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Patients across the Illawarra Shoalhaven are benefitting from improved access to planned surgery, following the Minns Labor Government’s $30 million investment to expand High Volume Short Stay surgical services across the state.
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For Abbey, applying for the Aboriginal Allied Health Cadetship was an opportunity to gain hands-on experience while completing her psychology studies. Today, she is working as a Clinical Psychologist at Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) and encouraging other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to consider the same path.
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Patients in custody are benefitting from improved access to medical imaging services following X-ray services being re-established at Wellington Correctional Centre.
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Reproductions of artworks from the Art Gallery of New South Wales collection will feature throughout Nepean Hospital’s new palliative care unit, in a new partnership between the Art Gallery and hospital.
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