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This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, eligible women from Hunter New England Local Health District are being urged to book a free mammogram, with 40 per cent of women in the region overdue for their two-yearly breast cancer screening. For women aged 50-74, a breast...
Graduate and early career allied health clinicians are encouraged to apply for a unique rural rotation opportunity in Hunter New England Local Health District, with applications now open for the next round of the Allied Health Rural Generalist Program. As the first...
This National Safe Work Month, the Australian Medical Association is calling for urgent action to protect doctors and healthcare workers from escalating violence and aggression in medical settings.AMA President Dr Danielle McMullen said workplace violence is a daily...
Inverell Shire Council has taken part in the State Government Inquiry into the Health Services Amendment (Splitting of Hunter New England Health District) Bill 2025. On 22 August 2025, Mayor Cr Kate Dight addressed the Inquiry panel. The Bill, introduced by the...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month with its aim to shine a light on the devastating impact breast cancer has on thousands of Australians each day. Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia, with 9 people losing their lives to the...
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan has called on the federal government to address the lack of medical professionals in rural NSW. Speaking on STA FM this week, Mr Moylan says this is the underlying issue with the current state of health care in regional and rural...
Recruitment is underway for the first clinical trial of a breakthrough Australian innovation designed to help people living with an overactive bladder. The device, called a Smart Patch, has been developed by an Australian-led team at Harvard Medical School. Doctors...
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan Statement Regional and rural health care crisis: why both the state and Federal Governments need to act Four weeks ago, I received a call from my friend and colleague Steph Cooke who was attending the ED in Moree. She is the...
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) says the latest Healthcare Quarterly report from the New South Wales Bureau of Health Information (BHI) again underscores the urgent need for investment in preventive and primary health care to address increasing rates of...