Nepean Blue Mountains Health

11/06/2026

STAY STRONG TOGETHER | Vaccines keep you healthy which means more time to spend with your family and your community.

Vaccinations are also a simple and effective way to protect those around you from serious diseases.

For more information about vaccinations, visit: www.health.nsw.gov.au/vaccinationinfo

10/06/2026

10/06/2026

For women aged 50-74, having a breast screen every 2 years is the best way to find breast cancer early.

Have your breast screen at the mobile van at Hawkesbury District Hospital in Windsor from 10 June to 11 July 2026. It's quick, free and could save your life.

Book online at breastscreen.nsw.gov.au or call 13 20 50.

08/06/2026

BOWEL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH | Doing the bowel cancer screening test is:
✔ Quick
✔ Easy
✔ Potentially lifesaving.

Yet less than 40% of people in the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District are reported to return their kit.

June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and we’re encouraging you to make your health a priority and do the test.

Free kits are sent in the mail to people aged 50-74 every 2 years. Plus, if you’re aged 45-49, you can request a kit now.

Find helpful information and learn how to get yours via the Cancer Institute NSW : www.cancer.nsw.gov.au/dothetest

05/06/2026

If you or a loved one becomes unwell or gets injured over the long weekend, the Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are open late and can provide care for your family.

The clinics provide FREE (bulk-billed) walk-in treatment for urgent, non-life-threatening conditions.

Windsor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic:
🕗 Open 8:00am to 10:00pm
📅 7 days a week, 365 days a year
📍 Level 1, 2 Kable Street, Windsor - located above Myhealth Kable Street.

Penrith Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
🕐 Open 8:00am to 8:00pm
📆 7 days a week, 365 days a year
📍 2227 Wolseley St, Jamisontown - reception located at the rear of Our Medical Penrith, near the dentist.

💻 Visit DoctorClosed.com.au/UrgentCare for more information.

04/06/2026

FAREWELL ANNIE EVANS | Kind, patient and person-centred. That’s how colleagues describe Anne Evans, affectionately known as Annie, and her incredible 50 plus year career in health.

Starting as a Student Nurse in 1972 at the Royal Liverpool Hospital in England, Anne found her passion for caring for others. Fast forward to 2004, she started as a Trainee Educational Nurse (TEN) at Nepean Hospital and quickly became known for her calm, happy and can-do attitude.

💬 “For me, it's been working with the student midwives and the new staff coming through and just being part of that experience of teaching, sharing skills and seeing people really progress and develop within the hospital and midwifery,” says Annie.

Her story reflects the heart of our workforce: experienced, compassionate and deeply committed to delivering the best possible care for our community.

Thank you, Annie, for your remarkable contribution and for inspiring those around you.

Read more about Annie’s journey: https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/nbmlhd/news/stories/celebrating-decades-of-service-and-commitment-annie-evans

03/06/2026

DRY JULY | Join the Nepean Cancer Crushers this Dry July!

Sign up to the challenge of a month off the booze and help raise funds for people affected by cancer.

By joining the Nepean Cancer Crushers, you will help to raise vital funds for Nepean Cancer Care via the Dry July Foundation. This year, all funds raised will go towards the upgrade of furniture for patients in the waiting room.

Click this link and join the team today! https://www.dryjuly.com/users/sign_up?team=nepean-cancer-crushers

03/06/2026

Want to help track influenza, COVID-19 and RSV in your community?

FluTracking is a nationwide community program that helps monitor the spread of respiratory illnesses across Australia, and its most powerful surveillance tool is you.

By completing a quick 30 second weekly survey, you can help build a real time picture of how influenza, COVID 19 and RSV are circulating in the community.

No app, no fuss, just a quick update on how you’re feeling. Join thousands of Australians today and help keep communities healthier and safer.

Find out more: https://www.flutracking.net/join/ae/nbm26

02/06/2026

BreastScreen NSW IN WINDSOR | For women aged 50-74, having a breast screen every 2 years is the best way to find breast cancer early. Have your breast screen at the mobile van at Hawkesbury District Hospital in Windsor from 10 June 2026 to 11 July 2026. It's quick, free and could save your life. Book online at breastscreen.nsw.gov.au or call 13 20 50.

02/06/2026

What innovations are shaping the future of supportive and palliative care?

From advances in research to new approaches in clinical practice, our upcoming 35th Supportive and Palliative Care Conference will showcase ideas helping to improve care for patients and families.

This year's theme, Care Beyond Cure: Stories that Shape Us, recognises the value of lived experience and the lessons that patients, families and healthcare professionals can teach us about delivering better care.

Find out more: https://www.nsw.gov.au/visiting-and-exploring-nsw/nsw-events/35th-supportive-and-palliative-care-conference