02 Apr 2024

Practice Nurse Profile – Melissa Gajardo

Melissa Gajardo’s passion for nursing led her to a career in primary care.

25 Mar 2024

Play is powerful for the best possible start to school

Play supports all areas of children’s development – physical, social, emotional, cognitive, literacy and numeracy.

26 Mar 2024

New workshop aims to empower practice managers to facilitate change in workplace

Practice managers are invited to the first of SWSPHN’s annual brainstorming workshops aimed at equipping practice managers with the knowledge, tools and strategies to run their practices more efficiently.

25 Mar 2024

Community success at COVID education sessions

At the end of last year, SWSPHN funded two service providers to run community education sessions about COVID vaccinations to improve COVID related health outcomes and vaccination literacy for priority populations in South Western Sydney.

22 Mar 2024

Congratulations SWSPHN staff member Anna – winner of Women of Western Sydney (Indigenous Leadership) Award 2024

Congratulations to SWSPHN’s Integration and Priority Populations Team Lead Anna Dasler on winning the Western Sydney University (WSU) Women of Western Sydney (Indigenous Leadership) Award for 2024.

18 Mar 2024

EOI now open: after hours GP service for Wollondilly LGA

An EOI is now open for the commissioning of an eligible organisation to deliver an after-hours GP service for residents of the Wollondilly Shire Council to receive prompt GP care in the sociable and unsociable after-hours periods that aligns with the after-hours practice incentive payment (PIP).

18 Mar 2024

Receiving duplicate electronic discharge summaries? Find out why

Many practices in South Western Sydney have been reporting they are receiving duplicate electronic discharge summaries.

18 Mar 2024

Benefits of using QIPC cancer screening module in POLAR

Cancer and its prevalence in Australia In Australia, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), three out of every 10 deaths are caused by cancer, and it is estimated there were 162,163 new cancer cases diagnosed in 2022.

18 Mar 2024

Share your views on healthcare for LGBTIQA+ people

The Department of Health and Aged Care’s Health Design Lab is inviting you and your staff to provide input on LGBTIQA+ healthcare.

14 Mar 2024

RFP now open: deliver assessment, case management and care coordination to FDSV survivors

A Request for Proposal (RFP) is open for the commissioning of an eligible organisation to deliver Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence (FDSV) trauma-informed Local Care Team services, within South Western Sydney.