New more technically advanced haemodialysis machines have been installed in the Dialysis Unit at Broken Hill Hospital providing better health outcomes for our patients. Seven new Fresenius 5008 haemodialysis machines ...
The Direct Access Colonoscopy Clinic Far West LHD (DACC) project which has helped reduced waiting times for colonoscopy procedures in the Far West has won the 2018 Far West LHD ...
The Far West Local Health District today celebrated its staff that had excelled in customer service and had contributed to an exceptional level. The award winners were chosen from peer ...
Far West LHD dental staff have settled into the new dental facility at the Broken Hill Community Health Centre in Sulphide Street and since opening on 2 July 2018 have ...
Innovative projects and programs that have improved patient care and safety will be celebrated by the Far West Local health District at its annual Innovation Awards ceremony on Friday (10 ...
The children’s ward at the Broken Hill hospital is planning to reinvigorate its garden and purchase much needed replacement play equipment for its young clients. The fund raising effort to ...
Dental Health Week (6-12 August) The importance of oral health and how your teeth and gums affect the rest of your body will be the focus of a Dental Health ...
Far West LHD Palliative Care Services is pleased to announce that the first intake of Community Palliative Care Volunteers have completed the 25 hour Induction Training Program to prepare them ...
The Far West Local Health District is very pleased to announce that haematology services are now available at Broken Hill Hospital with visiting specialist Dr Jir Ping Boey conducting monthly ...
The Broken Hill Hospital Kiosk volunteers will again make a significant donation to the Broken Hill Hospital to the tune of $166,500 to buy equipment. This latest donation will bring ...
Broken Hill Hospital’s performance continued to experience high demand and care remained relatively stable, according to the latest Bureau of Health Information data (January to March 2018). Mr Ken Barnett, ...
With the start of Winter, hospitals across the Far West Local Health District have again boosted staff numbers and put in place additional measures for the busy period. Steve Rodwell, ...
Far West Local Health District is encouraging people to celebrate being smoke free this World No Tobacco Day (31 May) which aims to highlight the health and other risks associated ...
NSW Health is encouraging people to get tested during HIV Testing Week to help reach the goal of ending HIV transmission across the State by 2020. HIV testing is now ...
A rap video/song created and performed by Wilcannia locals to help raise awareness about smoking amongst Aboriginal women during pregnancy will be officially launched in the township on Tuesday, 29 ...
“What Matters Most” It is National Palliative Care Week next week (21-25 May) and the public are invited to contribute to a large communal canvas their thoughts about what matters ...
The Far West Local Health District has acknowledged exceptional performance amongst its nursing and midwifery staff by presenting nine individual nurse and midwifery awards for 2018. The awards were presented ...
The Broken Hill Cancer Services is inviting the public to an evening with motivational speaker Mick Miller who will speak about survivorship and dealing with a cancer diagnosis. Mick Miller ...
‘Nurses A Voice to Lead – Health is a Human right’ The Far West Local Health District will be recognising and acknowledging all nurses and midwives for their commitment to ...
Free flu jabs will be available from 10am to 3pm on Wednesday, 9 May at the Aged Persons Centre (Blende Street) as part of Far West Local Health District’s campaign ...
The Far West Local Health District is celebrating the latest graduates of its Aboriginal Mental Health Traineeship Program. John Nicholls and Desley McKellar have both graduated with Bachelors of Health ...
World Immunisation Week (24-30 April 2018) “Protected together Vaccines Work” It is World Immunisation Week (24-30 April) and the Far West Local Health District hopes to raise awareness of the ...
Short information sessions on a variety of topics to help you stay healthy now and in the future will be presented at the Far West Local Health District stall at ...
Local women experiencing complications in early pregnancy can seek help from the Early Pregnancy Assessment Service (EPAS) at the Broken Hill Hospital. “The EPAS is a holistic, woman-centred service which ...
The Wentworth Health Service has received a generous $10,000 donation from the late Ms Wilga Wicks and her family to go towards having a palliative care room in the health ...
If you were unable to speak for yourself, who would speak for you? And what health care decisions would you want them to make? Launching for the first time in ...
What do you do when you are an inpatient for up to 12 weeks at Wentworth Health Service? Ms Silvanna Twyford is an inpatient in the Wentworth Health Service and ...
Are you interested in being part of a new community palliative care volunteer initiative? Far West LHD are seeking applications for volunteers to become involved in the Community Palliative Care ...
The Far West Local Health District is joining the celebrations for NSW Seniors Festival next week! A special information and display stall will be set up in the Broken Hill ...
Nutrition and hydration are important factors in the prevention of falls and the Far West Local Health District is promoting this health message as part of April Falls Day (Wednesday, ...
Looking for a new you? Do you want to make some changes to your lifestyle and become more active but don’t know where or how to start? The Staying Healthy ...
The dedication, passion, commitment and hard work of the nurses and midwives across the Far West Local Health District will again be celebrated through the 2018 Excellence in Nursing and ...
The Far West Local Health District is celebrating ‘International Happiness Day’ with a number of activities in the Broken Hill Hospital on Tuesday, March 20 and the public are ...
Speech Pathologist Danielle Kennedy (pictured below) from Far West LHD has graduated the Clinical Excellence Commission’s (CEC) Executive Clinical Leadership Program on Thursday, 9 March 2018. Danielle’s project for the ...
Far West Local Health District is recognising the contribution by the many volunteers to the health services across the district as part of NSW Health Volunteers Appreciation Day. NSW Health ...
Kidney Health Week – 5-11 March 2018 As part of Kidney Health Week local health professionals will be gathering to hear the latest education and management of Chronic Kidney Disease ...
Changes to the Broken Hill Hospital Kiosk food menu this year could help support the adoption of healthy eating habits for staff and visitors to the facility. “As a health ...
Twenty Registered Nurses (RNs) and one Midwife (RM) have today begun their nursing careers with Far West Local Health District. The 21 nurses and midwife will begin their employment with ...
The Broken Hill Community Palliative Care Team recently received a very generous donation from Lucy and Emma Hurst in memory of their father Rod who was cared for at home ...
Students start their traineeships with orientation to Health Service and 2nd cohort graduation. Ten students start a school-based apprenticeship and traineeship (SBAT) program with the Health Service this week by ...
Time to put smart eating on the menu in Broken Hill To kick off the New Year, dietitians are throwing their supporting behind Broken Hill locals to help them live ...
The Far West LHD and Broken Hill Hospital has welcomed a new group of Junior Medical Officers (JMO) to the workforce for 2018. The group consists of many new faces ...
Tai Chi Information Day The very popular Tai Chi program run by dedicated Tai Chi leaders in Broken Hill has recommenced classes for 2018. An information/registration session is being held ...
The Far West Local Health District Chair of the Board has welcomed two new appointments to the Board. Dr Andrew Refshauge, Chair of the Far West LHD Board, welcomed the ...
Do you wish to nominate a Health Service staff member for special recognition? The Far West Local Health District is asking anyone who has experienced a level of health care ...
Accessing mental health services can be confusing, stigmatising and even frightening for some people and fear of the unknown may prevent them from seeking help when they most need it. ...
Blood lead levels in Aboriginal children have significantly reduced whilst lead levels in non-Aboriginal children have increased, according to the latest Lead Report by the Far West Local Health District. ...
Work is continuing and on schedule for the new Community Health Centre being built in Crystal Street including preparing the site to receive the modular buildings in the New Year. ...
MERIT (Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment) has outgrown its current location in the Trades Hall and is relocating. As from today (Monday 18th December), the MERIT team will be working ...
The Broken Hill Hospital Kiosk Auxiliary has finished 2017 on a high by winning for the second year in a row a prestigious award that recognises the significant amount of ...
The Annual Public Meeting of the Far West Local Health District Board will be held on Monday, 18 December 2017. The meeting will provide an opportunity for the public to ...
The Volunteer Manager for Far West Local Health District has been awarded the top honour in her category at the 2017 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards held in Sydney. ...
A new Honour Board has been installed in the Broken Hill Hospital to acknowledge donations to the service with a late Health Council member’s bequeath the first to be displayed ...
The high quality care given to patients in the Far West Local Health District has been recognised after three health facilities were awarded accreditation by the Australian Council on Healthcare ...
Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Coordinators have developed 13 practical tips to help manage and reduce stress over the festive season. Spread across NSW, the RAMHP team are only ...
Media resources created with the help of local Aboriginal residents will be premiered at a community event in Broken Hill. The resources have been designed to help reduce smoking amongst ...
Two Far West Local Health District representatives will be winging their way to Sydney to attend the 2017 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards with Rex Airlines sponsoring their flights. ...
The Far West Local Health District has welcomed the donation of a hi-flo suction pump for use by doctors in Specialist Clinics at Broken Hill Health Service. The Silver City ...
Sugary drinks are making way for healthier options in health facilities within the Far West Local Health District in support of NSW Health’s Healthy Food and Drink in NSW Health ...
World AIDS Day (1 December 2017) NSW can celebrate encouraging news about new infection rates and prevention options for HIV, on the eve of World AIDS Day on 1 December ...
The Far West Local Health District will be raising awareness of family and domestic violence on White Ribbon Day (Friday, 24 November). Family and domestic violence (FDV) affects every community ...
The Far West Local Health District is launching a new value based quality care initiative to provide seamless support for patients with chronic conditions and help improve their health outcomes ...
International Pathology Day – Wednesday, 15 November Staff from the pathology department in the BH hospital will be celebrating International Pathology Day tomorrow (Wednesday, 15 November) with an information display ...
This year the Australian Cervical Cancer Foundation (ACCF) is encouraging women to make a commitment to getting up-to-date with their cervical screening and to paint their nails orange in support ...
Chronic disease a hot topic for World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and World Diabetes Day Far West LHD staff are combining their clinical expertise in highlighting chronic diseases to celebrate ...
Supporting rural kids to have the healthiest start in life – Munch & Move Healthy Eating and Active Play Conference Four local preschools joined 45 other services in Dubbo ...
National Carers Week runs from 15 to 21 October and the Far West LHD is urging everyone to consider the role of carers and their caring roles. Anyone at any ...
Far West In Focus – September 2017. The September edition of Far West In Focus – the newsletter of the Far West LHD – is now available. Click here to ...
Concerts to promote importance of positive mental health and wellbeing October is Mental Health Month and the theme this year is ‘Share the Journey’. This year’s theme focuses on the ...
Past and present employees of the Broken Hill Health Service are invited to the Broken Hill Hospital 130th Anniversary Reunion dinner/dance being held on 4 November. The 130th Anniversary Reunion ...
Far West LHD at Family Fun Day Broken Hill – Thursday 28 September Staying healthy, lifestyle changes for the better and opportunities for Aboriginal people to begin a career in ...
Mr Stephen Rodwell has accepted the position of Chief Executive of the Far West Local Health District. Far West LHD Board Chair, Dr Andrew Refshauge, welcomed the appointment. “The Board ...
Nurses win top honours in State Excellence in Nursing Awards 2017 An Assistant in Nursing and a Registered Midwife at Broken Hill Hospital have taken out top honours in the ...
Keeping health councillors and their communities in the loop with the Far West Local Health District is the theme for this year’s annual Health Council Forum being held on Friday ...
The Broken Hill Health Service (BHHS) Redevelopment project is seeking Expressions of Interest from Aboriginal artists to design key architectural features within the new Community Health Centre being built in ...
The Ending HIV Bus is returning to Broken Hill for all the glamour and glitter of the Broken Heel Festival. ACON, NSW’s leading HIV prevention, HIV support and LGBTI health ...
The Far West Local Health District is encouraging people to become dementia aware and increase their understanding of what it is like for a person living with dementia. September is ...
Wilcannia Health Council call for members – Community Info Session Members of the Wilcannia community with an interest in the future of health services are being encouraged to come along ...
Allied Health staff at Broken Hill Health Service have joined with BH University Department of Rural Health on the Outback Neural Knitworks project to promote the benefits of brain ...
The Far West Local Health District today celebrated its staff that had excelled in customer service and had contributed to an exceptional level. Award categories were expanded for this year’s ...
The ‘Re-Designing Mental Health Care’ has won the 2017 Far West LHD Health Innovation Award – Phoenix (Large Project) Category. The project was presented by Vanessa Smith, Manager Broken ...
Community Open Day — Wednesday, 9 August Far West Local Health District, GROW and Mission Australia are pleased to announce the launch of Connections. Connections is an after-hours service run ...
Excellence and innovative work in the Far West Local Health District that has improved patient care and safety will be celebrated by the health service at an Awards ceremony on ...
Mums and their bubs are invited to join together and attend a special morning tea next week to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August). “Breastfeeding is a normal, natural and ...
Are you aware there’s a hepatitis C cure? Hepatitis Awareness Week (24-30 July) and World Hepatitis Day (28 July) People living with hepatitis C can now be cured with new, ...
Members of the Wilcannia community with an interest in the future of health services are being encouraged to come along to nominate for appointment to the Wilcannia Health Council. Far ...
The Far West Local Health District has donated some defibrillators and vital signs monitors to South Rotary who then ship them to Donations in Kind for refurbishment and distribution overseas. ...
Our Languages Matter The Far West Local Health District is joining in community celebrations for NAIDOC Week (2-8 July) which will include a special ‘reveal’ ceremony of a new mural ...
The Chief Executive of Far West Local Health District (FWLHD), Stuart Riley, will leave his role to return to South Australia on 7 July 2017. Mr Riley returned to NSW ...
Treatment times in the Emergency Department at the Broken Hill Hospital during January to March 2017 remained favourable compared to same quarter the previous year, it was reported in the ...
A new mural to feature at the Aboriginal Community Room in the Broken Hill Hospital will help identify the room as an accessible and safe space for Aboriginal community members ...
The latest Cancer Care Café being held next week will hear from representatives of the SA Leukaemia Foundation speaking about the cancer and how the Foundation provides help to cancer ...
For as long as the Broken Hill Hospital Kiosk Auxiliary has been in existence they have contributed to the Broken Hill Hospital Wish List. 2017 is no exception. This financial ...
The Far West Local Health District’s Renal Services, Palliative Care and Chronic and Complex Care Services are holding the Better Value Healthcare Renal Supportive Care Symposium on 15-16 June in ...
Former Deputy Premier of NSW, Andrew Refshauge, has been appointed Chair of the Board of the Far West NSW Local Health District. Dr Refshauge, who is Chairman of CareFlight, the ...
NSW Health is encouraging people to have a test during HIV Testing Week from June 1-7 with testing now easier and faster than ever before. Ann Ryan Manager for HIV ...
The Broken Hill Health Service would like to inform the public that the IPTAAS (Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme) office located here does NOT request Medicare Card number ...
Doctors will be celebrating their profession whilst raising money to help colleagues in Third World countries at a “Happy Doctors Day in May” to be held in the Broken Hill ...
NATIONAL PALLIATIVE CARE WEEK 21-28 May 2017 National Palliative Care week is 21-28 May, and the theme is ‘You matter, your care matters. Palliative care can make a difference’. For ...
Tibooburra, Dareton, Wentworth, White Cliffs, Balranald, Wilcannia, Ivanhoe and Menindee What do you want out of life? How does your health fit into this? What can local health services do ...
The Broken Hill community has the opportunity to view the designs of the $30 million Broken Hill Health Service Redevelopment and provide valuable feedback during a series of workshops and ...
The Far West Local Health District has acknowledged exceptional performance amongst its nursing staff by presenting 12 individual nurse awards and one nursing team award for 2017. The awards were ...
International Nurses Day – 12 May 2017 Far West LHD to present Nurse/ Midwife of the Year Awards “Nurses: A Voice to Lead” The Far West Local Health District will ...
Public Launch Broken Hill Town Square – 9 May 2017 What do you want out of life? How does your health fit into this? What can local health services do ...
Hospital Museum new and refurbished rooms re-dedicated – 7 May 2017 The public are invited to help celebrate 130 years of continual health service by hospitals within Broken Hill and ...
Death is not a subject usually brought up in polite conversation over a cup of tea but that’s exactly what is being offered at the ‘Talking about Death’ Café being ...
The Broken Hill Hospital’s biomedical technicians have been busy preparing new equipment for use on the wards thanks to a generous donation by the Broken Hill Contribution Fund. The Broken ...
Are you looking for something to do with your spare time? Want to be part of a fun team that has so far raised over $1 million to buy equipment ...
The Far West Local Health District has launched a project to engage with local communities through film, music and hip hop lyric writing to help raise awareness and reduce the ...
As Youth Week celebrations kick off, NSW Health reminds young people to look after their health using this year’s message: “Hump Safe this Hump Day. Carry a condom”. Hump Day ...
The extremely popular Tai Chi program run by the Far West Local Health District is scheduled to recommence in early April. Information sessions to explain all about Tai Chi and ...
The Far West Local Health District is promoting April Falls Day (3 April) this year under the theme ‘Moving right to stay upright’. Mobility and falls prevention is everyone’s business ...
The Broken Hill Hospital will be getting a facelift underfoot when most of its vinyl floors are replaced in a major refurbishment costing $914,000. This is the first time the ...
Have you experienced a level of care or service that goes just that bit further than you expected and wanted the Health Service to know about it? Have you always ...
This year’s recipient of the 2017 David Bowler Memorial Award $5,000 scholarship has always dreamed of becoming a Midwife and is very grateful the bursary will help her fulfil that ...
Over one thousand more people attended the Emergency Department at the Broken Hill Hospital during October to December 2016 compared to same quarter previous year with most still treated within ...
Today (15 March) is the inaugural World Delirium Day being held to raise awareness of delirium and increase recognition of this condition so it can be prevented and treated at ...
Fans of food prepared at the Broken Hill Hospital Kiosk will be able to compare the ‘gold, silver and bronze’ standard of their nutritional choices thanks to a project ...
The Broken Hill Health Service is recognising the contribution by the many volunteers to the health service with a special morning tea to be held at the Broken Hill Hospital ...
Innovation Awards 2016 finalists featured The Far West Local Health District has numerous projects under development or being implemented across the health service that are helping to improve services and ...
The Far West Local Health District will be shining a spotlight on the link between Australia’s obesity epidemic and chronic conditions, including kidney disease, during Kidney Health Week (5–11 March ...
Broken Hill and Willyama High School students have been invited to attend Broken Hill Hospital to learn about the realities of risky behaviour’s through an injury prevention program called P.A.R.T.Y. ...
Pancake Day at BH Hospital on Tuesday, 28 February Community members and hospital staff are invited to come to the Broken Hill Hospital to celebrate Pancake Day and assist in ...
The Far West LHD has welcomed 20 new Registered Nurses (RN) and a Registered Midwife (RM) to its Nursing & Midwifery workforce for 2017. The (19) Registered Nurses and (1) ...
The Far West LHD has recommenced its Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation education/exercise classes for 2017. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation is a medically supervised program that assists individuals who are recovering from heart and lung ...
Ten students start a School-based Apprenticeship and Traineeship (SBATs) program with the Far West Local Health District this week by learning all about the environment they will be working in ...
Can you help the health service plan and deliver services to support Broken Hill to stay healthy? The Far West Local Health District Integrated Care Program is seeking people living ...
The Public Trustee office will be the guest speaker for the Cancer Care Café which will be held at the Thyme on Argent (next to the Demo Club in Argent ...
The Far West Local Health District and general practices in Broken Hill are working together to offer a program to help people at risk of developing long-term disease to make ...
Local eye patients will have access to the most modern form of treatment for glaucoma with a new laser being installed in the Broken Hill Health Service. A $72,000 Selective ...
The people of Far Western NSW will get their first look at the new Community Health Centre to be built in Broken Hill with fly-through vision launched today by Parliamentary ...
The Far West Local Health District, GROW and Mission Australia are pleased to announce a new project in the Broken Hill area called ‘Connections’ which is all about helping people ...
The Broken Hill Health Service is launching an Early Pregnancy Assessment Service (EPAS) for women experiencing complications in early pregnancy. “The EPAS clinic is a discrete service which will provide ...
The Annual Public Meeting of the Far West Local Health District Board will be held on Monday, 12 December 2016. The meeting will provide an opportunity for the public to ...
Far West Local Health District and general practices in Broken Hill are working together to offer a program to help people at risk of developing long-term disease to make changes ...
Blood lead levels for all children and Aboriginal children in Broken Hill rose slightly in 2015 but screening participation is still high and children aged between 1 and 5 remain ...
More people attended the Emergency Department at the Broken Hill Hospital during July and September this year and more were treated within the recommended four hours, it was reported in ...
Tips on Coping with Christmas Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Coordinators are urging communities to think about ways to manage and cope with challenges in the lead up to ...
Expressions of interest are sought for members of the public to join the Far West LHD District Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Committee and help improve the quality of care ...
Charles Sturt University (CSU) research has found a basic healthy diet can cost up to around a third of some family’s income support payments, shining new light on food stress ...
Two local health service volunteers will be winging their way to Sydney to attend the 2016 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards with Rex Airlines sponsoring their flights. Far West ...
World AIDS Day – 1 December 2016 One in six people diagnosed with HIV in NSW report heterosexual exposure, and at least 10 per cent of people with HIV don’t ...
Wednesday, 16 November What happens when a Santa, a Dietician, and a Cancer Care Nurse walk into a café? Find out on Wednesday 16th November at the Cancer Care Café ...
People attending the Emergency Department at the Broken Hill Hospital can now use an iPad to look for a local GP appointment during extended waiting times or to book follow ...
Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Awareness Week – November 13-19 Parents in Broken Hill will be encouraged to have conversations with each other during Perinatal Depression and Anxiety (PNDA) Awareness Week ...
National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week – November 7-13 Despite having access to a test that can significantly reduce their chance of developing cancer, the latest figures from the Cancer Institute ...
Free diabetes screening and information stall in Hospital foyer The Far West Local Health District is urging everyone to keep ‘Eyes on Diabetes’ as part of World Diabetes Day (WDD) ...
The 2016 People Matter Survey, conducted across the NSW Public Service has been released. Far West LHD staff joined with almost 40,000 employees across Health to have their say in ...
The Far West LHD congratulates Ms Donna K Cruickshank on winning a 2016 Premier’s Award for Public Service for her work in developing an Aboriginal cultural awareness program for the ...
This week is the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action and theme this year is ‘Lead Free Kids for a Healthy Future’. The Child & Family Health Centre’s ‘Lead ...
Community can keep tabs on how the Far West LHD is keeping services safe “Community Update” page on LHD website The Far West LHD has created a ‘Community Update’ resource ...
The volunteer BH Hospital Kiosk Auxiliary is this year celebrating its 75th Anniversary and the fact since its inception it has raised well over $2 million to buy equipment for ...
Cancer Care Cafe Cancer Care Coordinator for Far West, Sandra Turley, will be the guest speaker at the monthly Cancer Care Café to be held on Wednesday (19 October) at ...
Reach your pOTential at Broken Hill Health Service Occupational Therapy Week (16-22 October 2016) Broken Hill Health Service is during Occupational Therapy Week (16-22 October) celebrating the many important ways ...
Did you know that less than 4% of Australians eat enough vegetables each day? In fact, the average Aussie only eats half that amount! Nutrition Australia is trying to turn ...
Carers count – say a big ‘Thank You’ to carers National Carers Week 16-22 October 2016 There are over 2.8 million family and friend carers in Australia providing 36 million ...
NSW Government reforms have significantly increased the choices available to people facing the end of their lives, Health Minister Jillian Skinner told the Palliative Care NSW State Conference in Broken ...
Health Minister Jillian Skinner today unveiled the schematic design for the $30 million Broken Hill Health Service Redevelopment. The $30 million project will include the upgrade of Broken Hill Hospital ...
MELIORITES: MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE A photographic exhibition of the Broken Hill Specialist Palliative Care Team by Robin Sellick To be launched at the NSW State Palliative Care ...
People in the Far West Local Health District region have an opportunity to have a direct influence on how their health services now and in the future can be prioritised ...
Please attribute to Tom Hynes, Chair, Far West Local Health District Board On behalf of the Far West Local Health District Board, I would like to introduce three new Board ...
People in the Far West Local Health District region have an opportunity to have a direct influence on the LHD’s strategic priorities now and in the future and how to ...
Every 4% reduction in tobacco smoking saves 3000 lives in Australia per year. That is the message being highlighted by Health Promotion Officers Rebecca Crawford and Karen Lloyd who are ...
October is Mental Health Month and the health service is encouraging people and communities to learn more about mental health for their wellbeing. According to the World Health Organisation ...
The Far West Local Health District has much to thank Dr Kathleen Atkinson for the stability of its senior medical workforce, as she now chooses to embark on new career ...
New 2016 Glove Box Guide coming soon Far West residents are being encouraged to think about how they service their minds in the lead up to the launch of this ...
NSW State Palliative Care Conference in Broken Hill 13-15 October 2016 Over 200 delegates will converge on Broken Hill on 13-15 October to attend the biennial NSW State Palliative Care ...
Display stall for information and advice in hospital on Friday, 23 September The Far West Local Health District wants to help focus attention on dementia and raise awareness of the ...
Cancer patients and their carers and families will be able to mix socially and learn about cancer, services and new developments in treatment when they attend a new monthly Cancer ...
Late influx of flu like illness in Broken Hill area The Broken Hill Health Service is asking people who are unwell with flu-like symptoms to stay home and avoid sharing ...
Playing safe in Menindee Visitors urged to take care and be prepared for accidents The Menindee Health Service is urging visitors to take care whilst they visit the township and ...
A brand new, state-of-the-art machine has made gastroenterology procedures at Broken Hill Hospital safer and is saving people from having to travel for treatment. The Operating Theatre has recently received ...
The Far West Local Health District is joining the Stroke Foundation in urging residents to think FAST and learn the signs of stroke. The Far West LHD is promoting National ...
A Broken Hill Enrolled Nurse has been named the best in the state at the fifth annual NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards. Enrolled Nurse Glenys Dayman was ...
Waiting times for emergency treatment and elective surgery continue to be favourable at Broken Hill Hospital, shown in the latest emergency department and surgery performance data released by the Bureau ...
The Far West Local Health District is encouraging everyone to celebrate their body for what it can do, not what it looks like during Love Your Body Week (5-11 September). ...
The FREE rapid HIV testing and STI screening pop up service is back for the 2016 Broken Heel Festival in Broken Hill, which kicks off Friday 9 September and goes ...
Women’s Health Week helps you answer the question ‘Am I normal?’ Women’s health specialists from Far West Local Health District will be encouraging women to “get the elephant out of ...
Far West LHD staff will join in with visiting professionals to discuss the latest research and initiatives in falls prevention and how to keep people safe at the NSW ...
Delivering babies is all in the day’s work for the busy Midwives at the local hospital but it’s unusual to have five of your own pregnant at the same time! ...
The Far West Local Health District has been successful in reducing the percentage of Aboriginal people who do not wait for emergency department treatment in the Broken Hill Hospital following ...
The Far West LHD is proud to congratulate three of its nurses who have been selected as finalists in the 2016 NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards. The ...
Body image message for Women’s Health Week EMBRACE film showing at Mildura – Wednesday, 7 September To celebrate Women’s Health Week, Dareton Primary Health, together with Kangatraining Mildura and Live ...
Children in the Paediatric Ward at the Broken Hill Hospital will have more toys to occupy their time during their stay thanks to a generous donation by the former students ...
The Far West Local Health District Aqua Class volunteers and participants were thrilled to receive new weights to use in their Monday and Wednesday aqua classes, courtesy of Carrie Oakley. ...
The Broken Hill Maternity Unit at the hospital will be joining the world as it recognises the importance of breastfeeding by celebrating World Breastfeeding Week from 1 – 7 August ...
Far West LHD urges test, vaccinate and treat It is World Hepatitis Day on Thursday (28 July) and the hepatitis treatment landscape has changed dramatically in recent months. Effective treatment ...
The extremely popular Tai Chi program run by the Far West Local Health District has recommenced classes and an information/registration day is being held for interested newcomers. Classes will be ...
Aboriginal artists and talented community members have been invited to enter an artwork competition to choose a cover design for Far West Local Health District’s new Aborginal Workforce Plan. The ...
The Broken Hill and District Community Cancer Network (BHDCCN) has received a donation of $1,000 from Woolworths Broken Hill. The Cancer Network was established in 2014 to provide financial assistance ...
Far West Local Health District is joining in with the community to celebrate this year’s NAIDOC Week during 3 – 10 July 2016. A barbecue will be held at the ...
Young people in Broken Hill aged 16-25 have until Thursday, 30 June to try a locally co-designed e-Mental Health tool and be part of Project Synergy. The Synergy Online Ecosystem ...
The Broken Hill Midwifery Group Practice (BHMGP) at the Broken Hill Hospital Maternity Unit will celebrate its first birthday on Friday, 1 July 2016. The Maternity Unit will be celebrating ...
The Far West Local Health District today celebrated its staff that had excelled in customer service and had contributed to an exceptional level. For the first time this year, in ...
Broken Hill Midwifery Group Practice wins Judges Award The Broken Hill Midwifery Group Practice model of care in the Broken Hill Hospital Maternity Unit has won the 2016 Far West ...
Patients and staff at Broken Hill hospital will have the latest technology when a brand new CT scanner is installed in the Broken Hill Hospital. The new CT (Computed Tomographer) ...
The Far West Local Health District is proud to support a sexual health workshop for the GLBTI (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) community in Broken Hill. ‘Adult Themes’ is ...
Excellence and innovative work in the Far West Local Health District that has improved patient care and safety will be celebrated by the health service at an Awards ceremony on ...
The Far West Local Health District has congratulated Balranald school student Tearra Charles who has been named 2016 School Based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year for the Riverina Region. The Balranald ...
Far West Local Health District is proud to be represented by Ms Jodie Miller, Senior Clinician JIRT (Joint Investigation Response Team), at the NSW Leadership Academy. The Leadership Academy, an ...
The remote townships in the far west are being added to the electronic medical record system of the Far West Local Health District which will deliver key benefits for patient ...
The Far West Local Health District Patient Family Support (PFS) volunteers will be easily recognisable in their role thanks to a generous donation of new shirts. The volunteers were thrilled ...
Broken Hill Hospital continues to perform well with favourable waiting times for treatment and elective surgery, in the latest emergency department and surgery performance data released by the Bureau of ...
New figures show that 13.5 per cent of people in NSW still smoke daily but the number of smokers in Far West Local Health District is decreasing. “In FWLHD we ...
Information sessions in hospital and community pharmacies during the month The Broken Hill Cancer Services and the Dieticians from Far West Local Health District have joined forces to highlight the ...
Around 14 per cent of people with HIV in NSW may be unaware they have the virus, a statistic NSW Health and Far West Local Health District is looking to ...
Public invited to help promote hand hygiene and disease prevention on World Hand Hygiene Day The Far West Local Health District is inviting the public to join with staff in ...
The Far West Local Health District Cancer Services is offering free relaxation classes to help cancer patients deal with stress during their treatment. Stress is an everyday fact of life ...
Information and Kidney Health check stall in hospital foyer on Thursday, 26 May The Far West Local Health District is getting behind Kidney Health Week (May 22– 28), Kidney Health Australia’s ...
National Palliative Care Week (22-27 May 2016) The Far West Local Health District is supporting National Palliative Care Week (22-27 May, 2016) with the theme this year being “Living Well ...
Winter is here and the Far West Local Health District is urging people to be mindful of how best to be winter wise keep and remain healthy throughout the ...
The Far West Local Health District has acknowledged exceptional performance amongst its nursing staff by presenting four individual nurse awards and one nursing team award for 2016. The awards were ...
International Nurses Day – 12 May 2016 Far West LHD to present Nurse of the Year Awards “Nurses: A Force for Change: Improving health systems’ resilience” The Far West Local ...
National Volunteer Week (9-15 May) celebration The Far West Local Health District will be celebrating its volunteers and volunteers from colocated services on Tuesday 10 May as part of National ...
A head to toe approach to your health is being promoted by the Far West Local Health District at Agfair 2016. The Far West LHD booth in the Rotary Pavilion ...
Broken Hill Maternity Unit celebrates with a ‘Walk with Midwives’ The Broken Hill Hospital Maternity Unit is celebrating International Day of the Midwife on Thursday, 5 May with a “Walk ...
Older people in the Wentworth local government area will have more support to improve their independence following a stay in hospital with the opening of four new Transitional Aged Care ...
The Far West Local Health District has increased the ways you can find out what’s going on within your health service by installing a TV information screen in the Broken ...
The Menindee Health Service is opening its doors to the public tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 April) to celebrate its 10th anniversary since it opened in its current premises. The Open Day ...
Youth Week 2016 – Introducing Hump Day Raising awareness of sexual health for young people NSW Health has partnered with the Department of Family and Community Services to promote sexual ...
More than one in three people 65 years or older fall at least once a year and aged care residents are even more at risk with up to half of ...
Student dietitians from the University of Sydney are teaming up with the Aged Care Teams at Broken Hill Health Service to tackle nutrition issues in the elderly residents of Broken ...
The Far West Local Health District is upgrading its computer systems to help keep track of and improve access to patients’ health information. The first phase of this important project ...
A former Broken Hill student who is currently studying Medical Radiation Science at university in Wagga Wagga is the recipient of the 2016 David Bowler Memorial Award $5,000 scholarship. Ms ...
Broken Hill Hospital continues to perform well in the latest data released by the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) with favourable Emergency Department waiting times and elective surgery patients having ...
The health benefits of being happy will be promoted at the Broken Hill hospital when International Day of Happiness is celebrated on Tuesday, 15 March. The celebration will be held ...
Money raised at an Auction Night has been used to buy equipment for the Broken Hill Hospital Physiotherapy Department to support local women with breast cancer. Over $10,000 was raised ...
A collaborative integrated program to monitor at home people with chronic conditions and those patients at risk of developing a chronic condition as a way to prevent unplanned hospital admissions ...
The many volunteers who contribute their time and effort to the health service will be thanked and recognised at a special morning tea to be held at the Broken Hill ...
Move2Music is set to kick off for 2016 on next Tuesday, 8 March from 1.30 until 3.30pm at the Coomealla Memorial Sporting Club. The facilitators are looking forward to this ...
The extremely popular free Tai Chi program run by the Far West Local Health District is scheduled to recommence in early March. Two information sessions to explain all about Tai ...
The Far West Local Health District Communicable Diseases team is warning of an increase in gastroenteritis currently circulating in the Broken Hill community. There has been an increase in people ...
Denise McCallum and Kelly Dart from Far West LHD were among 35 senior clinicians to graduate the Clinical Excellence Commission’s (CEC) Executive Clinical Leadership Program on Friday, 12 February 2016. ...
High temperatures are expected during the coming week in rural NSW. Western and Far Western NSW Local Health Districts are urging residents to follow some simple precautions to beat the ...
The Far West Local Health District has today welcomed 18 new Registered Nurses (RNs) and Midwives (RMs) to its workforce for 2016. The 18 nurses and midwives will begin their ...
Services have been expanded at the local hospital to take pressure off the emergency department whilst speeding up treatment for patients and their discharge home. The expanded services include a ...
The sweet melody of a piano playing in the hospital foyer has been made possible thanks to the generosity of the Y Men’s Club of Broken Hill. The service club ...
To mark the start of a New Year, dietitians are throwing their support behind the people of Broken Hill to help them eat better to feel better. The call comes ...
Have you experienced a level of care or service that goes just that bit further than you expected and wanted the Health Service to know about it? Have you always ...
The Far West LHD and Broken Hill Hospital has welcomed a particularly large cohort of Junior Medical Officers (JMO) to the workforce for 2016. The group of 14 consist of ...
Delicious pancakes will be on sale in the hospital foyer from 11.30am-1pm on Tuesday 9th February to raise funds for the local Cancer Network and mark the launch of the ...
Locals are invited to participate in a consumer survey to help the Far West Local Health District better understand the health habits of our community and the issues people face ...
The Broken Hill and District Community Cancer Network (BHDCCN) has surpassed its annual fundraising goal thanks to a fantastic effort by the North Football Club and its supporters. The Cancer ...
The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting that there will be very high temperatures in parts of NSW over the coming days and Far West Local Health District is urging people ...
The Broken Hill Health Service is invoking the power of ‘Ruby Red Socks’ to help prevent hospital patients from having a fall and reduce the risk of serious injury. The ...
The Far West Local Health District has congratulated Ms Eleanor Blows who was named the 2015 Senior Volunteer of the Year at the NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards held ...
The Physiotherapy Department at the Broken Hill Hospital has received two new hand lasers to help treat patients thanks to a generous donation by the Broken Hill Breast Cancer Support ...
Broken Hill Hospital continues to perform well in the latest data released by the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) with favourable Emergency Department waiting times and no elective surgery patients ...
NSW Health has advised that from Tuesday, 1 December it is against the law to use an e-cigarette in a car while a child under the age of 16 is ...
Ivanhoe’s redeveloped HealthOne facility was officially opened today by Parliamentary Secretary for Regional and Rural Health and Western NSW Sarah Mitchell and Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries. The $2.5 million ...
Nominations are now open for the 2016 David Bowler Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is an annual grant (currently $5000) funded by the Broken Hill Health Service and the Broken Hill ...
A cardiac rehabilitation program in Menindee has won an Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) award at the annual Rural Health and Research Congress held in Armidale on 4-6 November. Barbara ...
Health Workers from Broken Hill and Dareton will be sharing stories and challenging their balance as part of a training program with a focus on preventing falls. Karen Lloyd, Stepping ...
World AIDS Day, on 1 December, provides an important opportunity for us to remember those who have lost their lives to HIV and AIDS and to show support for people ...
The Far West Local Health District is looking for people living in Broken Hill to join a consumer focus group as part of its Staying Healthy Integrated Care Program to ...
Three local health service volunteers will be winging their way to Sydney to attend the 2015 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards with Rex Airlines sponsoring two of the flights. ...
The Far West Local Health District’s highly successful School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBATs) program will continue next week with another ten new students enrolled today. The students will be ...
Perinatal Depression & Anxiety BBQ and Awareness Event The Broken Hill Hospital Maternity Unit will be raising awareness about perinatal mental health issues as part of Perinatal Depression and Anxiety ...
A new education program for carers of people diagnosed with cancer is being offered in Broken Hill by the Far West LHD. The diagnosis of cancer and the following treatment ...
Having to travel away from the far west to access health services can be very daunting, but if this is happening because of a recent cancer diagnosis it can make ...
The Far West Local Health District congratulates Broken Hill nurse Karen Kemp who was named the NSW Health Volunteer of the Year at a gala function held in Sydney on ...
The Y’s Men’s club of Broken Hill have donated $1,000 to the Broken Hill and District Community Cancer Network (BHDCCN) to enhance the experience of the many families affected by ...
Most patients admitted to a hospital in the Far West Local Health District in 2014 were positive about their experiences, shown in results in the Snapshot – Adult Admitted Patient ...
The Broken Hill hospital Emergency Department (ED) will trial a new triage system to speed up the time the sickest patients are seen for treatment. The trial – called ‘EDRaPT: ...
October is Safe Work Australia Month and the Broken Hill Health Service is celebrating by raising awareness of the importance of workplace safety. Ms Morgan Morris, Broken Hill Health Service ...
Improving sexual health information and STI testing for young people in Far West NSW Young people aged 15-26 years have the highest rates of Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) in NSW ...
Far West residents can learn all about prostate cancer from respected urologist Dr Tim Nicholson during a special seminar broadcast across western NSW using Telehealth facilities. Dr Nicholson will give ...
The Far West Local Health District is throwing out a challenge for towns throughout the far west to register for the second NSW Healthy Town Challenge. The NSW Office of ...
This week is National Carers Week and there are many people who provide support to someone with a mental illness, disability, chronic illness or who is frail and aged. They ...
Priscilla Stanley, Coordinator Communicable Diseases in Far West Local health District (LHD) is warning the peak of the viral gastroenteritis season is approaching, with recent increases in cases in the ...
October is Mental Health Month in NSW and the Far West Local Health District’s Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Team is celebrating in style to raise awareness of mental ...
The recently released 2015 YourSay Survey conducted across the NSW public health system found the majority of staff in the Far West Local Health District are proud to be a ...
Health Council members will network and exchange ideas on how to improve health services across the Far West when they meet in Broken Hill this week to attend the Far ...
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and the Broken Hill Cancer Services will have an information and awareness stall in the hospital foyer on Wednesday, 16 September to answer all ...
A world renowned rheumatologist and epidemiologist, Professor Lyn March, will be in Broken Hill next week to talk about musculoskeletal conditions and management strategies at the Far West Local Health ...
The diagnosis of cancer and the following treatment journey can be confusing and at times, overwhelming for the person who has cancer, their carers and family. The Broken Hill Hospital’s ...
Free Aqua Leader training is again being offered to train Local Health District staff, community workers and volunteers as Aqua Fitness Leaders. The workshops will be run at the Mildura ...
The Far West Local Health Service is employing a ‘sunflower’ to improve the care for confused older persons when they are patients in the hospital. The Sunflower Communication Tool is ...
New laws banning the sale of electronic cigarettes and e-cigarette accessories to children come into effect in NSW today. The Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2008 was amended in June, creating ...
Melissa Welsh from Far West Local Health District has graduated from the Agency for Clinical Innovation Centre for Healthcare Redesign at a ceremony in Sydney on Friday, 21 August, 2015. ...
For the first time since blood lead testing began in Broken Hill in 1991, no child has had a blood lead level above 29ug/dL in their first test, according to ...
Two local mental health nurses are confident the Far West Local Health District and its mental health consumers will ultimately benefit when they participate in a mentoring program in a ...
The Far West Local Health District is supporting World Breastfeeding week which is celebrated annually from 1-7 August. This year the theme is “Breastfeeding and Work, Let’s make it Work” ...
Briana Bartley and Annette Walker from Far West Local Health District were among a group of more than 40 senior clinicians to graduate in the 13th cohort of the Clinical ...
‘Time for Action’ Anyone who may think they are at risk of or are living with Hepatitis B and C across the Far West are being encouraged during NSW Hepatitis ...
Broken Hill locals with chronic pain are benefiting from a partnership between the State Library, the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) and the Far West LHD. The partnership is bringing ...
Local students can learn all about the variety of nursing and allied health careers available to them here by attending the Careers Expo on Wednesday (22 July) at the Broken ...
Mental Health Community Concerts wins the Health Innovation award A project representing a major innovation in connecting rural and remote communities and providing access to health information has won the ...
Excellence and innovative work in the Far West Local Health District that has improved patient care and safety will be celebrated by the health service at an Awards ceremony on ...
Visitors to the Broken Hill Hospital will be encouraged to engage their artistic talents and draw a portrait of someone special in their life when the health service once again ...
Finding information about clinics and health specialists visiting your town can sometimes be difficult but that’s been made easier with a new online resource called RHUBI (Remote Health Unit Business ...
With more than half of NSW adults and almost a quarter of children overweight or obese, a new NSW Health campaign is encouraging people to make simple diet and exercise ...
Far West Local Health District is joining in with the community to celebrate NAIDOC Week (5-12 July). The Health Service will be holding a Morning Tea at 11am on Tuesday, ...
The Broken Hill Health Service is launching a holistic maternity service model that allows pregnant women to have continuity of care with a known midwife during pregnancy, birth and the ...
The extremely popular Far West Local Health District’s Tai Chi for Health program will recommence on Wednesday 24th June at 10am at South Broken Hill Golf Club. Tai Chi can ...
The continued great work by the Broken Hill Hospital Kiosk volunteers will culminate with a single donation this year to the hospital to buy equipment specifically requested by management. The ...
A former Broken Hill student who is currently studying Occupational Therapy at university in Adelaide is the recipient of the 2015 David Bowler Memorial Award $5,000 scholarship. Ms Ashton Grose ...
NSW Health is reminding the community that from 6 July 2015, all commercial outdoor dining areas in NSW, including hotels, clubs, restaurants and cafes will be smoke-free, under the Smoke-free ...
Drug Action Week (15-21 June) The Far West Local Health District encourages residents to assess how much alcohol they drink and/or their use of drugs during Drug Action Week (15-21 ...
The BH Miners Baseball Club has once more supported local cancer patients following a successful Masters Baseball Tournament held here over the Queen’s Birthday Weekend. The club has given $1,336.00 ...
More Far West residents are accessing a free telephone based information and coaching program to lose weight, increase physical activity and make healthy lifestyle changes. There was a 165% increase ...
The Broken Hill Maternity Unit has gratefully accepted a Cuddle Cot which will be used on the Maternity Unit when a woman has experienced a stillbirth. The Cuddle Cot was ...
Broken Hill Hospital staff will be supporting the Heart Foundation’s Go Red for Women Day on Friday (5 June) to help raise awareness and funding to battle the single biggest ...
A full range of podiatry services will be available to communities in Broken Hill and remote areas of the Far West of NSW thanks to a new partnership between Far ...
Around 10 per cent of HIV positive people may be unaware they are infected, a statistic NSW Health is looking to change. From 1st June – 7th June, NSW Health ...
National Palliative Care Week runs from Sunday 24th – Saturday 30th May 2015. The Broken Hill Palliative Care Team will be available in the Broken Hill Hospital foyer from 8.30am-12.30pm ...
The Far West Local Health District has acknowledged exceptional performance amongst its nursing staff by presenting three individual nurse awards and one nursing team award for 2015. The awards were ...
The Far West Local Health District, Far West NSW Medicare Local and the Broken Hill GP Super Clinic are combining clinical expertise and resources to implement the NSW Health Agency ...
International Nurse Day – 12 May 2015 FWLHD to present Nurse of the Year Awards for 2015 “Nurses: a Force for Change – Care Effective, Cost Effective” Nurses across the ...
A simple and quick medical screening procedure to detect a potentially deadly condition in older men will once again be offered free in Broken Hill. All men in Broken Hill ...
Local midwives will be celebrating International Day of the Midwife on Friday (1 May) and are hoping to raise funds so local women can have the option of a water ...
Excitement is building in Ivanhoe as construction is scheduled to start soon on a new $2.4 million redevelopment of the existing health service into a HealthOne facility. Ausco Modular was ...
Youth Week 2015 – It Starts With Us Improving sexual health information and STI testing for young people in Far West NSW Young people aged 15-24 years have the highest ...
The Broken Hill Hospital has once more gained accreditation as a Baby Friendly hospital for breastfeeding mothers – the only NSW hospital to do so for a third consecutive time. ...
NSW Health will now provide free vaccinations against pertussis (whooping cough) to pregnant women during their third trimester, after evidence showed it lessened the risk of infants catching the potentially ...
Public oral health services in Broken Hill, particularly those aimed at children, have received a boost recently following the appointment of an Oral Health Therapist at the Morgan Street Child ...
The renovation for the Broken Hill Health Service Maternity Unit is now complete with the landscaping of a garden outside the birthroom and artwork installed into the garden to provide ...
One in three people older than 65 have a fall each year. Having a fall at home or out in the community can have devastating consequences for the individual both ...
Smoking is a health hazard and there is no safe level of exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke but some people still continue to smoke, including on the grounds of the ...
Pregnant women or women intending to become pregnant who wish to give up smoking can get help from a new Health Service program. The ‘GUS’ – Give Up Smoking for ...
A High Tea at the Golf Club will be held for local senior citizens to celebrate Seniors Week courtesy of the Broken Hill Health Council and HACC Community Transport. The ...
A special morning tea will be held tomorrow (Tuesday, 24 February) for the many volunteers who give their time and effort to the local health service. The morning tea is ...
The Far West Local Health District has today welcomed 15 new Registered Nurses (RNs) and Midwives (RMs) to its workforce for 2015. The 15 nurses and midwives will begin their ...
Parents of children with asthma can now attend a new clinic at the Broken Hill Health Service that is aimed at improving the quality of care of their children. The ...
Locals are being encouraged to cook more fresh meals at home as a healthier alternative to take away, which is being promoted during Healthy Weight Week (February 16-22) by the ...
Ten students start a school-based apprenticeship and traineeship with the Health Service this week by learning all about the environment they will be working in over the next two years. ...
Far West Local Health District is urging people to take the risk of heat-related illness seriously with hot weather predicted to return over the weekend and into next week. Ingo ...
Locals have an opportunity to say what public health nutrition services they wish to have by taking part in a survey being conducted by the Broken Hill Hospital’s Dietetics Department. ...
The Stepping On falls prevention program has been secured to run again throughout 2015 and is open to residents of Broken Hill wishing to reduce their risk of falls. The ...
Three young doctors have begun their medical careers at the Broken Hill Hospital as interns in a continuing positive development of the Far West LHD’s medical workforce. The interns began ...
Twenty Health Workers including three from Broken Hill will be sharing stories and strapping on leg weights as part of a training program being held in Dubbo focusing on preventing ...
The Far West Local Health District’s School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBATs) program was today officially launched by the Hon. Melinda Pavey, Parliamentary Secretary for Regional and Rural Health, on ...
A website with the latest information about when and where different health services are available in the far west was launched today by the Far West Local Health District. NSW ...
World AIDS Day is observed worldwide on 1 December each year. This year Far West NSW Local Health District (LHD) will join hundreds of events taking place throughout NSW to ...
A severe storm which destroyed crops in the Wentworth Gol Gol area on Saturday, 22 November has raised concerns about its impact on mental health. Whilst there were no reports ...
The Far West Local Health District is promoting Antibiotic Awareness Week (17-23 November) to focus on addressing inappropriate antibiotic use and the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics are used ...
Far West LHD staff are highlighting chronic diseases this week to celebrate World Diabetes Day and World COPD Day which both fall in November. The public are invited find out ...
Far West Local Health District wishes to publicly congratulate staff member Janet Daley for being a finalist in the NSW Health Awards Volunteer of the Year category. Mrs Daley volunteers ...
Now that spring is here, many of us may be thinking of improving our health and fitness. However, making changes to eat healthier, be more active or lose some weight ...
Sunday 26th October is ‘Stress Less Day’, the perfect opportunity for everyone to appreciate the good things in our lives and taking time to practice gratitude. Stress Less Day is ...
Women’s Health nursing services at the hospital will soon be provided from the Child and Family Health Centre on Oxide Street to bring all like services under the same roof. ...
Safety is a frame of mind The Broken Hill Health Service will be celebrating Safe Work Month (October) 2014 and local children are invited to join in by competing in ...
The Far West Local Health District Communicable Diseases team is warning of an increase in gastroenteritis currently circulating in the Broken Hill community. There has been an increase in people ...
Free Aqua Leader training is again being offered to train Local Health District staff, community workers and volunteers as Aqua Fitness Leaders. The workshops will be run at the Mildura ...
Pregnant women will have the same midwife throughout their pregnancy including after birth under a new model of care being developed by the Far West Local Health District. The new ...
Health Council members will network and exchange ideas on how to improve health services across the Far West when they meet in Broken Hill this week to attend the Far ...
Wentworth HACC Community Transport are delighted their clients will be travelling in style after taking delivery of a new bus. The brand new Toyota Coaster can seat 17 passengers and ...
It is World Sepsis Day (WSD) tomorrow (Saturday, 13 September) and the Far West Local Health District is promoting the awareness of sepsis with a number of staff activities next ...
Far West Local Health District today recognised the start of Stroke Awareness Week (8-14 September) to raise awareness of the impact of stroke. Stroke is Australia’s second biggest killer after ...
Being confident in all areas of your life has significant health benefits. Large numbers of women struggle with confidence, which may negatively influence their health. The Jean Hailes Women’s Health ...
Today the Far West Local Health District is pleased to announce an observational documentary will be made for the ABC based on the Emergency Department at the Broken Hill Hospital. ...
The Broken Hill Hospital operating theatre has the use of a new colonoscope thanks to a generous donation by the Broken Hill Contribution Fund. The colonoscope is valued at $29,500. ...
Far West Local Health District and the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) to hold ‘Climate Change and The Bush’ hypothetical and workshop in Broken Hill Keynote speaker Professor Tim ...
The Far West Local Health District (LHD) is for the first time offering local students the chance to launch a career with the health service by taking on a traineeship ...
Staff from Pathology West – Broken Hill will sell cupcakes and raffle tickets whilst sporting an array of superhero outfits to help raise funds for Bear Cottage’s Superhero Week. Bear ...
Far West Communicable Diseases team are warning the public to be on high alert for influenza as the influenza season hits western NSW. The number of people affected by influenza ...
A group of volunteers will be giving support to patients who have dementia/delirium or are a palliative care patient requiring extra support under a new project being piloted in the ...
Businesses that provide drinking water to customers where the water is not from a Council water supply need to develop and adhere to a ‘quality assurance program’ by 1 September ...
Breastfeeding tents at local football and soccer games All the local football codes are being encouraged to support mothers who breastfeed and the benefits it provides for babies as part ...
World Hepatitis Day on 28th July marks the beginning of NSW Hepatitis Awareness Week. The word hepatitis means inflammation or swelling of the liver. It can be caused by chemicals ...
Balranald Health Councillors have been very active in in their community implementing their Health Council Action with a 100% success rate. The Balranald Health Council developed the Action Plan in ...
The Hospital Kiosk will be selling KeepCups as a new fundraising initiative that will benefit the Hospital and also the environment. KeepCups are reusable cups – they can be used ...
Visitors to the Hospital’s FastTrack Clinic have a new TV to watch whilst waiting thanks to the Hot Cross Bundraiser run by the Kiosk Auxiliary and Bakers Delight earlier this ...
Far West locals are benefiting from a partnership between the State Library, the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) and the Far West Local Health District. The partnership is bringing the ...
Far West Mental Health Recovery Centre wins the Health Innovation award A project representing a major innovation in design and workforce strategy in mental health care has won the 2014 ...
The Far West Local Health District today celebrated its staff that had excelled in customer service and had contributed to an exceptional level. At a ceremony today, FWLHD Chief Executive, ...
Around 10 per cent of HIV positive people in NSW may be unaware they are infected, a statistic NSW Health is looking to change. NSW Health will stage HIV Testing ...
The Far West Local Health District is urging everyone during National Diabetes Week (13-19 July) to stop and think about diabetes – Australia’s fastest growing chronic disease. As many as ...
It is vitally important for women over 40 to have regular breast screens to combat cancer and a new promotional tool to highlight this has found its way to the ...
Members of the Wilcannia community with an interest in the future of health services are being encouraged to nominate for appointment to the Wilcannia Health Council. Far West Local Health ...
People are invited to hear a cancer survivor talk about her treatment experiences – including the ups and downs and survivorship issues – at the BH Haematology Support Group meeting ...
Getting an x-ray at the Broken Hill Hospital will be quicker and easier following installation of a new $400,000 x-ray machine. The hospital’s Medical Imaging Department has had a new ...
A report on recent consultations on future health services for the Wentworth LGA has been released for public review by the Far West Local Health District. The report was compiled ...
A local girl studying to be a physiotherapist and who wants to work at the Broken Hill Hospital when she graduates has been awarded the 2014 David Bowler Memorial Award. ...
Local businesses and patrons have taken the initiative in ensuring tastier, healthier meals by clearing the air in preparation for incoming smoke-free legislation. The new legislation, effective 6 July 2015, ...
It is important to know the risk of chronic kidney disease and the health service is highlighting this as part of Kidney Health Week (25-31 May 2014). The Broken Hill ...
People in the Wentworth LGA have an opportunity to have a direct influence on how their health services now and in the future can be designed to better meet the ...
The Far West Local Health District has acknowledged exceptional performance amongst its nursing staff by presenting four individual nurse awards and one nursing team award for 2014. The awards were ...
The Far West Local Health District will recognise the contribution volunteers make to the health service and their community during National Volunteer Week (12-18 May). The theme for this year’s ...
The Far West Local Health Service will be acknowledging and recognising nurses across its workforce on International Nurses Day (Monday, 12 May 2014) for their commitment to helping others. Far ...
A Broken Hill and District Community Cancer Network (BHDCCN) is being launched next week to support local patients receiving cancer treatments. The network will be hosted by the Far West ...
The simply act of washing your hands is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of disease. The Far West Local Health District highlighting this fact with ...
A new website boasting the latest information and advice about lead will go live this weekend, as the Lead Health Program adopts a new, fresh look. “The Broken Hill Lead ...
The Far West Local Health District will be at Agfair promoting “Healthy Communities” and asking people to tell us what their personal health priorities are. The feedback from the public ...
Local midwives are celebrating International Day of the Midwife on Monday (5 May) and are inviting the public to join them to help pregnant women in developing countries. Broken Hill ...
In a major boost to developing the medical workforce for Far West Local Health District, the Broken Hill Hospital will directly employ medical interns from January 2015. The hospital has ...
He is cute, new, cuddly and fun… Lead Ted Jnr is in town! Parents and older siblings may remember Lead Ted raising awareness about lead in our town. Now, Lead ...
A new General Manager has been appointed for the Broken Hill Health Service. Ms Jane Corcoran comes to the position with extensive experience and knowledge in developing and managing pathology ...
The Broken Hill Hospital Kiosk Auxiliary and local Bakers Delight are again teaming up in a pre-Easter sale of hot cross buns to raise money for the hospital. Local Bakers ...
The public are invited to join in a ‘Memory Walk’ being organised by City Council’s Far West Dementia Advisory Service to raise awareness and educate the community about Alzheimers and ...
Local health workers from across the area will be coming together to find out more about the Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service and how it can help individuals reduce ...
Primary schools across the Far West have the opportunity to come on board to implement the Live Life Well @ School program that encourages students to eat well and be ...
Morgan Street Public School’s Canteen Supervisor Marni Robb has been announced as a finalist for the Healthy Kid’s Association state-wide School Canteen Recognition Awards. The Canteen Recognition Awards are offered ...
The Kiosk Auxiliary which runs the hospital’s Kiosk will for the first time direct their annual fundraising efforts to a single major purchase for the health service. All money raised ...
The many volunteers who contribute their time and efforts to the local health service will be applauded today (Monday, 24 February) with a special morning tea. A special morning tea ...
The Far West Local Health District’s dental services have been boosted with the addition of two new dental graduates. A new oral health therapist and dentist will help reduce waiting ...
Children’s artworks created whilst they were a patient in the Broken Hill Hospital will be on display for all to see to celebrate the successful conclusion of the health service’s ...
Choosing unhealthy foods costs Broken Hill families nearly double, new research conducted locally has found. A family of four will have to fork out over $400 each week for unhealthy ...
It’s that time again! Time for the Stepping On falls prevention program. The Occupational Therapy department at the Broken Hill Health Service is again running this program for older people ...
The extremely popular Tai Chi programs run by the Far West Local Health District are scheduled to recommence in early March. An information day to explain all about Tai Chi ...
Locals are encouraged to get on board Australia’s Healthy Weight Week this year by focussing on a long term view to obtaining a healthy weight and motivate themselves to kick-start ...
Cancer treatment staff have a new tool to help in the early detection and treatment of lymphoedema thanks to a generous donation by the Breast Cancer Support Network. Lymphoedema can ...
Cancer patients receiving treatment in the Broken Hill Oncology and Ambulatory Care Unit will soon notice nine new artworks on the walls, aimed at making their time sitting in treatment ...
Children playing outdoors at the Broken Hill Child and Family Health Centre can do so under the cover of shade thanks to a generous donation of shade sails by the ...
The Far West Local Health District has welcomed 21 new Registered Nurses and Midwives to its workforce. The 21 nurses and midwives will begin their nursing careers here as part ...
You may have made a New Year’s Resolution to be healthier and exercise more…..but well into January are they starting to back up? Research suggests that only 1 in 12 ...
School leavers, those looking to change careers or people with an interest in caring for others are being encouraged by Far West Local Health District to apply for 300 scholarships ...
Almost all of the Far West LHD will experience temperatures expected to reach above 40 this week and the health service is urging people to take the risk of heat-related ...
The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting that Western and North Western Regions will be affected by a heat wave over the coming days. Almost all of the Far West NSW ...
Members of Health Councils from across the Far West Local Health District (LHD) will be meeting in Broken Hill on Monday, 16 December to attend the inaugural Far West Local ...
The Festive Season is upon us once again and the Broken Hill Health Service Maternity Unit is advising pregnant women to stay well hydrated during their pregnancy, particularly in the ...
The second Annual Public Meeting of the Far West Local Health District Board will be held on Monday, 16 December 2013. The meeting will provide an opportunity for the public ...
Broken Hill Health Service is throwing its support behind a campaign to end HIV. On Saturday, 30th November 2013 the Health Service will recognise the importance of World AIDS Day ...
Blood lead levels in Broken Hill children aged under five years remain below the current level of concern for the majority of children tested, according to the annual blood lead ...
Far West Cancer Services will be holding an education event titled “Lumps, Bumps and Balls” for the public on Wednesday, 27 November 2013. The event will provide valuable information for ...
Three local health service volunteers will be winging their way to Sydney to attend the State Volunteer of the Year award finals thanks to the generosity of Rex Airlines and ...
An education day for local Health Service staff covering a wide variety of palliative care and end of life care topics has attracted over 70 participants. The Palliative & End ...
Broken Hill Health Service is launching a new reminder service for Specialist Clinic appointments from Monday 18 November. Reminders will be sent out by voice message to home telephones for ...
The public are invited to have a first look at the Broken Hill Health Service’s new Sub-Acute Rehabilitation Unit which will soon be open for patients. An ‘Open Day’ for ...
The Rotary Club of Broken Hill has donated a much needed piece of equipment to the hospital Maternity Unit following an approach by the Broken Hill Health Council. The Maternity ...
Free Aqua Leader training is being offered in Broken Hill and Mildura to train community workers or volunteers as Aquafitness Leaders. The two-day workshops will be run at Broken Hill ...
Far West Area Health Service is proud to announce that it will be represented at the prestigious NSW Health Awards Symposium this Friday, 11 October 2013. The Intangible Storytelling Project ...
Locals once again have the opportunity to learn how to prevent falls and stay healthy by joining the latest “Stepping On” program starting on Thursday, 10 October. The seven-week Stepping ...
International Overdose Awareness Day (Saturday 31 August) is a key remembrance event marked across the world for those who have died from fatal drug overdoses since 2001. The day was ...
Every day more than 1.1 million Australians have difficulty communicating says local speech pathologist Lucinda Norman, who is raising awareness for Speech Pathology Week in the Far West community. “By ...
The award-winning Intangible Storytelling Project featuring the personal stories of carers of people with a mental illness has won another award. The project by the Family and Carer Mental Health ...
In what is great news for the Far West Region, the Far West NSW Medicare Local has been successful in recruiting a Visiting Dermatologist and is working in close partnership ...
Local National Rugby League (NRL) and the Far West Local Health District have joined forces on a Women’s Health Awareness Initiative to be held at the rugby league game in ...
It is World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7) and local breastfeeding advocates have planned two events to celebrate the occasion. This Friday (2 August) a morning tea will be held for ...
Career choices in the variety of health professions available across the Far West Local Health District will be on show at the 2013 Careers Expo. Far West LHD staff will ...
Far West Local Health District is recognising National Healthy Bones Week (4-10 August) and is urging people to look after their bones, no matter what age they are. In Australia ...
Children staying in the Paediatric Ward at the local hospital have $1,000 worth of new toys to play with following a generous donation. Local McDonald’s owners Mark and Maryanne Craven ...
A collection of new wigs are available for loan to Far West cancer patients thanks to a donation from the Panteen Beautiful Length Program in partnership with Look Good Feel ...
A call for locals to join a Tai Chi class to improve their health has had an overwhelming response with two full classes now scheduled. Locals responded enthusiastically to a ...
A project telling the stories of carers of people with a mental illness has won the Judges Excellence Award in the 2013 Far West Local Health District Health Innovation Awards. ...
The Far West Local Health District today celebrated its staff who had excelled in customer service and had contributed to an exceptional level. At a ceremony today, FWLHD Chief Executive, ...
The Far West Local Health District is celebrating excellent and innovative work in the organisation which has improved patient care and safety with an awards ceremony on Thursday (18 July). ...
It is Diabetes Awareness Week (14-20 July) and Far West Local Health District staff will be holding a health promotion stall in the hospital foyer on Thursday, 18 July. Carrie ...
The Far West Local Health District is inviting residents to join its Tai Chi program. Tai Chi is an enjoyable exercise that can help relieve pain, improve your health and ...
Since 2011 the Occupational Therapy department at the health service has been offering the Stepping On program. The community may have heard about this program before, or may have been ...
Local research into the affordability of buying healthy food for a healthy diet has found that it can cost less than compared to the average Australian’s expenditure on food. The ...
Local GPs and practice nurses can under a new project launched by the Health Service refer patients recently diagnosed with cancer to the Broken Hill-based Cancer Care Co-ordinator in a ...
Local breastfeeding women can now meet in a comfortable environment to support each other following the formation of the Breastfeeding Support Group. “The establishment of the group will provide much ...
Most of us are aware that eating too much sugar is not good for us. Studies have provided conclusive evidence to confirm our increased consumption of refined foods, especially starchy ...
Drug Action Week (June 16 to 22) is an annual national awareness initiative endorsed by the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA). Drug Action Week aims to raise ...
Local oncology patients are keeping their cool thanks to the donation of a brand new fridge to the local Oncology Unit courtesy of a local fundraising group. A group of ...
The fight against harmful bugs in the Broken Hill Hospital has been strengthened with the acquisition of an extra Nocospray unit thanks to generosity of the Silver City Workingmen’s Club. ...
Far West Local Health District is calling on local residents to nominate outstanding nurses and midwives in the NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards. The inaugural awards, which opened ...