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The Lithgow Local Government Area (LGA) spans 4,551 sq km and is located 140 kilometres west of the Sydney CBD, approximately 2 hours travel by car.
Lithgow lies almost wholly within the Wiradjuri Aboriginal nation, with the Gundungurra nation situated to the south and the Darug nation to the east.
The are is made up of one large urban centre called Lithgow, two townships called Portland and Wallerawang and numerous villages, hamlets and rural localities of varying proximity to Lithgow.
Current population level is 20,161 [source: Lithgow City Council].
Some key statistics pertaining to the health of the Lithgow area include:
As part of an initiative organised by the Interim Joint Consumer Committee of the Nepean-Blue Mountains Medicare Local (NBMML) and the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (the Local Health District), Lithgow residents were asked to have their say on on the health services in the region.
Through this consumer forum process, the main health-related issues were identified as being:
Based on this feedback, the Interim Joint Health Consumer Committee has made 16 recommendations about steps that should be taken to address the most pressing health priorities for the Lithgow area.