Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District stories

At Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD), we are proud to foster a culture of inclusivity where diversity is not just celebrated but embraced.

Clinical trials at Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) are transforming patient care while advancing health research.

For 50 years, Janet MacKenzie has dedicated her life to nursing with compassion, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to the families she serves.

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.