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The Children's Hospital at Westmead is the largest paediatric centre for care and treatment in NSW, providing specialised treatment to sick children.
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Social Media Policy

The Children’s Hospital at Westmead’s social media accounts are aligned with the Hospital’s key values and are focused on engaging audiences in conveying health messages and information regarding activities (including entertainment) as well as for fundraising purposes. We welcome and encourage our followers to engage with this page and content we share through open discussion, questions and feedback but ask that posts by users are relevant and respectful. Content on this page is monitored by The Children’s Hospital at Westmead staff, and we reserve the right to remove posts that are:

• Offensive, divisive, aggressive, abusive, defamatory or intolerant
• Fraudulent, deceptive, misleading or unlawful
• Trolling, or deliberately derailing discussions
• Off-topic or business-related
• Violates the intellectual property right of another individual or entity
• Spamming in nature
• Commercial solicitation or solicitation of donations
• Uses obscene or offensive language

For further details, please read The Children’s Hospital at Westmead’s social media policy. Available athttp://www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/_policies/pdf/2015-9000.pdf

18/11/2025

Families now have access to a dedicated Pet Park - a special space where patients can spend meaningful time with their pets during their hospital stay.

Made possible through the generous support of Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation, the Pet Park provides a safe, managed environment for children and young people to reconnect with their pets when they need it most.

Pet visits must be booked through the Pet Park booking process and approved in consultation with your child’s clinical team. All visitors must follow the guidelines in place.

To find out more or to make a booking, please speak with your child’s healthcare team.

17/11/2025

Summer’s coming, and families are already heading back to the water. It’s a fun time — but drowning remains one of the leading causes of death and injury for children under 5 in Australia. 🌊🚨

More than 50 kids end up in hospital each year after a drowning incident.

⚠️ So as the days get warmer, stay close, stay alert, and keep little ones within arm’s reach around water.

15/11/2025

📱 Australia’s social media ban for under-16s is coming soon.

Our Clinical Psychologists Daniel You and Micah Boerma share 5 ways to help your child adjust before the ban comes into effect:

1️⃣ Talk about what’s coming
2️⃣ Reduce screen time gradually
3️⃣ Replace, don’t remove, online connection
4️⃣ Build real-world friendships
5️⃣ Model healthy screen habits yourself

Let’s help our kids stay connected, supported and ready.

14/11/2025

: “I have always believed in early intervention and where better to start than the first 2,000 days of life.

As a Developmental Paediatrician and Head of the Child Development Unit (CDU), I’m privileged to work with a multidisciplinary team of medical, neuropsychology, speech pathology, occupational therapy, nursing, social work and administrative professionals.

Clinical work with children and families is without doubt the most rewarding part of what we do. The joy of hearing that a child has achieved something for the first time whether that’s learning a new skill, graduating from a training program, or simply being able to go out together as a family - reminds us why this work matters.

Working alongside families and playing a small part in achieving the goals they set for themselves keeps me connected to the relevance of our role in their lives.

The CDU team is motivated to continually improve and innovate, developing new ways to meet the needs of children and families. This approach has led to groundbreaking models of care being implemented internationally, improving equity in diagnosis and assessment, regardless of location.

Our patients continue to inspire us with their stories and achievements, and I’m proud to be part of a team driving meaningful change.” - A/Prof Natalie Silove, Department Head, Child Development Unit.

13/11/2025

Today is World Kindness Day and our dedicated teams at the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network have been celebrating the Gathering of Kindness – “One Care; Many Voices.”

Patients received special activity sheets delivered on meal trays during lunch service at both Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick and the Children's Hospital at Westmead.

These sheets encouraged patients to reflect on:

💖 how they can show kindness to others in their day

💖 how they can be kind and compassionate to themselves.

The Network's Patient and Family Engagement team also hosted a scriptwriting workshop with parents and carers. Their words will help shape a heartfelt welcome video ensuring every family feels supported from the very first moment they arrive at our hospitals across the Network.

10/11/2025

Building trust and safety between children of all ages and parents is key to navigating conversations about mental health.

Whether it be normalising emotions, helping young children learn to name their feelings, or showing kids it's okay to ask for help, those simple chats can make a huge difference in the long run.

Dr Michelle Wong, Clinical Psychologist at Sydney Children's Hospital Network, shares advice for parents on how to navigate conversations about mental health with children of all ages.

Find out more about how to support your child's mental wellbeing via the SCHN Kids Health Hub.

07/11/2025

Our new 'Dragonfly Carpark' has been awarded the 2025 Master Builders Association (MBA) Excellence in Construction Award! 🏆

The award celebrates the car park's outstanding integration of renewable energy technology, design, and functional efficiency within a hospital environment.

Boasting a careful integration of innovation, cultural connection and environmental responsibility, the car park features:

- ☀️ The largest solar installation on a newly built hospital car park in NSW
- 🔌 75 operational electric vehicle charging stations with capacity to expand to 200 in the future
- 🎨 Designs by Dharug artists Leanne Tobin and Leanne Redpath - Tobin's dragonfly is weaved prominently across the car park's facade while designs developed by Redpath identify connections to Dharug Country.

The Dragonfly Car Park sets a new benchmark for sustainable, inclusive, and future-focused healthcare design—demonstrating how collaboration and innovation can shape a greener future for New South Wales.

Well done to our Redev team!

06/11/2025

Born via emergency caesarean and spending weeks in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Abigail made it home just before Christmas. Only a few weeks later she was rushed by the Newborn & paediatric Emergency Transport Service - NETS NSW to Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick.

There, she was diagnosed with hypopituitarism - a rare, genetic and lifelong condition with no cure. Today, she is thriving with ongoing specialist care.

This week, the Sydney Children's Hospitals Foundation launched their annual Christmas Appeal.

By supporting the Appeal, you are helping fund essential care, groundbreaking research and life-changing treatment across our hospital, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, NETS, Bear Cottage and Kids Research.

This Christmas, your donation can help support children and young people like Abigail and their families.

To show your support, visit https://brnw.ch/21wXaTo

05/11/2025

Congratulations to all our winners of the 2025 SCHN Allied Health Awards! 🎉

With 900 extraordinary allied health professionals who work tirelessly to support children in their healthcare journey, today we recognised those who have gone above and beyond in providing patient care and giving patients the best chance at life.

And the 2025 SCHN Allied Health Award winners are... 🥁

🏆Early Career Allied Health Professional of the Year - Georgia Hannan, Occupational Therapist at CHW
🏆Allied Health Assistant Technician/Support Person of the Year - Noah Glasel, Allied Health Assistant, Social Work at SCH
🏆Allied Health Educator of the Year - Georgia Lloyd, Pharmacist at SCH
🏆Allied Health Researcher of the Year - Erica Tsang, Dietician at CHW
🏆Allied Health Leader of the Year - Kate Thompson, Physiotherapist at CHW
🏆Allied Health Professional of the Year - Colleen Alford, Senior Social Worker at CHW

Congratulations again to our winners and thank you to all our allied health professionals for your passion, dedication and exemplary contributions.

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Greystanes, NSW
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