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New wave of nursing and midwifery graduates join Western Sydney hospitals

18 Feb, 2020, 5:08 pm18 Feb, 2020, 5:08 pm Jenny Harrison

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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Cardiology powerhouse Clara Chow nominated for NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year

06 Feb, 2020, 11:57 am10 Feb, 2020, 4:58 pm Sia Anthopoulos

Pioneering researcher, Westmead Hospital cardiologist and Professor of Medicine Clara Chow is in the running to become the NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year.

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Blacktown nurses’ mesmerising aquatic playland

30 Jan, 2020, 4:35 pm02 Feb, 2020, 9:19 am Jenny Harrison

Joseph Toussaint is a skilled nurse for patients of the human and aquatic variety.

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I am, you are, we are Australian: celebrating the Aussie spirit

24 Jan, 2020, 3:48 pm26 Jan, 2020, 9:38 am Jenny Harrison

Australians are known for their generosity and mateship especially when fellow Aussies are doing it tough.

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New junior doctor continues medical family legacy at Westmead

23 Jan, 2020, 12:00 pm24 Jan, 2020, 9:56 am Jenny Harrison

New medical recruit Emma Halliwell is looking forward to starting her career at Westmead Hospital and the added bonus is, she gets to join her dad and twin sister Rebecca, who already works at Westmead.

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First national bilingual course launched for health professionals

22 Jan, 2020, 2:34 pm22 Jan, 2020, 2:34 pm Jenny Harrison

The first nationally accredited course for bilingual educators called the ‘Course in Bilingual Community Education Work’, was recently delivered by the NSW Health Education Centre Against Violence (ECAV) in partnership with Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD).

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Mental health nurses shower support on NSW south coast: “the community is grieving”

17 Jan, 2020, 2:45 pm17 Jan, 2020, 4:51 pm Jenny Harrison

After being deployed to the south coast last week, community mental health nurse Kathy-Anne Audley says the reality of the bushfire devastation is indescribable.

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Western Sydney medical heroes deployed to support bushfire crisis

09 Jan, 2020, 3:31 pm10 Jan, 2020, 8:39 am Jenny Harrison

Heroic clinicians from Western Sydney Local Heath District (WSLHD) are today venturing into bushfire affected towns to provide medical assistance.

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Last change of uniform for Carol

12 Dec, 2019, 1:10 pm12 Dec, 2019, 1:54 pm Jenny Harrison

As her 30-year career draws to a close, Westmead Hospital’s pre-admissions clinic administration officer Carol Pope shares her recollections of what’s changed at the facility over the decades.

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Decade of dominance for the fastest hands in the west

09 Jul, 2019, 4:38 pm10 Jul, 2019, 2:18 pm Jenny Harrison

More than 144,000 patient records have been scanned by Mount Druitt Hospital’s Health Information Record Service (HIRS) in the last decade.

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