NSW Health WSLHD Volunteer Manual

2. WSLHD Services & History

Westmead Hospital Westmead Hospital opened on 10 November 1978 as a specialised tertiary referral hospital for the western metropolitan area. Westmead Hospital is known for its comprehensive and highly specialised services provided to the western Sydney community, statewide and nationally. Westmead Hospital is a member of the Westmead Health Precinct, with close relationships to The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, the University of Sydney, the Westmead Institute for Medical Research, and the Children’s Medical Research Institute making it one of the largest health, education, research and training precincts in Australia. The new Central Acute Services Building was officially opened in March 2021 – the centrepiece of the more than $1 billion Westmead Health Precinct redevelopment. Auburn Hospital Auburn Hospital was first opened as the “Granville Electorate Cottage Hospital” in November 1907. It was derived from a movement that aimed to establish a health care facility to cover the area from Granville to Lidcombe. Auburn Hospital is a teaching hospital of the University Of Notre Dame and serves a unique population with 60 per cent of local residents born overseas. Auburn Hospital is networked with Westmead Hospital. Blacktown Hospital celebrated 50 years of service to the community in 2015. Initially opening in 1965 with the capacity for 160 beds. Mount Druitt Hospital opened in 1982 with the capacity for 200 beds. It was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 11 October 1982, and was designed by Lawrence Nield in 1980. Mt Druitt hospital had a major refurbishment in 2016-2018, extending the theatre capacity, ED and oral health as well as new Dialysis Unit. This site also includes the 16 bed Supportive and Palliative Care Unit which is the only specialised facility for palliative patients in Western Sydney, it was refurbished in 2020. Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals

Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals (BMDH) are now a single hospital operating across two campuses and is a leading tertiary care hospital following an expansion project costing more than $700 million. The Clinical Services Building was opened in 2016. Services include cardiology, respiratory, aged care and rehabilitation wards, 40 carer zones, a cancer centre, ante-natal clinics, pathology, pharmacy and neurophysiology. This expansion stage increased the bed capacity by 170. The Acute Services Building was opened in 2019. This building has purpose built spaces for the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit. Sterilizing Services, Peri-operative services, Maternity and Women’s Health Services, Paediatrics, Newborn Care and Birthing Unit. Currently there are 534 beds in BMDH. BMDH covers one of the fastest growing geographic populations in NSW as well as the most culturally diverse LGA’s including the largest urban Aboriginal population in the state. Cumberland Western Sydney Local Health District Mental Health Services (MHS) support people across their lifespan with a range of mental illnesses and disorders from prevention through to early detection and intervention, triage, assessment, acute and sub-acute care, and various levels of treatment and ongoing support in the community

NSW Aboriginal Health Plan 2013-2023

The NSW Aboriginal Health Plan 2013-2023 is part of a NSW Government commitment toward closing the gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal people. Over the next ten years the Plan provides unique opportunities for NSW Health to re-examine the best ways of working together and redesigning health services to achieve health equity. For more information go to

https://www1.health.nsw.gov.au/pds/ ActivePDSDocuments/PD2012_066.pdf

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Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) Volunteer Manual