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: […]
Making Health Care Accessible to People Experiencing Homelessness Through our Winter Grants Funding
To support the community during the 2024 winter season, we offered grant opportunities to accredited general practices across the local government areas of Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Parramatta and Cumberland. The grants were offered to support the delivery of COVID-19 and Flu vaccination clinics, either in practice or community, to vulnerable patient groups. The clinics […]
Inaugural Cumberland Health Care Neighbourhood Networking Event
Michelle Quinn, Interim CEO at WentWest, Judith Harkness, Councillor Ola Hamed, Deputy Mayor at Cumberland Council, Jane Assange, Director of the Primary Care Transformation and Integration team at WentWest On Thursday 22 February, the WentWest team hosted the inaugural Cumberland Health Care Neighbourhood Networking event. Having identified the need for greater connection in health care […]
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 […]
Advancing Reconciliation in Western Sydney
National Reconciliation Week (27 May-3 June 2023) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia. The ‘Be a Voice for Generations’ theme encourages all Australians to be a voice for reconciliation in tangible […]
Building a Voice for Western Sydney
This year, we are moving closer towards our goal of achieving health equity through the launch of our Community Juries. We are constantly expanding ways to improve our community relationships and partnerships and we hope that our Community Juries will create yet another pathway to deliver services that are co-designed by the community, for […]