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July 01, 2022

NSW Government Commits $408 Million To Fast-track Elective Surgery

Elective surgeries were heavily impacted during the height of the COVID-1…

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June 24, 2022

You’ve Only Got One Heart, Don’t Fail It

June 24, 2022

Did you know that heart failure is common and on the rise in Australia? It…

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June 24, 2022

Regional Patients To Benefit From IPTAAS Expansion

The long stretch of road between local patients and their specialist…

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June 10, 2022

MPHN Supports National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

June 10, 2022

June is National Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and Murrumbidgee Primary Health…

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June 06, 2022

Update About Global Transmission of COVID-19

The World Health Organisation (WHO) holds records of confirmed COVID-19 cases…

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June 06, 2022

The Latest on Monkeypox

June 06, 2022

Have you heard the latest about a new virus called monkeypox? Yes, just when we…

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June 06, 2022

Get Your COVID-19 Booster

Did you know that only 30 per cent of eligible Australians have had their COVID…

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June 06, 2022

What the New Labor Government Has Promised to do for Seniors

June 06, 2022

National Seniors Australia have undertaken an analysis of what the Labor…

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May 31, 2022

Free Seminar: Post-Diagnostic Support and Rehabilitation for People With Dementia

The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) is a great organisation to get to…

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May 24, 2022

NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2022 Has Passed NSW Parliament

May 24, 2022

On the 19th May 2022, the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2022 was passed by…

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May 16, 2022

UNSW Building a Pandemic Early Warning System

Last week it was announced that the Kirby Institute at the University of New…

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April 26, 2022

Do Hormones Influence Alzheimer’s Disease?

April 26, 2022

Research shows that women are at greater risk than men for developing Alzheimer…

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April 26, 2022

Changes to COVID Close Contact Rules

Last week changes occurred to rules about being a close contact of a person who…

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April 18, 2022

Hawkesbury To Welcome A Veteran Wellbeing Centre

April 18, 2022

The Hawkesbury will be home to a welcoming hub for veterans and their families…

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April 04, 2022

New Headspace Service

The Morrison Government will establish a new headspace service in the Hawkesbury…

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April 04, 2022

Calling ‘Endo Warriors’

April 04, 2022

Bligh Park resident Sacha Street was just 17 when she learned that she had…

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March 29, 2022

Big Vegie Crunch at Local Primary Schools

Did you know only 5% of NSW children eat enough vegetables? Murrumbidgee Local…

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March 24, 2022

Coming together to manage Australia’s asbestos legacy

March 24, 2022

Asbestos is still present in 1 in 3 homes across Australia, as well as in a…

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March 22, 2022

New Omicron Variant

On the 10th March, at the NSW Budget Estimates for Health, NSW Health Minister…

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March 17, 2022

Japanese Encephalitis

March 17, 2022

Last week we heard that Japanese Encephalitis (JE) has recently been identified…

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February 02, 2022

Take Precautions To Protect Against Mosquito-borne Disease

Due to recent heavy rains and flooding, NSW Local Health District is urging…

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December 23, 2020

Visitation restrictions lifted for residential and health care facilities.

December 23, 2020

The Public Health (COVID-19 Aged Care Facilities) Order (No 4) 2020 under the…

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September 09, 2021

Tips To Help You Through Home Learning

This lengthy lockdown has meant that students are doing their learning from home…

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November 24, 2021

New Prostate Cancer Medication Added to the PBS

November 24, 2021

Did you know that it is estimated that more than 200,000 Australian men are…

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November 24, 2021

Four Ways to Improve Focus and Memory

Harvard Medical School says that normal aging leads to gradual changes with…

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