Community urged to help prevent coronavirus
The NSW Government is asking individuals and businesses to take steps to prepare for a possible COVID-19 pandemic converging with winter flu in the coming months.
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Australian-first: Blacktown Hospital prescriptions go digital
Patients will be out of hospital sooner thanks to a digital initiative launched at Blacktown Hospital. The new system makes
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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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Your voice to change Westmead Hospital
Westmead Hospital invites local residents who are passionate about the future of healthcare to lend their voice for change at the hospital as a consumer representative.
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New wave of nursing and midwifery graduates join Western Sydney hospitals
More than 300 new nurses and midwives will join Western Sydney hospitals this year as part of the annual graduate intake and under the NSW Government’s record $2.8 billion investment to boost frontline health workers by 8300 over four years.
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NSW joins national push to reduce stillbirths
NSW has joined a national push to drive down the number of stillbirths that stands at six babies lost across Australia every day.
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New mental health program gets young people back to real life
The program allows for up to 10 weeks of intensive, daily follow-up after a hospitalisation.
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Strive for gold at Quality Awards 2020: workshops now open!
Calling all Western Sydney Local Health District staff: your chance to win an award at our event of the year is here!
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Westmead Health Precinct leads fight against antibiotic resistance with promising phage therapy
New research coming out of the Westmead Health Precinct has demonstrated the safety of bacteriophage therapy in treating severe Staphylococcus aureus infections in the blood, a step forward in the fight against antibiotic resistance.
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Fourth coronavirus case in NSW now in the clear
NSW Health has confirmed all four patients diagnosed with novel coronavirus(COVID-19) in NSW have now been discharged from hospital.
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