Safety & Quality Account 2020-21 | 2021-22 Future Priorities

About WSLHD WSLHD Safety & Quality Account

WSLHD is one of 15 Local Health Districts (LHDs) in the NSW Health system and serves the second largest and fastest growing population in NSW.

WSLHD provides a range of primary and secondary health care services for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Holroyd and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGA) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. WSLHD strives to be a leader in contemporary health care delivery in meeting the needs of each individual to improve their health and wellbeing and working in partnership to deliver better health outcomes. Western Sydney is home to a large population comprised of socioeconomic and cultural diversity with: • One of the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in NSW (2.8%) • An ageing population - it is forecasted from 2016-2026, there will be a 59% increase in people aged 70 years or over and a 54% increase in people aged 85 years and over (ABS 2016 Census) • Cultural and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities - 46.8% of residents were born overseas and 50.3% of people speak a language other than English at home (ABS 2016 Census).

OUR COMMUNITY

Percentage of people who were born overseas 44.3%

Percentage of people who identify as an Aboriginal Person 3% (13,400, majority live in Blacktown LGA) Estimated population 2020 1,054,215 Language other than English 50.3% (71% live in Cumberland LGA)

We are committed to directing more of our resources to priority

groups in our community, including: children, young people and families, people living with a mental illness, older people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

peoples, people with chronic and complex conditions, and people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

PHOTO: Auburn Dialysis

Kickstarter Recipient. Sonia Shalala (Patient),

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