Lithgow City Councillors Steve Ring and Deanna Goodsell recently met with the Board of the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NPBLHD) to raise issues around standards and access to health services.
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Cr Ring said residents can raise concerns about health provision by emailing clr.ring@lithgow.nsw.gov.au or clr.goodsell@lithgow.nsw.gov.au.
When the councillors were invited to meet with the Board, Cr Ring said he was able to raise concerns of residents with regard to standard of service. Cr Deanna Goodsell took the opportunity to raise the issue of the lack of adequate paediatric services, particularly for the most disadvantaged in the community.
Cr Ring said the Board and CEO of the Health District took on board the issues raised and invited Councillors to actively seek out the concerns and needs of residents in relation to health care in our community.
The Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District is responsible for providing community health and hospital care to Lithgow, Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury and Penrith local government areas.
It covers an area of almost 9,179 square kilometres with an estimated population in 2011 of 345,564 of which 2.6 percent were Indigenous Australians.
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