SWAHS Web Directory
Our aim is to provide the best healthcare for our community, and provide easy access to our services.
In the near future we will provide a full directory of our services. Please be patient while we develop this section of our site.
SWAHS
About Sydney West Area Health Service
Web Site Legal Information, Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement
Non Clinical Services
Careers and Employment
Employment opportunities in SWAHS
Cedar Cottage
The New South Wales Pre-Trial Diversion of Offenders Program
(child sexual assault)
Junior Medical
Staff Positions
This contains both positions for 2004 and current vacancies
HealthLink
Directories
HealthLink Directories is a Consumer Health Information service that produces
a range of local and national health and community information directories
New Street Adolescent Service
An early intervention program for young people who have sexually abused
Pastoral Care
Pastoral Care offer a supportive presence to people in times of uncertainty
and difficulty
Research Office contacts
Social Work
Social Work is an integral part of patient services at Westmead Hospital.
Social Work Staff are available to assist patients and their families
with any personal or practical difficulties.
WIN - Western
Intergration Network
The Western Integrated Network (WIN) Program is a major reorganisation and
redevelopment of health services and facilities in Western Sydney.
Clinical Services (In alphabetical order)
Bone Marrow Transplant Service
We are the largest transplant centre in NSW, and among the largest in Australasia, performing allogeneic (from family or unrelated donors) and autologous (from self) bone marrow transplants (BMT) for the past 25 years.
The Westmead Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service (BIRS) was established in 1990 as a joint project of the Health Department and the Motor Accidents Authority. The service provides a range of rehabilitation options for people with traumatic brain injury, their families and friends.
Community
Health
Community Health Centres in Western Sydney
Centre for Health Services Research
Based at Westmead, staff of the Centre for Health Services Research conduct epidemiologic, health services and public health research; teach epidemiology, evidence-based medicine and public health; supervise Masters and PhD students; and provide direct support to clinicians and population health professionals and managers.
Centre for Research into Adolescents' Health - C.R.A.S.H.
Emergency Departments in SWAHS
Junior
Medical Staff Positions
This contains both positions for 2004 and current vacancies
Patient and Visitor Services
Patient
Education
A growing section of our site offering a range of downloadable brochures and
booklets, and links to patient education programs.
Maps
We have developed a range of maps of hospital sand facilities in SWAHS. Many
are downloadable PDF files.
For Health Professionals
Centre for Research
into Adolescents' Health - C.R.A.S.H.
A website of the Sydney West Area Health Service which provides information
on the professionals associated with the Centre for Research into Adolescents’ Health,
its activities, support for school staff caring for young people with a chronic
illness and research reports.
Flour Fortification Initiative, Australia and New Zealand
Rheumatology
The department has both in- and out-patient facilities and research laboratories
for the treatment and study of rheumatic conditions. More recently rheumatology
units at Blacktown and Auburn Hospitals have integrated with Westmead Hospital
to form a Western Sydney Area Health Rheumatology Service.
Sexual Health
This website is primarily targeted at general practitioners and other health
care workers in Western Sydney. The website provides information on sexual
health services in the local government areas of Auburn, Parramatta, The
Hills, Holroyd and Blacktown/Mt Druitt.
Imaging
SWAHS Imaging Services
Population Health and Strategic Direction
Sydney West Area Health Service has a strong commitment to a population health
approach. Disease prevention and public health strategies combine to provide
a foundation to improve the quality of life and health of the diverse population
that we serve in Sydney West.
The essential theme underpinning the Directorate of Population Health and Strategic Direction is information, its use, production from existing data sources, distribution and review. It is the key tool for service development and corporate planning, performance monitoring, information management strategies and the population health functions encompassing health protection, health improvement, epidemiology and Aboriginal Health.
Library
Services
Medical Library Services for SWAHS
