Talk:Westmead Hospital

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History
Westmead Hospital was opened in 1978, although most of its intended services were not operational until the following year.

The hospital was the first major tertiary referral health centre in outer Sydney. Prior to its exiistence, referral health services were provided in inner-city centres such as the Royal Price Alfred Hospital, the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital.

The following paragraph is trivia and may be non-essential The land on which the hospital stands is the site of the former Parramatta Speedway motor racing track. Motor sport continues in western Sydney at the new Parramatta City Speedway in Harris Park, and at the international circuit at Eastern Creek, site of the Australian A1 championship race.

The hospital, originally known as the Westmead Centre, was originally part of the Parramatta Hospitals, governed by the local hospital Board together with Parramatta Hospital, whose functions it gradually assumed until it closed in the 1980s.

When local boards were restructured into Area Health Services by the New South Wales state government, Westmead Hospital became part of the Western Sydney Area Health Service, together with Westmead Dental Hospital, Cumberland Hospital (mental health services), district hospitals at Blacktown, Auburn and Mount Druitt, and the Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research. The latter is a pathology service and state reference laboratory originally established as a division of the NSW Department of Health.

In 2005, the boundaries of the Area Health Services were changed, and Westmead Hospital is now one of two tertiary teaching hospitals (together with Nepean Hospital in Penrith), of the Sydney West Area Health Service.

Geography
This can be added to the existing geographical notes

The hospital is co-located with the Westmead Dental Hospital, an outpatient unit providing publicly funded oral health services. It borders and is physically connected with the Children's Hospital at Westmead (also known as the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children). Located nearby are the Cumberland Hospital (providing outpatient and inpatient psychiatric care), a branch of the NSW Coroner's Court, and Westmead Private Hospital.

The hospital is served by the main western rail line that runs from the city centre to Parramatta, through Westmead rail station, on to Blacktown, Penrith and the Blue Mountains. Two major road routes, the M4 and M2 motorways also pass near the hospital.

The hospital's Australian post code is 2145, which it shares with the neighbouring suburbs of Westmead and Wentworthville.

--Sydtrivium 22:54, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

comments regarding trivia
WP is not paper. I note the current article is much shorter than this talk page. A lot of people including school kids doing projects might be interested to know what was there before the hospital was built so I for one vote for including the historical information, along with expanding the information about the opening with The hospital was opened on 10 November 1978 by the then Premier, Neville Wran, and guest of honour was former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam (NSW Legislative Assembly Hansard, 11 November 2003, (article 28)). Garrie 03:35, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Clean up - feedback requested
Significant clean up undertaken and references provided to now make this article much more relevant to readers and users. Feedback is always welcome Jherschel (talk) 04:42, 14 June 2010 (UTC) JHerschel

Copyright problem removed
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RfC VFH information addition
I'd like to start adding some information about the role that Westmead Hospital and The Children's Hospital at Westmead play with the treatment of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever does anyone else think this is a worthwhile addition? Mrbuskin (talk) 02:48, 9 July 2019 (UTC)