4 Westmead Hospital

Hospital staff test response to emergency flooding

28 Jun, 2019, 3:26 pm28 Jun, 2019, 3:38 pm Jenny Harrison

Sydney Olympic Park was transformed into a mass evacuation centre with hundreds of volunteers role playing and re-enacting a flooding

Blacktown Mount Druitt Health Top 4

Mount Druitt palliative care: 21 years young

27 Jun, 2019, 3:21 pm03 Jul, 2019, 3:06 pm Jenny Harrison

Mount Druitt Hospital’s palliative care service has celebrated a 21 year milestone of providing comforting and heartfelt care for patients at the end of their life.

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Colours of Africa fill health summit

27 Jun, 2019, 2:03 pm27 Jun, 2019, 2:51 pm Jenny Harrison

Western Sydney’s first-ever African health summit held in Blacktown has helped the African community get on top of their health.

Featured Health News Westmead Hospital

Westmead Hospital gets health outbreak ready

25 Jun, 2019, 3:38 pm25 Jun, 2019, 3:45 pm Sia Anthopoulos

The Ebola epidemic was a stark reminder of the deadly effects of a health outbreak, one of the many reasons why Westmead Hospital staff are getting ahead of the curve.