New Neighbourhood Health Hub Opens in Western Sydney
Ray Messom, CEO, WentWest; Dr Hani Bittar, GP Leader, Healthicare; Nada Vidic, Healthicare Board; Lindsay Cane, Healthicare and WentWest Board; Stephen Bali, Member for Blacktown; Di O’Halloran, Healthicare Board and Chair, WentWest Board; Jane Assange, Director of Primary Care Transformation and Integration, WentWest; Councillor Chris Quilkey, Deputy Mayor, Blacktown City Council; Dr Amandeep Hansra, Healthicare […]
Giving People a Head Start in Finding the Right Mental Health Support
The growing use of technology and web-based sources has given people direct access to a wide range of available mental health services. However, it can be difficult for people to find the right services for their needs. To assist in connecting community and health professionals with the right services, we commission Headstart. Headstart is an […]
Beat the Heat in Western Sydney
While severe weather can occur at any time of the year, October to April is the peak time for severe weather in Western Sydney. During these months, it is not uncommon to experience conditions such as heatwaves, bushfires, severe thunderstorms and floods. Western Sydney, home to over 2.5 million people, is typically 6-10 degrees hotter […]
Substance Misuse Help this Festive Season and Beyond
Alcohol and other drugs (AOD) use is a major cause of preventable disease, illness and death in Australia. As we head into the festive season, there are a range of services which are available to patients and community members struggling with various addictions. As the Western Sydney Primary Health Network, WentWest has been tasked by […]
WSYD Moving Symposium
Scott Walters, WentWest Senior Program Manager, Jane Assange, WentWest’s Director of Primary Care Transformation and Integration, Dr Jaspreet Saini, and David Burns, Founder of Collective Leisure Last week, we were proud to sponsor and speak at Collective Lesiure’s Western Sydney (WSYD) Moving Symposium. The event was attended by over 100 participants from across the academic, […]
Western Sydney Diabetes Masterclass Wrap Up
On Saturday 21 October, Western Sydney Diabetes hosted the face-to-face Masterclass session at the PARKROYAL Parramatta. More than 300 people registered for the session, bringing together GPs, pharmacists, diabetes educators, practice and community nurses, endocrinologists, dieticians, exercise physiologists, psychologists and podiatrists to better equip them with the skills to manage diabetes. The day kicked off […]
New Electronic Referral System in NSW
The use of electronic referrals (eReferrals) is being introduced as a statewide project through eHealth NSW and HealthLink in response to GP feedback that the existing referral processes are too time consuming. An eReferral is an electronic document that can be sent electronically from one health care service to another, which can improve the quality […]
Improving Heart Health in Western Sydney
Based on 2020 population data, there are 365,593 people living in Western Sydney with risk factors that could be broadly targeted via early intervention initiatives for cardiology care as part of this program. Of this target population, patients at-risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) (aged 65 and above) equates to a target cohort of 130,298. It […]
Urgent Care Clinician Line Provides Fast-Track Access to Urgent Care Services
We are pleased to announce we have launched an Urgent Care Clinician Line, providing Western Sydney general practices fast-track access to book their patients into urgent care services, following a clinical assessment. The Urgent Care Clinician Line is available to GPs, paramedics, medical staff at emergency departments, and selected virtual support services in Western Sydney. […]
Delivering Culturally Sensitive Health Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
WentWest Commissioning and Marketing and Communications staff with members of Western Sydney Integrated Team Care. Western Sydney Integrated Team Care (WSITC) improves health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic health conditions through access to care coordination, multidisciplinary care and self-management support. It improves access to culturally appropriate, mainstream primary care services, […]