02 Apr 2024
TGA safety advisory about medicines containing Withania somnifera
Health professionals are advised medicines and herbal supplements containing the herb Withania somnifera may cause adverse events in some people.
02 Apr 2024
SafeScript NSW: approval management enhancements now available
Prescribers are now able to submit applications in SafeScript NSW for approval to prescribe Schedule 8 Pain Management Medicines, Schedule 8 Benzodiazepines, and Esketamine and Ketamine when used to manage treatment-resistant depression.
02 Apr 2024
New Supporting Recovery from Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence service has begun
Your patients who have experienced family, domestic or sexual violence can now seek help from a new SWSPHN-funded program which aims to provide victim-survivors with access to services to support their long-term recovery.
02 Apr 2024
HealthPathways marks significant milestone
Congratulations to the South Western Sydney HealthPathways team who have reached the huge milestone of 700 clinical pathways being localised.
27 Mar 2024
New Type 2 Diabetes Exercise Group starting in Fairfield
Fairfield Leisure Centre is starting a Type 2 Diabetes Exercise Group.
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.