Helping Young People with Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies
Many young Australians aged 12-17 years frequently consume alcohol, with many engaging in regular risky drinking practices[1]. In 2022-23, it was also reported that one out of every five individuals aged 18-24 years were using e-cigarettes, a notable increase from one in 20 individuals in 2019[2]. Alcohol and other drug (AOD) dependence can stem from […]
Creating a More Accessible, Affordable and Available Health Care System
Professor Anne-Marie Hennessy AM, Deputy Executive Dean Westmead, Faculty of Medicine and Health at The University of Sydney; Dr Keith McDonald, CEO of South Western Sydney Primary Health Network; Kate Tye, Executive Manager Primary Care Development at Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network; and Andrew Newton, CEO of WentWest, the Western Sydney Primary Health Network. […]
Impact West Primary Care Summit 2024
Program 8:30am Registration 9:00am Official greeting: Dr Norman Swan, Welcome to Country: Aunty Julie Jones and Opening remarks: Andrew Newton, CEO, WentWest 9:30am Keynote Speaker: Dr Daniel Nour, founder of Street Side Medics 10:00am Community-driven solutions: Health and social priorities: Citizens Assembly members and Dr Coralie Wales, Relationships to Partnerships lead, WentWest 10:45am Networking morning tea […]
Medicare Mental Health Centre Announced for Blacktown
(L-R) Julie Toma, Board Director of Western NSW PHN; Freddy Ortega, Executive Manager, Operational Excellence and Performance, Western NSW PHN; Jane Assange, Director of Primary Care Transformation & Integration, WentWest – Western Sydney PHN; Donna Davis MP, Member for Parramatta; Hon Emma McBride MP, Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention; Hon Rose Jackson […]
Free Education Program to Improve the Lives of Older People
We proudly commission Live Life Get Active to run education programs dedicated to improving the quality of life for people aged 65 years and over. The Live Younger Longer – Active Ageing Program teaches early intervention strategies to improve the health and wellbeing of older people. The program shares cognitive, physical, mental, nutritional and social […]
Remarkable Success of Place-Based Organisation Improving Community Health Outcomes
Jelly Magirazi, Senior Commissioning and Contracts Manager, WSPHN; Angela Van Dyke, CEO, North West Community Services; Kieran Mahony, Contracts Manager, WSPHN; Cnr Brad Bunting, Mayor, Blacktown City Council; Michelle Quinn, Executive Director, WSPHN The North-West Sydney corridor has been a rapidly growing region, home to a population of over one million people. Parts of Blacktown […]
Partner With Us to Encourage Timely Childhood Immunisations
The annual Immunisation Bike Competition is back this year to help increase childhood immunisation rates in Western Sydney. To incentivise families to immunise their children on time, every child who receives their 12-month, 18-month or four-year-old immunisation from a participating practice can enter a prize draw to win a bike and helmet. During the last […]
Launch of the Western Sydney Citizens’ Assembly
Andrew Newton, CEO at WentWest, Professor Glen Maberly, Director at Western Sydney Diabetes, Professor Di O’Halloran, AO, Chair of the WentWest Board, Professor Penny Abbott, Western Sydney University, Professor Anne-Marie Hennessey, Western Sydney University Western Sydney is an incredibly diverse region, home to 1,080,817[1] people with 57%[1] of the region using a language other than […]
You’re Invited to the 2024 the Impact West – Primary Care Summit
GPs, practice nurses and managers, allied health professionals, community representatives and representatives from local residential aged care homes are invited to the Impact West – Primary Care Summit. The Summit is a landmark event to bring together Western Sydney’s primary care community to inspire, collaborate and make meaningful connections. Date: Saturday 21 September 2024 Time: […]
Introducing the 2kg Challenge
Western Sydney is a diabetes hotspot with half of the population overweight and at risk. People who live in Western Sydney are twice as likely to have diabetes than people living in Sydney’s Eastern or Northern suburbs. They are even at higher risk if they are Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, Asian, Middle Eastern or from […]