We want to understand what barriers exist which prevent people from having an advance care plan. 📍Bowral: Tuesday, 20 August 📍Campbelltown: Thursday, 5 September 📍Bass Hill: Tuesday, 10 September Find out more➡️bit.ly/4eYP1BB

🤔Are you, or someone you know, looking for a challenging, diverse and highly rewarding medical career? ⏰2025 second intake GP training applications open today, 22 July and close 13 August 2024. Apply today➡️ bit.ly/3Y5cCur

🤰Are you having a baby? Do you have questions about your birth experience? Come to a South Western Sydney Local Health District Maternity Service Open Day at your local hospital to meet with midwives, doctors and healthcare teams, and have all your questions answered.

Come along and visit our SWSPHN stall at the free Dying to Know Day expo! ⏰ when: Thursday, 8 August, 10am to 3pm 📍 where: Yagoona Community Centre, 176D Cooper Road, Yagoona Find out more and register here➡️ bit.ly/3S3IsDU

Record numbers turned out for Support The Girls activity at Tharawal AMS. Pampering and health screening went hand in hand when Support The Girl’ visited Tharawal Aboriginal Medical Centre (AMS) in Airds recently. Read the full story on our website➡️ bit.ly/4d31piB

📣We are currently seeking expressions of interest for consumer or community representatives to be a mental health consumer voice while working closely with our staff on the Our Experience Matters Reference Group. Find out more and apply on our website➡️ bit.ly/3WI30Vr

Last week Federal Health Minister Mark Butler took the opportunity to visit the Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) at Campbelltown. The Campbelltown Medicare UCC is one of three clinics providing Urgent Care in our region. Find out more➡️ bit.ly/3LTZLDT

📣Last week, SWSPHN staff Bessie, Kate and Gautami represented our organisation at the Dying to Know Day Expo. The SWSPHN stall provided valuable information and resources on advance care planning and the importance of making your healthcare preferences known🤝

Last week, the SWSPHN team attended the RACGP inaugural Registrar NSW Rural Showcase. This event was held alongside training for new RACGP registrars, highlighted the unique opportunities in rural NSW and tackled the issue of workforce shortages in primary care.

⭐💻Telehealth training empowers healthcare professionals SWSPHN is delivering telehealth training to bolster the digital health literacy and telehealth proficiency of healthcare professionals in our region. Visit our website to find out more➡️ bit.ly/3X47EgB

🧸Bears of Hope is a not-for-profit organisation which provides support and care for families who experience the loss of their baby during pregnancy, birth or infancy. Read the full story➡️ bit.ly/3vAQ5ts

🎉Last night, SWSPHN kicked off the first of three Local Health Forums focusing on ‘a good death’. It was a massive success, with more than 20 participants joining us at Peppers Craigieburn, Bowral, to help shape the future of end-of-life care planning in our community.

🎉Exciting news🎉 SWSPHN’s commitment to providing accessible and timely healthcare has reached an impressive milestone, with more than 10,000 patients treated at Urgent Care sites across our region💪 Find out more➡️ bit.ly/4dSNjAe

SWSPHN Local Health Forums have featured in the latest edition of The Health Advocate🎉 Read the story on pages 13-15 in this edition of The Health Advocate➡️ bit.ly/4g2dJkZ

📰Check out SWSPHN’s August edition of Community Pulse➡️ bit.ly/4fYMPdT

🤔Did you miss out on attending the recent local health forums titled A Good Death? 🗣️There’s still time to have your say. The End-of-Life Care Planning survey will only take five minutes to complete and does not ask for any personal information ➡️ bit.ly/47p830z

📣Last month Dr McDonald joined State Health Minister Ryan Park, at the Greater Western Sydney Future Health Forum in Penrith to share insights on the health, infrastructure and service challenges of our region. Find out more about the event ➡️ bit.ly/3B8Zxa6

🌟SWSPHN Integration and Priority Populations Coordinator, Kate Noble, was invited to present at the International Dementia Conference at the Hilton Sydney earlier this month. Read the full story on our website➡️ bit.ly/4gtpAZJ

🎉More than 70 people attended three Local Health Forums across Bowral, Campbelltown and Bankstown to share their experiences and discuss how the health of our region can be improved. If you missed out, complete our survey➡️ bit.ly/47p830z

📣SWSPHN CEO Keith McDonald and SWSPHN staff joined Wollondilly Shire Council, SWSLHD and the local community to launch the ‘Health Resilience: Be Ready for a Disaster’ guide. Download the online versions on our website➡️ bit.ly/4gBl3nV