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New jobs hub opens at Westmead

22 Feb, 2018, 11:37 am01 Mar, 2018, 1:47 pm Linda Clavecillas City of parramatta, Danny O'Connor, lord mayor, multiplex, Westmead, Westmead connectivity centre, westmead redevelopment, WSLHD

Multiplex officially opened the Westmead Connectivity Centre, an initiative to match job seekers with local employment opportunities.

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Ovarian cancer research reveals new chemo insights

20 Feb, 2018, 7:42 am20 Feb, 2018, 11:12 am Linda Clavecillas cancer care, cancer research, medical research, ovarian cancer, ovarian cancer awareness, research, Westmead, westmead institute, WIMR, WSLHD

New research has shed light on why chemotherapy is an effective treatment for some women, but not for others.

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Ronald McDonald House community day

13 Feb, 2018, 3:11 pm16 Feb, 2018, 3:22 pm Linda Clavecillas precinct, redevelopment, RMDH, Ronald mcdonald house, Westmead, Westmead precinct

The opening of the new Ronald McDonald House Westmead (RMDH) is just around the corner, and families, patients, staff and the community are invited to take a look!

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Cancer can be beaten – World Cancer Day 2018

02 Feb, 2018, 4:45 pm06 Feb, 2018, 12:13 pm Linda Clavecillas laryngectomy, patient, throat cancer, Westmead, world cancer day

Every year, the world comes together in the fight against cancer. On World Cancer Day, the message to patients and survivors is one of action.

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The inaugural Sydney Concepts at Westmead session in the new WECC.
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Concepts series fosters collaboration

26 Sep, 2017, 4:58 pm Anne Markey 0 Comments Sydney Concepts at Westmead, Sydney university, Westmead

The University of Sydney has introduced a series of conversations between the university and Westmead precinct staff, students, researchers and practitioners.

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Featured Top 4 Westmead Hospital 

Westmead marks Speech Pathology Week

21 Aug, 2017, 8:14 am21 Aug, 2017, 8:16 am Emma Smith 0 Comments speech pathology, Westmead

Westmead Hospital’s speech pathology department is marking Speech Pathology Week this week.

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Auburn News Westmead Hospital 

My Food Choice coming to Auburn and Westmead hospitals

06 Jul, 2017, 2:24 pm Emma Smith 0 Comments auburn, food, hospital, patients, Westmead

Patients in Westmead and Auburn hospitals will soon receive a new range of nutritious and tasty meals, prepared and delivered

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Westmead Redevelopment – what’s happened (so far) in 2017?

05 Jul, 2017, 11:11 am Emma Smith 1 Comment car park, multiplex, redevelopment, Westmead

The Westmead Redevelopment team has looked back on the first six months of 2017, celebrating some milestones for the project.

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Auburn Blacktown Mount Druitt News Westmead Hospital 

Visitor & patient parking concessions have changed

30 Jun, 2017, 9:42 am06 Jul, 2017, 4:00 pm Emma Smith 0 Comments auburn, Blacktown, concession, Mount Druitt, parking, Westmead

Parking concessions, and the way patients & visitors apply for them, will change from TOMORROW (July 1, 2017).

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eMaternity goes live at WSLHD

08 Jun, 2017, 2:44 pm08 Jun, 2017, 2:48 pm Anne Markey 0 Comments auburn, Blacktown Hospital, eMaternity, Westmead

More than 700 midwives, doctors and allied health staff across Westmead, Blacktown and Auburn hospitals are now working in eMaternity.

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