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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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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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Western Sydney staff celebrate Administrative Professionals’ Day 2022

10 May, 2022, 2:47 pm10 May, 2022, 7:37 pm Alyssa Terese

Administrative Professionals’ Day, held on the first Friday in May each year, celebrates the work performed by administrative staff across

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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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Aboriginal health Featured News Our employees Qudos Bank Arena Spotlight 

We are the champions! Western Sydney staff clean up at NSW Allied Health Awards

29 Apr, 2022, 2:48 pm29 Apr, 2022, 3:14 pm Alyssa Terese

WSLHD COVID-19 vaccination lead Megan Byrne and WSLHD physiotherapist Cameron Edwards have won two of six award categories at the

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$130,450 in research grants awarded to Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital clinicians

28 Apr, 2022, 7:23 pm28 Apr, 2022, 7:39 pm Alyssa Terese

Three Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospital (BMDH) staff have received WSLHD Research and Education Network (REN) grants worth up to

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News Our employees Westmead Hospital 

Westmead Hospital’s ‘sleep doctor’ Professor John Wheatley wins Society Medal Award

07 Apr, 2022, 9:10 pm14 Apr, 2022, 9:21 pm Alyssa Terese

Congratulations to Westmead Hospital’s Head of Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Professor John Wheatley, who this month has won

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Congratulations to Western Sydney Local Health District’s two Excellence in Allied Health Awards finalists!

06 Apr, 2022, 2:23 pm18 Apr, 2022, 8:45 pm Alyssa Terese

WSLHD COVID-19 vaccination lead Megan Byrne and WSLHD physiotherapist Cameron Edwards are two of 24 finalists to be nominated for

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Our employees Spotlight Top 4 

Secret lives of staff: Showing power against the COVID-19 pandemic one brush stroke at a time 

11 Mar, 2022, 11:19 am16 Mar, 2022, 11:21 am Alyssa Terese

Research guru and artist Seema Manoj has again put oil paint to canvas to capture a time she says we

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  • New information on Monkeypox in Australia

    New information on Monkeypox in Australia

    20 May, 2022, 11:52 am20 May, 2022, 11:52 am Sia Anthopoulos
  • an elderly woman getting a vaccine

    Western Sydney seniors urged to prepare for flu season

    09 May, 2022, 7:38 am09 May, 2022, 7:45 am Alyssa Terese
  • photo of woman in gray shirt

    Adolescent vaccines available in pharmacies throughout western Sydney to support NSW Health School Vaccination Program

    07 May, 2022, 8:48 am07 May, 2022, 8:49 am Alyssa Terese
  • People urged to get vaccinated in western Sydney as flu cases rise

    People urged to get vaccinated in western Sydney as flu cases rise

    05 May, 2022, 12:03 pm05 May, 2022, 12:04 pm Alyssa Terese

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