The NSW Government has reached a major milestone in delivering on its commitment to boost funding for Women\u2019s Health Centres across NSW to ensure they are properly resourced to provide essential health and wellbeing services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A funding increase of $34.3 million, announced in the 2023-24 State Budget has been allocated to 19 Women\u2019s Health Centres across both metropolitan and regional NSW, including in Western Sydney, South Coast, North Coast and the Central West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Full list of funding<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n During the state election the NSW Government committed to boosting funding for Women\u2019s Health Centres to $100 million over 5 years to support the essential community-based healthcare and domestic violence support they provide to women and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today\u2019s investment ensures that over the next 4 years $81 million in funding is secured for these vital services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Women\u2019s Health Centre Program provides face-to-face support to an average of 50,000 women across NSW each year. Women from low-income and other priority backgrounds, including women who have experienced domestic violence, make up the majority of Women\u2019s Health Centre clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s Health Centres provide a range of services including tailored healthcare, supporting vulnerable women with their physical and mental health, sexual and reproductive health, as well as preventative classes, events and support groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These centres have been operational for more than 40 years and this funding injection will ensure they are able to remain sustainable into the future, and are able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n $369,500 of this funding has also been allocated to Women\u2019s Health NSW, the peak body for Women\u2019s Health Centres, to support capacity-building activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This funding will ensure more women are able to get the healthcare they need, when and where they need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This announcement is one element of the NSW Government\u2019s commitment to investing in women\u2019s healthcare and wellbeing. This has included the announcement earlier this week of a $18.6 million investment over 4 years for 29 new McGrath Breast Care Nurses who will provide free support to breast cancer patients in metro, region and remote communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Premier Chris Minns said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is a vital investment to ensure women have access to key health services across our state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe are proud to be making this announcement and to continue working to ease the pressure on our hospital system, as well as boost healthcare services available to women in New South Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Health Ryan Park said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWith this more than $34 million investment we can ensure more women across NSW have access to this incredibly important service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re committed to improving access to healthcare services for women and this significant funding enhancement will help these centres continue to provide important health-related care and support services across NSW.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Minister for Women Jodie Harrison said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese centres are vital in providing a safe place for women who might otherwise fall through the cracks and are critical in removing barriers to health care by providing women the care they need in their own communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLeichhardt Women\u2019s Community Health centre celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, as the first centre of its kind in Australia, opening in 1974, it has supported thousands of women in need providing access to health care, educational resources, and counselling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe investment in this centre and others is part of the NSW Government\u2019s ambition to better support women all over our state and spans a range of areas, from health and other services for women to workforce participation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n CEO Women\u2019s Health NSW Denele Crozier said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe investment will see an immediate increase in essential health services for vulnerable and at risk women in need, provide sustainability to the sector and stability to the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWomen who come to our services need specialised care. The work we do and will continue to do will save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The NSW Government has reached a major milestone in delivering on its commitment to boost funding for Women\u2019s Health Centres across NSW to ensure they are properly resourced to provide essential health and wellbeing services. A funding increase of $34.3 million, announced in the 2023-24 State Budget has been allocated to 19 Women\u2019s Health Centres … Continue reading “NSW Government investment to boost Women\u2019s Health Centres”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25583,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25582\/revisions\/25583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Confirmed total additional funding over 4years for each centre will be:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n