The previous Media Releases are available below:
2024
- 2 December 2024 Blacktown News – Partnerships: Primary Health Care in Western Sydney
- 4 November 2024 Blacktown News- Nurturing Child Health and Wellbeing in Western Sydney
- 4 October 2024 Blacktown News – Official Launch of The Western Sydney Citizens’ Assembly
- 22 August 2024 Announcing WentWest Board Leadership Transition
- 19 August 2024 Four Additional Medicare Mental Health Centres to Open in NSW
- 7 August 2024 Remarkable Success of Place-based Organisation Delivering Care for Local Community
- 2 August 2024 Blacktown News: Stop the Spread of Flu and COVID-19 this Winter
- 8 July 2024 Blacktown News – Urgent Care Initiatives in Western Sydney
- 6 June 2024 Blacktown News – Lowering Your Diabetes Risk in Western Sydney
- 6 May 2024 Blacktown News – New Directory of Health Services Launches in Western Sydney
- 6 April 2024 Blacktown News: Closing the Gap in Western Sydney
- 28 March 2024 WentWest Welcomes its New CEO
- 19 March 2024 NSW and ACT PHNs Welcome the Australian National Audit Office Report
- 10 March 2024 Blacktown News – Healthicare: New Neighbourhood Health Hub
- 29 February 2024 The Health Advocate – Closing the Gap in Primary Care: Co-Creation of Programs with Community
- 7 February 2024 New Neighbourhood Health Hub Opens in Western Sydney
- 2 February 2024 Blacktown News – MyMedicare: Strengthening Health Care in Australia
- 7 January 2024 Blacktown News – Beat the Heat this Summer
2023
- 15 December 2023 Nous – Mental health and homelessness services need to work together better. Here’s how
- 5 December 2023 Blacktown News – A Year in Review: Primary Health Care in Western Sydney
- 1 December 2023 Ray Messom Stepping Down as CEO
- 3 November 2023 Blacktown News – WEXPO goes to NSW Parliament
- 3 November 2023 Blacktown News – Western Sydney Services for People from CALD Backgrounds
- 5 October 2023 Blacktown News – Mental Health: We All Have a Role to Play
- 8 September 2023 Using Predictive Modelling to Map the Future of Youth Mental Health
- 1 September 2023 Blacktown News – Urgent Care On Your Doorstep: Western Sydney Opens Six Urgent Care Facilities
- 31 August 2023 Two Urgent Care Clinic Opens in Western Sydney
- 4 August 2023 Blacktown News – Free Mental Health Service in Western Sydney
- 14 July 2023 New Free Adult Mental Health Centre Opens its Doors in Parramatta
- 6 July 2023 Blacktown News – Preventing Diabetes in Western Sydney
- 22 June 2023 Western Sydney Diabetes – National Diabetes Week
- 9 June 2023 Blacktown News – Fighting Off the Flu and Feeling Blue
- 10 May 2023 Blacktown News – Healthy Ageing, Backing Brain Health in Western Sydney
- 11 April 2023 Blacktown News – Building a Voice for Western Sydney
- 12 March 2023 Blacktown News – Women’s Health: Embracing Equity
- 15 February 2023 Western Sydney Business Access – Playing a Role in Closing the Gap
- 13 January 2023 Blacktown News – Make 2023 Your Best Year Yet
2022
- 3 December 2022 Blacktown News – Support for People with Alcohol and Other Drugs Concerns
- 14 November 2022 Western Sydney Diabetes Masterclass Series
- 2 November 2022 Blacktown News – Helping Children Thrive
- 21 October 2022 Daily Telegraph – Urgent Care Service will help patients and our health system
- 3 October 2022 Blacktown News – Reach Out During Mental Health Month
- 15 September 2022 Increasing our Impact: Welcoming our Inaugural Director of Social Impact and Community Development
- 13 September 2022 Focus on the Future – GP Workforce in the ACT and NSW
- 9 September 2022 Blacktown News – Supporting the Mental Health of Diverse Communities
- 10 August 2022 Croakey Health Media – Presenting a Roadmap for Health Reform
- 1 August 2022 Blacktown News – Urgent Care Outside of Western Sydney Emergency Departments
- 7 July 2022 Head to Health – Children and Adults of All Ages Able to Access Free, Flexible Mental Health Support
- 1 July 2022 Western Sydney Business Access – Improving Management of Diabetes in Western Sydney
- 23 June 2022 Hospital Admissions Avoidable for Vast Majority of Western Sydneysiders Experiencing Mental Ill-health
- 16 June 2022 WentWest Joins World-First International Health Study to Improve Patient Experience
- 19 May 2022 Western Sydney Health Partnership Receives $10.9 Million Boost to Revolutionise Urgent and Emergency Care
- 18 May 2022 Daily Telegraph – Revealed: Emergency department wait times to be slashed in Western Sydney
- 16 February 2022 Australia Ageing Agenda – Tailored Treatments: digital inclusion program in Western Sydney increases access to mental health support for aged care residents
- 19 January 2022 WentWest welcomes its inaugural Chief Data Officer and a new era for Data and Digital Transformation in Western Sydney
2021
- 22 December 2021 PHNs harness community leader messaging to address vaccine hesitance within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and CALD communities
- 27 October 2021 You’ve checked in, but have you checked your mental health? Six Primary Health Networks drive COVID-19 wellbeing campaign in NSW
- 6 October 2021 New Mental Health Pop Up Services to Support People in NSW
- 10 September 2021 Head to Health Pop Up to support people in Western Sydney during the pandemic
- 8 September 2021 Spreading the Vaccination Message
- 28 April 2021 Ground-breaking partnership welcomes new Senior Lecturer in Community and Primary Health Care Practice to Sydney University
- 21 March 2021 Western Sydney sets new standard of community-based care to tackle COVID-19
2020
- 21 December 2020 Western Sydney Partnership Leads the Way In Health Care Reforms
- 25 June 2020 Ninth Testing Clinic for Western Sydney – COVID-19 Dive-through Clinic Opens in Carlingford
- 18 May 2020 Western Sydney’s Rapid Response – GP-Led COVID-19 Respiratory Clinic Opens in Castle Hill
- 24 April 2020 Western Sydney’s Rapid Response: Five COVID-19 Clinics Across the Region Now Operating
- 14 April 2020 General Practices and Hospitals Delivering as ‘One Western Sydney Health System’ During COVID-19 Pandemic
- 11 February 2020 WSPHN Involvement in The Australian Minor Ailments Scheme Report
- 20 January 2020 Wentwest (WSPHN) Welcomes New Senior Director of Strategic Commissioning
2019
- 19 August 2019 Tim Perry Named Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Fellow
- 1 August 2019 WSPHN Team Wins NSW Knockout Health Challenge
- 18 July 2019 WentWest’s Jamie Matthews Named NAIDOC Blacktown Citizen of the Year
- 16 May 2019 Ray Messom Announced as New WentWest CEO
- 24 April 2019 Western Sydney Mental Health Funding
- 10 January 2019 Farewell Walter Kmet, CEO
2018
2017
- 11 August 2017 Pilot Study Highlights Value of Integration in Primary Care
- 13 July 2017 Tempering Western Sydney’s Diabetes Hotspot
- 10 July 2017 Rouse Hill Diabetes Initiative Encourages Residents to Get Screened at No Cost
- 4 July 2017 NAIDOC Week Draws Spotlight to Board Appointment
- 23 March 2017 Strengthening Services to Support People with Alcohol and Other Drugs Concerns
- 2 March 2017 Campaign Puts Immunisation on the Right Track
- 23 February 2017 Health Site Helping Patients and Carers
- 16 February 2017 Paving the Way with Over 300 Pathways Available
- 2 February 2017 Western Sydney’s Older Population ‘HOPP’ing Towards a Stronger Future
- 2 February 2017 Sun Rising on New Initiative to Reduce Alcohol Consumption
2016
- 14 November 2016 Support Group Offers Assistance to Those Living with Diabetes
- 14 October 2016 Western Sydney Increases Mental Health Services to Disadvantaged Communities
- 12 October 2016 Improving Patient Care: Integrating Pharmacists into General Practice
- 24 August 2016 Western Sydney Welcomes National Health Care Homes Announcement
- 14 July 2016 Tempering Western Sydney’s Diabetes Hotspot
- 30 June 2016 Celebrating A New Era in NAIDOC Week
- 5 May 2016 A Fresh Approach to Asthma Management
- 28 April 2016 Immunisation Week, A Timely Reminder to Protect the Community
- 21 March 2016 National Close the Gap Day
- 15 March 2016 A Groundbreaking Consumer Portal to Support Patient Care
- 8 March 2016 Rouse Hill Residents Set to Benefit from New Diabetes Education Service
- 18 February 2016 Addressing Childhood Immunisation in Western Sydney
- 9 February 2016 Health Service Secured for West Sydney Indigenous Community