District-wide & Specialist Services | Westmead Hospital - WSLHD

District-wide & Specialist Services

Aboriginal Health Unit: The Aboriginal Health Unit’s primary function is to work across Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) to improve access for Aboriginal People to health services.
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Allied Health: Allied Health clinicians work with medical and nursing staff, as part of the multidisciplinary team, in supporting all clinical specialties
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Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service: The Westmead Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service (BIRS) is located at Westmead Hospital and provides comprehensive specialised rehabilitation services to people with traumatic brain injury.
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Community based palliative care services: A multi-disciplinary team with expertise across healthcare, social work and pastoral care will deliver the service and provide support for the medical and psycho-social care needs of the patient and their family.
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Dental (Westmead Centre for Oral Health): A general and specialist oral health service as part of the comprehensive health care program of the Western Sydney Local Health District.
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Drug Health: The Drug Health Network provides care in the management of alcohol and drug problems for individuals, families and community organisations in Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD).
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Health Care Interpreter Service: Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) Health Care Interpreter Service (HCIS) is the major provider of interpreting and translating services for health care professionals in Western Sydney Local Health District (LHD),
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Integrated Violence Prevention & Response Service (IVPRS): Integrated Violence Prevention & Response Service (IVPRS) provide counselling and support for people impacted by abuse, neglect, sexual assault and domestic violence.
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Multicultural Health: Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) provides health services to some of the most culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) local government areas in New South Wales
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NSW Education Program on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

NSW Education Program on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): FGM (female circumcision) refers to the practice of partial or complete removal or cutting of the external female genitalia. The NSW Education Program on FGM aims to prevent the practice of FGM in NSW & minimise the health and psychological impacts.
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Nursing & Midwifery: Nursing and Midwifery Services in Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) provides advice on professional activities in developing, monitoring, implementing and reporting on all aspects of policy and workforce issues, clinical initiatives and professional activities provided by nurses and midwives.
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Population Health Services: The Centre for Population Health is responsible for a range of public health and health promotion programs that include multi-disciplinary partnerships aimed at building individual, community and organisational capacity to improve and sustain health.
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Public Health Unit: To protect the health of the population in the Western Sydney Local Health Districts, by providing professional, high quality public health services, education, research, information and interventions.
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Redbank House: Since the late 1970s Redbank House has provided a tertiary assessment and treatment centre for children, adolescents and their families experiencing severe, complex and treatment resistant mental health problems and disorders.
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The NSW Pre-Trial Diversion of Offenders Program (Cedar Cottage): Following a decision by the NSW Government not to renew the Pre-Trial Diversion of Offenders Regulation 2005, the regulation lapsed
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Translation Service: The Translation Service of WSLHD offers a full range of translation services and language consultancy in over 120 languages.
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Sexual health HIV testing

Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre: Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre (WSSHC) is a publicly funded sexual health service that provides free and confidential testing, support, treatment and management of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS.
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Women's Health at Work (WHAW) Program

Women's Health at Work (WHAW) Program: The Women's Health at Work (WHAW) Program works in partnership with women, their employers and other key stakeholders to improve the health and wellbeing of women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in the workplace.
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WSLHD Youth Health services: Youth Health services are funded by NSW Health and are currently provided to young people aged 12-24 years, who are connected to the WSLHD catchment area.
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