Five extra sites have been selected to join the Western NSW integrated care demonstrator project, part of the state government's four-year, $120 million strategy to improve connections between primary and secondary care through the use of tools like electronic shared care plans.

The towns of Blayney, Lightning Ridge, Mudgee, Coonamble and Walgett will begin to implement the strategy in the first half of this year, joining five other towns that have been involved since 2014.