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Connected through breast milk: western Sydney mum shares her preterm birth story this World Breastfeeding Week

01 Aug, 2022, 6:36 pm03 Aug, 2022, 6:47 pm Alyssa Terese

After four years of trying to conceive naturally and one round of IVF, Billie-Lee and her partner Ryan finally received

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Health News Nursing & Midwifery Research Spotlight Top 4 Uncategorized Westmead Hospital Women’s and Newborn 

IVF embryologist helping western Sydneysiders fall pregnant with international approach

25 Jul, 2022, 7:19 pm26 Jul, 2022, 5:08 pm Sia Anthopoulos

It’s World Embryologist Day so who better to hear from than Associate Professor Cecilia Sjoblom, Scientific Director at the Westmead

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Blacktown Mount Druitt News Nursing & Midwifery Our employees Spotlight Women’s and Newborn 

Blacktown Hospital maternity liaison officer wins 2022 NSW Humanitarian Award

23 Jun, 2022, 12:48 pm23 Jun, 2022, 2:50 pm Alyssa Terese

Known for her dedication and compassion in helping people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds, Nawal Nadar has provided support

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Homeless community members protected with free flu and COVID-19 vaccinations in western Sydney

21 Jun, 2022, 2:28 pm21 Jun, 2022, 2:52 pm Sia Anthopoulos health, western Sydney, WSLHD

Homeless community members and the marginalised population in the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) have been offered free flu

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Gallery: Highest honours for the nurses and midwives of western Sydney

13 May, 2022, 5:22 pm16 May, 2022, 5:22 pm Alyssa Terese

The annual Western Sydney Local Health District Nursing and Midwifery Awards was held this morning, 13 May, to acknowledge and

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Events Featured News Nursing & Midwifery Our employees 

Celebrating International Nurses Day 2022 across Western Sydney Local Health District

13 May, 2022, 12:48 pm16 May, 2022, 11:42 am Alyssa Terese

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

08 May, 2022, 1:32 pm08 May, 2022, 7:29 pm Alyssa Terese

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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Auburn News Nursing & Midwifery Our employees Westmead Hospital 

Like mother, like daughter: when birthing babies is a family calling

07 May, 2022, 6:05 pm09 May, 2022, 8:09 am Alyssa Terese

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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Events News Nursing & Midwifery Our employees Top 4 

International Day of the Midwife 2022: celebrating 100 years of progress

05 May, 2022, 12:46 pm05 May, 2022, 12:47 pm Alyssa Terese

Each year on the 5th of May we celebrate International Day of the Midwife across the Western Sydney Local Health

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Events Featured News Nursing & Midwifery 

Congratulations to Western Sydney Local Health District’s two Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards finalists!

18 Apr, 2022, 8:41 am20 Apr, 2022, 9:22 am Alyssa Terese

The NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery awards acknowledge the passion, dedication and contributions that nurses and midwives have

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  • Western Sydney community urged to stay alert for meningococcal symptoms

    Western Sydney community urged to stay alert for meningococcal symptoms

    05 Aug, 2022, 12:01 pm05 Aug, 2022, 12:01 pm Alyssa Terese
  • COVID-19 reinfection period reduced to four weeks

    COVID-19 reinfection period reduced to four weeks

    12 Jul, 2022, 10:52 am12 Jul, 2022, 10:52 am Alyssa Terese
  • COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments available to additional western Sydney residents

    COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments available to additional western Sydney residents

    11 Jul, 2022, 9:00 am12 Jul, 2022, 12:30 pm Alyssa Terese
  • Eleven cases of Monkeypox confirmed in NSW

    Eleven cases of Monkeypox confirmed in NSW

    06 Jul, 2022, 4:12 pm06 Jul, 2022, 4:12 pm Alyssa Terese

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