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Getting to know three of Westmead Hospital’s long-standing volunteers

19 May, 2022, 4:12 pm19 May, 2022, 4:12 pm Sia Anthopoulos

Westmead Hospital has a volunteer workforce of 80 people who provide more than 20 services to the wards and departments.

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Special salute to the volunteers of Western Sydney Local Health District

19 May, 2022, 3:36 pm19 May, 2022, 3:39 pm Alyssa Terese

It’s National Volunteer Week and the Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is celebrating more than 200 volunteers who work

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Have your say! Nominate a western Sydney volunteer!

17 May, 2022, 8:25 am17 May, 2022, 8:51 am Alyssa Terese

Celebrate our state’s most outstanding volunteers with nominations for the 2022 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards now open. Minister

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Congratulations to Mt Druitt Palliative Care volunteer Mary Vincent: NSW Health Volunteer of the Year finalist

10 May, 2022, 8:15 pm16 May, 2022, 10:07 am Alyssa Terese

Western Sydney Local Health District volunteer Mary Vincent has been named an individual award finalist in the 23rd Annual NSW

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The vollies have returned! It’s not only summer that’s bringing warmth back to Mount Druitt Palliative Care

03 Dec, 2021, 4:40 pm03 Dec, 2021, 4:42 pm Alyssa Terese

Mount Druitt’s Supportive and Palliative Care Unit enthusiastically welcomed back its much-loved volunteers on 1 December after five months of

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Western Sydney hospital volunteers devote decades of care to our community

20 May, 2021, 4:13 pm24 May, 2021, 2:32 pm Jenny Harrison

This week is National Volunteers Week (17 – 23 May) and Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is recognising the hundreds of volunteers who have dedicated time, service and care to our hospitals and patients.

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Garden set to bloom at Mount Druitt Hospital Supportive and Palliative Care Unit thanks to Bunnings

13 May, 2021, 3:47 pm18 May, 2021, 4:02 pm Taylah Massingham

The green thumbs from Bunnings Minchinbury were out in force recently to generously donate their time and equipment to an

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Mount Druitt Palliative Care volunteers return to the bedside of patients

04 May, 2021, 9:07 pm22 Jun, 2021, 2:46 pm Jenny Harrison

Liz MacKintosh was the first volunteer back to visit patients at Mount Druitt’s Supportive and Palliative Care Unit after 12 months of suspended face-to-face visiting patients due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Volunteers return to service at Blacktown and Mount Druitt hospitals

05 Mar, 2021, 4:22 pm09 Mar, 2021, 2:57 pm Tim Dunlop

Blacktown and Mount Druitt hospitals volunteers are returning to work after a year’s absence due to the COVID-19 outbreak which

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Divine makeover for Blacktown Hospital Chapel

03 Dec, 2020, 11:22 am03 Dec, 2020, 3:03 pm Jenny Harrison

Blacktown Hospital’s new Spiritual Care Centre is a warm, welcoming space that anyone can use for meditation, prayer, a private moment, sacred space or read from the Bible or the Koran.

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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
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    Western Sydney seniors urged to prepare for flu season

    09 May, 2022, 7:38 am09 May, 2022, 7:45 am Alyssa Terese
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    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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