Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District stories

The intricate process of childbirth triggers far-reaching changes throughout a mother's and baby's body. To shed light on the complex biological changes, Nepean Hospital researchers have compiled a world-first ‘multi-organ transcriptomic atlas’ of labour – a map to understand the molecular transformations that occur during one of life’s most precious and personal experiences.

Lithgow Hospital has welcomed a bright new face to its ranks, as recent graduate nurse Tayla Deveigne embarks on her career serving the community she’s always called home. 

On International Nurses Day, the passion, dedication and contributions of our nurses and midwives were celebrated at the annual Together Nursing and Midwifery awards. 

For the first time, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District patients will have access to enhanced Eye Services from mid-2025. 

This year, the Nepean Public Breast Clinic proudly celebrated its 10-year anniversary, marking a decade of innovative, compassionate, and patient-centred breast cancer care for women across the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District.

One in three blood tests and imaging requests in Australian intensive care units (ICUs) are considered potentially unnecessary.  

Motherhood changed everything for Blue Mountains mum, Leanne Ross-New. It brought about a whole new perspective on life and a career change which ultimately led her to her true calling in becoming a nurse for Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital. 

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District will benefit from an additional $298,666 in funding to support a range of initiatives which will enhance paediatric palliative respite and end of life care across the region.

A cardiac team from Nepean Hospital has returned from an outreach mission to Alice Springs where they provided crucial cardiac diagnostic training to local doctors, equipping them with skills that could prove to be lifesaving in rural and remote indigenous communities.

In a region where the struggle against eating disorders often goes unseen, a vital community service is offering a pathway to recovery. The Eating Disorders Consultation Service, a voluntary outpatient clinic within the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, is providing crucial support to adults grappling with these complex mental health conditions.