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Ellen Murphy, Jenny Wren, Nisha Scrampickal and Clare Lorenzen enjoyed a barbecue breakfast at Cumberland.
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Have your say, we are listening!

20 Jun, 2018, 10:42 am20 Jun, 2018, 10:42 am Sarah Mason cumberland, feedback, mental health, People Matter, response, staff, survey

Barbecue breakfasts and after hours pizza deliveries are just a couple of the things we are doing this week to show that People Matter.

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Tackling suicide in NSW

14 Mar, 2018, 2:01 pm Sarah Mason commissioner, lifeline, mental health, minister davies, nsw government, suicide, suicide prevention

Key mental health and other organisations have begun working with the NSW Government on a statewide framework to reduce the rate of suicide across NSW.

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Farewell Margaret Bannister

05 Mar, 2018, 11:28 am05 Mar, 2018, 7:38 pm Jenny Harrison Margaret Bannister; Cumberland Hospital, mental health, nurse unit manager

It is with deep sadness we share the news of the passing of Margaret Bannister, who was one of our most treasured and respected nurse unit managers in WSLHD’s mental health service. 

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NSW suicide prevention trial an Australian first

17 Jan, 2018, 9:00 am17 Jan, 2018, 9:04 am Sia Anthopoulos lifeline, mental health, minister, NSW Health, research, suicide prevention, WSLHD

For the first time in Australia pulse monitoring devices will be trialled as a suicide prevention tool in a mental health unit, following a $300,314 investment by the NSW Government.

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  • Western Sydney advised to be cautious, with alarming rates of sunburn in children and young people 

    Western Sydney advised to be cautious, with alarming rates of sunburn in children and young people 

    30 Nov, 2023, 9:26 am30 Nov, 2023, 9:47 am Jessica Chahine
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    Free WiFi available for our hospital patients

    08 Nov, 2023, 11:27 am08 Nov, 2023, 2:45 pm Jessica Chahine
  • Let the children play this Children’s Week

    Let the children play this Children’s Week

    23 Oct, 2023, 11:37 am23 Oct, 2023, 11:37 am Jessica Chahine
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    Drink spiking at highest rate in NSW in five years

    11 Oct, 2023, 9:11 am11 Oct, 2023, 9:11 am Sarah Mason

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