NEWS & EVENTS

What's happening in the precinct

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Strategic plan: local hospitals to ramp up fight against cancer

Robotic surgery and the use of cutting edge technology to fight cancer will be among South Western Sydney Local Health District’s strategic goals during the next four years.

As part of its comprehensive Strategic Plan 2018-2021 – launched yesterday – the District aims to be at the forefront of health care innovation and delivery.

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Greater Sydney Commission drives Liverpool’s health and education precinct

Work, live and play in boom town.

AN ageing population, sedentary lifestyle and escalating chronic disease is putting a burden on the health system.

Liverpool becoming a first-class health and education precinct is at the centre of a report released on Monday that will help fight those statistics.

Health and education already play a huge role, with Liverpool home to the state’s largest hospital and medical research institute that is looking to expand, across the road. The TAFE is a stone’s throw and two universities have already set up shop in the CBD with a third on the way.

The Liverpool Health, Education, Research and Innovation Precinct Committee formalises the work already happening in the area and helps push in the report’s direction.

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