A measles case has been confirmed across Byron Shire, Ballina and Pottsville, with health authorities urging anyone who visited a string of local hotspots over the past fortnight to watch for symptoms.
Northern NSW Local Health District
Posted inHealth, NSW Politics, Regional Development
Builder appointed for 36 new health worker units opposite Grafton Base Hospital
Thirty-six new homes for Grafton’s healthcare workers are on the way, built into the old gaol site and placed right across the road from the hospital.
Posted inGood News, Grafton, Health
Landmark day for Grafton as $283.8 million hospital rebuild breaks ground
Decades of waiting, one sod turn. Grafton Base Hospital’s $283.8 million rebuild is finally underway, and it will change healthcare in the Clarence Valley for good.
Posted inHealth, Northern Rivers
Northern Rivers residents invited to have their say on local health priorities
Northern Rivers residents can have their say on local health priorities at the district’s Annual Public Meeting later this month.
Posted inHealth, Local News
Northern NSW hospitals improve emergency care times
Northern NSW hospitals have recorded faster emergency treatment and ambulance handovers despite an increase in patients requiring urgent care.
Posted inHealth, Northern Rivers
Rural health partnership aims to strengthen local workforce
Northern Rivers communities could see more locally trained health workers under a renewed partnership strengthening the region’s health workforce.
Posted inGrants and funding, North Coast Surrounds
Active ageing grants open across Northern NSW
Community groups and organisations across Northern NSW can apply for grants of up to $30,000 to help older people stay active, socially connected and independent.
Posted inAwards, Good News, Health, Lismore
Northern NSW nurses recognised among state’s best
Two Northern NSW nurses are in the running for statewide honours after being named finalists in the 2026 NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards.
Posted inHealth, Northern Rivers, Tweed Shire
Northern NSW hospitals brace for busiest winter yet
Northern NSW hospitals are seeing 22 more patients a day than this time last year. Health bosses reveal where locals should go instead of the ED, and it might save you hours in a waiting room.
Posted inHealth, Tweed Heads
‘I’m living the dream’: Tweed woman returns to thank clinicians after kidney transplant
A Tweed woman who spent five years on dialysis has reunited with the clinicians who cared for her after a life-changing kidney transplant.