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Auburn Our People Population Health Top 4 

Dad of rescued toddler says ‘never stop watching after your kid’

15 Jan, 2021, 9:00 am20 Jan, 2021, 3:23 pm Polina Matveycheva Auburn Hospital, emergency

For the Wong family, November 10 will never be just another day in the calendar. What started as a regular

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Auburn Hospital promotes the ‘5 Rights’

20 Jul, 2017, 9:08 am20 Jul, 2017, 9:22 am Anne Markey 0 Comments 5 Rights, Auburn Hospital, medication

Auburn Hospital has introduced a ‘5 Rights’ promotion to improve its rates of medication safety.

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Westmead Hospital's B4b/c are leading the Ssssh! campaign. Pictured: Rose Sarkis, Sharon Holder, Luminita Alecu, Shakiera Bowman, Dr Rajni Lal, Bincy Abraham, Russell Roxburgh, Ana Halatokoua and Lisa Xiao.
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Sssssh during July

19 Jul, 2017, 1:13 pm19 Jul, 2017, 2:50 pm Emma Smith 0 Comments Auburn Hospital, My Experience Matters, noise, Westmead Hospital

Wards across Westmead and Auburn hospitals are being encouraged to keep it down this month as part of a noise challenge across the district.

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Patient celebrates 100th birthday
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Special lady celebrates centenary

13 Jun, 2017, 2:04 pm Sia Anthopoulos 0 Comments Auburn Hospital, flowers, patient, patient care

Staff from Auburn Hospital presented Granville patient Gwendoline Hogan with a colourful bouquet of flowers to celebrate her 100 birthday

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Westmead employees pound the pavement on Walking Wednesday as part of the WSLHD Wellbeing Festival.
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The latest pics from our Wellbeing Festival

31 May, 2017, 4:11 pm02 Jun, 2017, 8:40 am Anne Markey 0 Comments Auburn Hospital, Blacktown Hospital, wellbeing festival, Westmead Hospital

People ventured out of our buildings to pound the pavement on Walking Wednesday – with the crowd at Cumberland amassing

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Patient safety officer Abraham Mahachi at the WSLHD Wellbeing Festival laughter class at Blacktown Hospital.
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Big stretches, bigger laughs at the Wellbeing Festival

30 May, 2017, 5:12 pm31 May, 2017, 9:27 am Anne Markey 0 Comments Auburn Hospital, Blacktown Hospital, laughing class, Mount Druitt Hospital, stretching class, wellbeing festival

Have a laugh, we said. Enjoy a stretch. And boy, did you enjoy it!

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Thankyou post to Auburn Hospital
Auburn Blacktown Mount Druitt Our patients 

‘Auburn Hospital is wow – first class!’

28 Apr, 2017, 10:29 am28 Apr, 2017, 11:34 am Anne Markey 0 Comments Auburn Hospital, Blacktown Hospital, thankyou

Compliments – we love them, and at WSLHD we’re lucky enough to get a lot of them. Leonie Cluff Horder’s

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Auburn Health Our People 

Multicultural women targeted in new BreastScreen campaign

28 Mar, 2017, 2:43 pm31 Mar, 2017, 1:31 pm Western Sydney LHD Auburn Diversity Services, Auburn Hospital, BreastScreen, BreastScreen NSW, CALD, Professor Nirmala Pathmanathan, Westmead BCI, WSLHD

A new BreastScreen campaign, recently launched at Auburn Train Station, aims to encourage culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women to

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AlertsView All

  • NSW further expands access to Japanese Encephalitis vaccine

    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
  • Western Sydney urged to be aware of rare serious bacterial illnesses requiring urgent care

    Western Sydney urged to be aware of rare serious bacterial illnesses requiring urgent care

    09 Jan, 2023, 1:36 pm09 Jan, 2023, 1:37 pm Natalie Noordhuis

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