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The risk of dying from COVID-19 infection triples with every ten years of age, according to international research conducted in Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD).

It’s been revealed more than 91,500 people in western Sydney have diabetes -costing New South Wales $1.48 billion a year in healthcare and other economic impacts.

Learn more here about what experience and skills you can gain by being a GP VMO at Western Sydney Diabetes’ Mt Druitt clinic.

Western Sydney’s stunning 65km walking track stretching from Parramatta to the Blue Mountains has been recognised as the top community initiative in NSW and ACT

The new clinic, officially opened on August 27, will help manage people living with complex Type 2 diabetes in Mount Druitt and Blacktown as well as enhance the skills of local GPs to help manage their patients and reduce hospital waiting lists.

More than 300 participants and 50 faculty members came together for the inaugural Diabetes is Changing Fast Masterclass 2019, designed to help build the capacity of healthcare professionals in Western Sydney to prevent and better manage type 2 diabetes.

In the lead-up to World Diabetes Day on November 14, the Western Sydney Diabetes (WSD) Alliance shared new insight into their fight against the diabetes epidemic.

Often referred to as the ‘silent disease’, many people are unaware they are at risk, or living with type 2 diabetes. Channel 9 covered this story recently on their nightly news program.