Calls for urgent, practical reform of rural healthcare have intensified this past week, with the Country Mayor’s Association formally backing the Better Care, Closer to Home Alliance push for a new Rural Health Action Plan
Ryan Park
Posted inHealth, NSW Politics, Social issues and services
Boost to paediatric allied health workforce set to reduce wait times across NSW
Children and families across New South Wales are set to benefit from significantly improved access to essential health services, following the recruitment of 32 new paediatric allied health professionals under the Minns Labor Government’s $17.9 million investment.
Posted inHealth, Kempsey, Port Macquarie
North Coast nurses and midwives honoured at statewide excellence awards
Healthcare workers from the Mid North Coast have been honoured at the 2025 NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards, with Kempsey and Port Macquarie nursing staff taking out two of the night’s top accolades.
Posted inHealth, Local News
Australian-first digital tool helps calculate cancer risk from alcohol use
An Australian-first digital tool will help people make healthier choices by educating them about the risk of alcohol-related cancers.
Posted inHealth, News
Single Employer Model delivers more GPs and ED doctors for the New England
Progress is being made on the rollout of the single employer GP model, with Tamworth and Armidale hospitals identified as initial trial sites.
Posted inHealth, News
Free parking at hospitals from 1 August
One cost will soon be eliminated at many travelling patients, with the NSW Government making parking free at Tweed, Coffs Harbour, Lismore, Maitland and Belmont (Lake Macquarie) hospitals.
Posted inHealth, Local News, News, Tamworth, Tamworth Regional
Additional nurses boost safe staffing ratios at local hospitals
Tamworth and Armidale hospitals will benefit from additional nurses, with recruitment well underway to deliver on the State Government’s promise to roll out a major healthcare staffing reform.