The week provides a wide range of services including advice on pregnancy, blood sugar tests and cervical screenings.

Nepean Primary Health Network Program Development Officer Jerrad Borodzicz said much of the week is about helping people understand preventative health measures to keep track of their own wellbeing.

“So things such as breast screening and mammograms for women from 40 to 75 years old … as well as information and educational material around health screening services,” he said.

Orange Aboriginal Medical Service (OAMS) Health Worker Ekala French said OAMS is working with Lithgow Hospital this week on plans to get Lithgow its own Aboriginal Medical Service.

“Lithgow has got quite a number of Aboriginal people living here so I think it’d be beneficial,” she said.

Ms French said it would take a lot of work to set up a service here similar to the one in Orange but it was being looked at.

Ms French has been working with OAMS since 2013 and said bringing Aboriginal health services to Lithgow is worth doing.

“It’s important to bring Aboriginal health services out to the area to get the community familiar with how we deliver the services in a culturally appropriate way.”

Check-ups and advice are free and it is a walk-in clinic.

Speech therapists for children, hearing tests, dental check-ups and more are also available.

Elizabeth Evatt from Community Legal Centre is also on hand to help with any legal questions people may have.

The event runs from Monday to Friday this week and a free shuttle bus out to the hospital is running from Tweed Road at Great Western Highway and at Caroline Avenue.

The bus departs at 9am, 11am, 1pm and 2:30pm.