How to use this website

Contact Information
Postal address:	Area Web Development Westmead Hospital Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, NSW 2145 Australia.
Email:	webteam@wsahs.nsw.gov.au

Browser Optimisation

This site has been optimised for Internet Explorer 6

Links
If you want further information on that topic or on a particular document or agency, there may be a link embedded with the text. In pages with a white background links are identified by a blue colour. When you run your mouse over these links your curser will change to a hand symbol. Just click on the link and it will take you to the relevant information, document or department web page.

Example: Return to the top of this page

An exception to this rule is the footer of each page, where the links to our legal information and contact officer e-mail is displayed in black text with a ble background.

Accessible Web Design

This site has been developed to ensure its content is available to the widest possible audience, including readers using assistive technology or accessibility features. By adhering to guidelines for accessible web design, we acknowledge the diversity of communication methods, available technologies and abilities of web-users in the community. Sydney West Area Health Service strives to maintain conformance to W3C's "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines".

Content pages

HTML versions are provided for most of the PDF files on the site. For those PDF that do not have HTML equivalents, summaries are becoming available. If you require a Word version of a PDF, please contact the SWAHS Web Development Team (webteam@wsahs.nsw.gov.au). Please see section below for options on converting PDF files to more accessible formats and visit the Adobe website for more information on Acrobat accessibility.

Converting PDF files

The Adobe website provides a service to convert PDF files to HTML via an online form.
The Adobe website and the Trace Research Centre provide services to convert Acrobat PDF files to plain text or HTML via email.

Can't download a file?
If you are having trouble opening or downloading any documents, please email SWAHS Web Development webteam@wsahs.nsw.gov.au with details of any problems that you are experiencing, and the title of the documents you were attempting to download. We will endeavour to forward the documents to you via email.
SWAHS Web Development, webteam@wsahs.nsw.gov.au

Installing Acrobat Reader

You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view some of the documents on this site. You can visit the Adobe internet site to download the software. Follow the icon links and instructions at this site on how to download and install the Acrobat software to your system.

Using Acrobat Reader

After installing Acrobat Reader, double-click a PDF file to automatically start Acrobat Reader and view the file. Or you can start Acrobat Reader first, then choose File --> Open to open and view a PDF file.

Can't download a file?
If you are having trouble opening or downloading any documents, please email SWAHS Web Development (webteam@wsahs.nsw.gov.au) with details of any problems that you are experiencing, and the title of the documents you were attempting to download. We will endeavour to forward the documents to you via email.

The following keyboard shortcut forms are used throughout the lists below:

CTRL=Control;
ESC=Escape;
ALT=Alternative;
LEFT, RIGHT ARROWS=Arrow keys.

The 25 items listed below indicate the keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Internet Explorer.

To move to the next link, click TAB.
To move to the previous link, click SHIFT TAB.
To activate a selected link, click ENTER.
To find text on the current page, click CTRL F.
To go to next page, click SHIFT BACKSPACE OR ALT RIGHT ARROW.
To go to previous page, click BACKSPACE OR ALT LEFT ARROW.
To move to next frame, click CTRL TAB.
To move to previous frame, click SHIFT CTRL TAB.
To scroll toward the beginning of a document, click UP ARROW.
To scroll toward the end of a document, click DOWN ARROW.
To quit Program, click ALT F4 key.
To scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments, click PAGE UP.
To scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments, click PAGE DOWN.
To move to the beginning of a document, click HOME.
To move to the end of a document, click END.
To refresh the current page, click F5 key or CTRL R.
To stop downloading a page, click ESC.
To go to a new location, click CTRL O.
To close the Window, click CTRL W.
To open a new window, click CTRL N.
To save the current page, click CTRL S.
To print the current page or active frame, click CTRL P. To select all, click CTRL A.
To copy selection, click CTRL C.
To display a shortcut menu for a hyperlink, click SHIFT F10 key.

The 27 items listed below indicate the keyboard shortcuts for Netscape Navigator.

To refresh the current page, click CTRL R.
To stop downloading a page, click ESC.
To go to a new location, click CTRL O.
To open a new window, click CTRL N.
To save the current page, click CTRL S.
To add Bookmark, click CTRL D.
To print the current page or active frame, click CTRL P.
To select all, click CTRL A.
To copy selection, click CTRL C.
To display a shortcut menu for a hyperlink, click SHIFT F10 key.
To increase Font size, click CTRL ] (version 4 only).
To decrease Font size, click CTRL [ (version 4 only).
To close the Window, click CTRL W.
To quit Program, click CTRL Q or ALT F4 key.
To move to the previous link, click SHIFT TAB. The activate a selected link, click ENTER.
To move to the next link, click TAB.
To scroll toward the beginning of a document, click UP ARROW.
To scroll toward the end of a document, click DOWN ARROW.
To scroll toward the beginning of a document in larger increments, click PAGE UP.
To scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments, click PAGE DOWN.
To move to the beginning of a document, click CTRL HOME.
To move to the end of a document, click CTRL END.
To find text on the current page, click CTRL F.
To find again, click CTRL G or F3 key.
To go to next page, click ALT RIGHT ARROW.
To go to previous page, click ALT LEFT ARROW