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Delivering a timely, compassionate forensic medicine service to support bereaved families and the NSW Coroner.

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Using art to connect sorry business with healing at Forensic Medicine
16th December, 2023
These beautiful painted leaves help families mourning the unexpected or unexplained death of someone close. But they’re also helping to heal the wom...
Our Forensic Medicine Social Workers provide support for bereaved families
12th April, 2023
The extraordinary compassion and expertise of our Forensic Medicine Social Workers has been captured in a moving video. Around 6000 deaths are report...
Training our future specialist pathologists
13th February, 2023
NSW Heath Pathology is pleased to welcome 31 new Junior Medical Officers starting their pathology traineeships with us in the 2023 Clinical year. Pat...
Hall of Fame for our Forensic Medicine Social Work service
15th November, 2022
Congratulations to our Forensic Medicine Social Work team in Newcastle who have been inducted into the University of Newcastle’s Work Integrated Lea...
An in depth look at the importance of CT scanning in the Forensic Medicine service
27th September, 2022
https://youtu.be/a6p49aSzBkU An in depth look at the importance of CT scanning in the Forensic Medicine service and its role in helping to determine ...
A video profile of the role of Forensic Pathologist at NSW Health Pathology
27th September, 2022
A video profile of the role of Forensic Pathologist at NSW Health Pathology and their work in supporting bereaved families and the Coroner. Foren...
A new quilt for Forensic Medicine
27th September, 2022
A beautiful gesture from local quilters to support bereaved families. Forensic Medicine Social Workers in Newcastle have been given a beautiful new q...
Culturally safe and sensitive care when life’s journey ends
27th September, 2022
First Nations people are over-represented in the coronial system and NSW Health Pathology’s Forensic Medicine Service is working in partnership with...
Forensic Medical Imaging
27th September, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6p49aSzBkU&t=2s The role of CT scanning in helping to determine cause of death. Images produced by CT scanners ...
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NSW Health Pathology acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land across NSW whose cultures and customs have nurtured and continue to nurture this land. We would like to pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the state.

Aboriginal Workforce Development Closing the Gap
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