Sydney’s United Approach to Refugee Mental Health
Supporting people affected by the Gaza conflict is the focus of a recent mental health initiative offering tailored local services, and culturally sensitive support that’s improving emotional wellbeing and community connection. A joint initiative of Western Sydney, Central and Eastern Sydney and Sydney North Primary Health Networks, The Wellness and Resilience: Gaza Conflict Project tailored […]
Immunisation Bike Competition Returns for 2025
Registrations are open for general practices in Western Sydney to join the 2025 Immunisation Bike Competition, running from 1 October 2025 to 31 January 2026 with Western Sydney one-year-old immunisation rates below target at 92%, the competition is a great opportunity for GPs to move the dial for their community. How it Works Children aged […]
Heart Foundation Walking Group at North Rocks Stratford Road Family Medical Practice
Health professionals can have a huge impact on their patients’ health through the Heart Foundation’s Walking program. North Rocks Stratford Road Family Medical Practice continues to run their Walking Group nearly 7 years after their first community walk. Members of the practice went to initial training and joined the first handful of walks with interested […]
The 2024 Western Sydney Immunisation Bike Competition Begins
The Western Sydney Immunisation Bike Competition is back for its annual run. Since its inception in 2011, the competition has helped immunise 16,972 children. Last year alone, over 500 children registered through our participating general practices. The 2024 competition runs until 31 January 2025. Every child who receives their 12-month, 18-month or four-year-old immunisation from […]
Promoting Child Health and Wellbeing: The Blue Book
Western Sydney is home to a diverse and growing population, with 52.6% of Western Sydney residents born overseas and 58.2% using a non-English language at home1. Both statistics are higher than the NSW average of 34.6% and 32.4% respectively1. With a high level of cultural diversity in the region, GPs have an important role in […]
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 […]
Celebrating Healthy Children in Western Sydney
Our annual Immunisation Bike Competition began in 2011 to incentivise parents to immunise their children on time and improve childhood immunisation rates in Western Sydney. We would like to thank the 110 general practices which partnered with us in our latest campaign period (1 October 2023 to 31 January 2024), especially to the following practices […]
Boosting Wellbeing and Resilience through Community Grants
Earlier this year, we welcomed applications for our Wellbeing and Resilience Grant program. After the loss and distress resulting from the 2022 floods, these grants are designed to support flood-affected communities in Western Sydney to rebuild a sense of community, build social connectedness, improve community health and wellbeing and support future emergency response preparedness. We’re […]
Encouraging Childhood Immunisation in Western Sydney and CALD Communities
Our annual Immunisation Bike Competition has officially started. This year, WentWest is celebrating eleven years of running the Immunisation Bike Competition in Western Sydney. Since the annual competition was developed in 2011, there have been 16,422 children immunised through the competition. How Practices Can Get Involved Every child who receives their 12-month, 18-month or four-year-old […]
Empowering Students to Build Healthier Futures
SALSA is a peer education and leadership program designed to motivate high school students in Western Sydney to maintain a healthy lifestyle and increase their physical activity. The award-winning project trains university students as SALSA educators, and they, in turn, coach high school students to be Peer Leaders for younger students. The program is run […]