Multicultural Health Supports
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The Royal Hospital for Women is committed to providing culturally sensitive and accessible healthcare to women and families from diverse backgrounds. Our comprehensive multicultural health services ensure that language and cultural barriers do not prevent you from receiving the highest quality care.
We offer cultural and language support in all parts of our hospital. This includes care during pregnancy and birth, women's health services, cancer care, and newborn care. We know that understanding your culture and language is very important for good healthcare. Our staff are trained to give you respectful care that honours your cultural values and what matters to you.
Cross Cultural Worker Services
The Cross-Cultural Worker in Maternity & Child & Family Health Services provides a FREE and CONFIDENTIAL service for women and families from migrant and refugee backgrounds, and International students who are birthing and/or using child and family health services at the Royal Hospital for Women. This specialised service offers cultural support and advocacy to help navigate the healthcare system during pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. For more information click here.
Contact: Galuh Sapthari
- Phone: 0439 510 697
- Email: galuh.sapthari@health.nsw.gov.au
- Available: Tuesday - Friday
Interpreter Services
You can contact us by calling the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
Interpreting services are FREE and CONFIDENTIAL and support effective communication throughout your care journey, from initial consultations through to discharge and follow-up appointments. For more details on Sydney Healthcare Interpreting Services follow the link.
Education and Health Information Resources
Click here for information regarding FREE pregnancy and parenting education groups in 2025
Click here for information regarding FREE Baby and Infant CPR & First Aid Online Training
The Multicultural Health Communication Service offers health resources and information in a wide range of languages. The Multicultural Health Service works towards equitable health outcomes for people from culturally diverse backgrounds, ensuring that important health information is accessible and culturally appropriate.
- Alcohol and Pregnancy
- Cervical Screening Test in Pregnancy
- Continence Health: Expecting a Baby
- Continence Health: Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercises for Women
- Diabetes in Pregnancy
- Edinburgh Depression Scale
- Growing Matters
- Hepatitis B Vaccination for your Newborn Baby
- Keeping your Gums and Teeth Healthy During Pregnancy
- Labour Pains
- Maternity care in Australia
- Movements Matter
- Planning for Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Beyond 41 Weeks
- Pregnancy Information - Raising Children's Network
- Pregnancy Screening GBS (Group B Streptococcus)
- Pregnancy Vaccinations
- Quit Smoking
- Reducing Significant Perineal Tears
- Sleep on the Side
- Timing of Birth
- Vitamin K for Newborn Babies
- What to Bring to Hospital When Having a Baby
- When to Come to Hospital in Labour
- You, your baby and syphilis
- Babies (3 – 12 months)
- Breastfeeding tips for new mothers
- Breastfeeding videos
- Childhood Vaccinations
- Contraception after you have had a baby
- Continence Health: One in Three Women Who Ever Had a Baby Wet Themselves
- Cot to bed, Tummy time, Safe Sleeping, Safe Wrapping, Safe co-sleeping
- How Breastfeeding Works
- Jaundice in newborn babies
- Love, Talk, Sing, Read, Play. Available on the Apple app.
- Love, Talk, Sing, Read, Play. Available on the Google app.
- Milestones matters
- Newborn (0 - 3 months)
- Newborn Bloodspot Screening - Tests to protect your baby
- NSW Statewide Infant Screening – Hearing (SWISH) Program fact sheets
- Preschool (3 – 5 years)
- Reducing SUDI and SIDS risk: in pictures
- RSV Vaccination before, during and after pregnancy
- SUDI/safe sleeping recommendation
- Toddler (1 – 3 years)
- The Blue book (Health record of the baby)
- Pregnancy, Birth and Baby - Hotline 1800 882 436
- Multicultural Health Communication Service
- Raising Children's Network
- Australian Breastfeeding Association - Hotline 1800 686 268
- Health Direct - Hotline 1800 022 222
- Family Planning NSW - 1300 372 372