Australia’s youth mental health crisis is deepening, with new AIHW data showing rising illness rates and growing pressure on services.
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Posted inFeature, Health, Lismore
Double delivery for Children’s Ward thanks to generous donation
Lismore Base Hospital’s Children’s Ward received two new phototherapy lights after a $10,000 donation from O’Brien Electrical and Plumbing.
Posted inFeature, Federal Politics, Health
Concern brewing as buried Hanson policy threatens affordable medicines
A local mum says she and her asthmatic daughter could die without PBS medicines. She’s not alone — public concern is growing over a little-noticed One Nation policy, and a petition is now calling on Hanson to back off.
Posted inFederal Politics, Health, Money, Petitions
Seniors urged to sign petition over private health insurance rebate cuts
Older Australians could be paying up to $1,600 more a year for private health cover under a federal government plan. A petition is now open online — and the deadline to sign it is 22 July.
Posted inFeature, Health, Wauchope
Nearly $1 million to tackle loneliness and chronic illness in Wauchope
A link worker, a community officer, and nearly a million dollars. Wauchope is getting serious about keeping its older residents connected and healthy.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Health, National News
Paraquat stays but with major new restrictions as regulator delivers verdict
Australia’s pesticide regulator has handed down a major decision on paraquat and diquat— it stays, but with tight new restrictions.
Posted inHealth, Money, NSW News, NSW Politics
North Coast families to get $100 rego cut and a new maternity unit at Grafton
A new maternity unit for Grafton, $100 off rego, and record health investment. Here’s what the NSW Budget delivers for the North Coast.
Posted inGrafton, Health, Women
$20m boost secures maternity unit fit-out at Grafton Base Hospital
Clarence Valley families will gain improved maternity care after a $20 million funding boost for Grafton Base Hospital.
Posted inFeature, Health, Local News
Northern NSW hospitals see rising emergency demand and higher patient acuity
Northern NSW hospitals recorded more than 58,000 emergency presentations and rising patient acuity as demand for care continued to grow.
Posted inFeature, Health, Lismore
New radiation therapy technology expands cancer treatment capacity at Lismore Base Hospital
Cancer patients in the Northern Rivers will gain faster access to treatment following a major radiotherapy technology upgrade.