Gallery: Highest honours for the nurses and midwives of western Sydney
The annual Western Sydney Local Health District Nursing and Midwifery Awards was held this morning, 13 May, to acknowledge and
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Nursing & Midwifery
Celebrating International Nurses Day 2022 across Western Sydney Local Health District
International Nurses Day is celebrated on 12 May each year and is an important day to recognise the commitment, compassion,
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Celebrating 300,000 Baby Bundles delivered to new parents this Mother’s Day
Parents of more than 300,000 babies born across NSW over the past three years have benefited from a package of
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Like mother, like daughter: when birthing babies is a family calling
Breanna Long is following in her mother’s footsteps; or rather, both her mother’s and great grandmother’s footsteps to become a
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International Day of the Midwife 2022: celebrating 100 years of progress
Each year on the 5th of May we celebrate International Day of the Midwife across the Western Sydney Local Health
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Congratulations to Western Sydney Local Health District’s two Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards finalists!
The NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery awards acknowledge the passion, dedication and contributions that nurses and midwives have
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Tree of Life adorns Blacktown Hospital wall as “incredible midwife” Carina Costello remembered
Carina Costello was an adored midwife, colleague, daughter, sister and friend. On 3 April 2020, Carina tragically died, leaving a
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341 new nurses and midwives join Western Sydney hospitals
The first of the record number of new recruits started on 31 January.
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Blacktown Hospital midwives share lifetime bond
Between them, these four midwives have accumulated almost 180 years of caring for women, babies and families from communities across
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Big gulp for Hazel at Blacktown Hospital’s new feeding clinic
The new clinic is helping bubs with complex feeding issues.
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