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Featured In the media Mental Health News Westmead Health Precinct Westmead Hospital Women’s and Newborn 

New mother and baby mental health unit completed at Westmead Hospital

02 Mar, 2023, 8:23 am02 Mar, 2023, 8:23 am Alyssa Terese

Pregnant women and new mothers experiencing mental illness will have access to specialist care alongside their babies at the state’s

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Aboriginal health Featured Health News Nursing & Midwifery Our People Westmead Hospital Women’s and Newborn 

Winning year for Westmead Hospital’s Courtney James

13 Dec, 2022, 10:20 am13 Dec, 2022, 3:12 pm Sarah Mason

It’s been a stellar 2022 for Western Sydney Local Health District’s (WSLHD) Courtney James who is a registered midwife working

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News Our People Top 4 Westmead Hospital Women’s and Newborn 

‘Staff and families will remember this baby’: Baby Ashtyn’s legacy lives on through Cuddle Cot donation at Westmead Hospital

24 Nov, 2022, 4:35 pm24 Nov, 2022, 4:35 pm Natalie Noordhuis

The impact of Ashtyn Robert Michael Eckersley’s too-short life will be felt for years to come by families across western

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Featured News Westmead Hospital Women’s and Newborn 

Giving back to Westmead Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after two decades

27 Oct, 2022, 11:07 am27 Oct, 2022, 11:24 am Alyssa Terese

Western Sydney locals Cathy and Joe Bracks have generously donated $8,140 to Westmead Hospital Foundation through their Seven Hills business,

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Cash back for western Sydney families facing fertility issues

05 Oct, 2022, 9:31 am10 Oct, 2022, 11:26 am Alyssa Terese

Women in NSW who undergo fertility treatment with an accredited private provider will be eligible for a cash rebate of

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Community Health News Women’s and Newborn 

Blacktown Hospital helping western Sydney locals to Get Healthy in Pregnancy

12 Sep, 2022, 8:07 am13 Sep, 2022, 8:28 am Alyssa Terese

The Women’s Health Clinic team at Blacktown Hospital has achieved impressive referral and enrolments to the NSW Government service Get

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Events Featured News Westmead Hospital Women’s and Newborn 

Newborn Westmead and Blacktown hospital bubs given a “reading start to life” this International Literacy Day

08 Sep, 2022, 4:00 pm09 Sep, 2022, 1:58 pm Alyssa Terese

The western Sydney arm of the Australian Literacy Educators Association (ALEA) donated a special gift to babies born at Westmead

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Community Health Featured News Research Westmead Hospital Women’s and Newborn 

Inspiration at the touch of a button helping women with gestational diabetes thanks to western Sydney researchers and Westmead Hospital

16 Aug, 2022, 1:51 pm16 Aug, 2022, 1:52 pm Alyssa Terese

Western Sydney Local Health District’s (WSLHD) Dr Wah Cheung and his team have found that among women who have recently

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Blacktown Mount Druitt Featured News Nursing & Midwifery Westmead Hospital Women’s and Newborn 

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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    Measles alert for western Sydney

    29 Mar, 2023, 11:41 am29 Mar, 2023, 11:42 am Alyssa Terese
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    NSW further expands access to Japanese Encephalitis vaccine

    27 Jan, 2023, 10:18 am27 Jan, 2023, 10:18 am Jessica Chahine
  • Viral gastroenteritis on the rise in NSW

    Viral gastroenteritis on the rise in NSW

    18 Jan, 2023, 2:01 pm18 Jan, 2023, 2:01 pm Alyssa Terese
  • Thousands of western Sydney and NSW women to receive fertility treatment rebate

    Thousands of western Sydney and NSW women to receive fertility treatment rebate

    17 Jan, 2023, 3:11 pm17 Jan, 2023, 3:29 pm Alyssa Terese

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