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MPHN support for local solutions
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MPHN support for local solutions

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) has launched a new grants program offering up to $50,000 for community-led initiatives that support mental wellbeing and suicide prevention in the region. The Murrumbidgee Community Mental Wellbeing and...

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27 Jul 2025
Updated framework for rural maternity services welcomed
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Updated framework for rural maternity services welcomed

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) welcomes the release of the Second Edition National Consensus Framework for Rural Maternity Services, which reaffirms the critical role of Rural Generalists in delivering safe, high-quality...

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13 Jul 2025
NSW Health issue bat warning
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NSW Health issue bat warning

NSW Health is urging the community to avoid touching or handling bats, following the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus in NSW. The man in his 50s from Northern NSW is in a critical condition in hospital. Keira Glasgow, a Director in...

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13 Jul 2025
NSW Health issue bat warning
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NSW Health issue bat warning

NSW Health is urging the community to avoid touching or handling bats, following the first confirmed case of Australian bat lyssavirus in NSW. The man in his 50s from Northern NSW is in a critical condition in hospital. Keira Glasgow, a Director in...

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13 Jul 2025
Locals welcome medical practice opening
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Locals welcome medical practice opening

Boorowa residents now have access to a new healthcare facility with the opening of the Marsden Street Medical Centre on July 1, 2025. This development comes after the closure of the previous practice in November 2024, which left the community...

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13 Jul 2025
Have your say in survey
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Have your say in survey

Have your say on the future of mental health and AOD services in the Murrumbidgee. MPHN and MLHD are developing the 2025-2030 Murrumbidgee Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Alcohol and Other Drugs Regional Plan - and we want your voice at the...

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06 Jul 2025
Cost cutting detrimental to local NDIS participants
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Cost cutting detrimental to local NDIS participants

Member for Riverina Michael McCormack is calling for an immediate stop to the National Disability Insurance Agency’s decision to slash cost limits and travel funding for Allied Health Services. In its annual pricing review, the National Disability...

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06 Jul 2025
COVID levels rise above Influenza
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COVID levels rise above Influenza

NSW Health is urging the community to do everything they can to protect themselves from COVID, including getting vaccinated, as cases rise across the state. The latest NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report shows 3,475 people in NSW testing positive for...

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06 Jul 2025
Cathy retires after 38 years in health
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Cathy retires after 38 years in health

After 38 years working as a Women’s Health Nurse, Cathy Kerr from Young is hanging up her speculum. Cathy and her colleagues celebrated her retirement at an event in Jugiong recently. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank Cathy for her...

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29 Jun 2025
COVID levels rise above Influenza
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COVID levels rise above Influenza

NSW Health is urging the community to do everything they can to protect themselves from COVID, including getting vaccinated, as cases rise across the state. The latest NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report shows 3,475 people in NSW testing positive for...

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06 Jul 2025
Cathy retires after 38 years in health
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Cathy retires after 38 years in health

After 38 years working as a Women’s Health Nurse, Cathy Kerr from Young is hanging up her speculum. Cathy and her colleagues celebrated her retirement at an event in Jugiong recently. We wanted to take this opportunity to thank Cathy for her...

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29 Jun 2025
Medicare Mental Health Open Day
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Medicare Mental Health Open Day

On Tuesday 17 June, Mayor Brian Ingram, along with several Councillors, attended the Young Medicare Mental Health Centre Open Day. The event welcomed key representatives from local services, groups, and organisations for an inside look at the vital...

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29 Jun 2025
MLHD recognise excellence at annual awards
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MLHD recognise excellence at annual awards

Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) has celebrated the outstanding contribution of health professionals and volunteers from across the region at the 2025 MLHD Excellence Awards held at the Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre. MLHD Chief Executive Jill...

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29 Jun 2025
New surgery to open in July
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New surgery to open in July

Locals have been given the opening date of the new Marsden Street Medical Practice in Boorowa with Dr Asitha Wickramaratne, known as Dr Wick eager to get the new surgery up and running. The new practice opening has been announced for Tuesday July 1...

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29 Jun 2025
Locals urged to get vaccinated as flu levels rise
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Locals urged to get vaccinated as flu levels rise

NSW Health is urging the community to book in now for their flu vaccine, as cases rise across the state. The latest NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report shows more than 3,100 people in NSW testing positive for influenza in the week ending 7 June, an...

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22 Jun 2025
Young Hospital has best result in the state
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Young Hospital has best result in the state

Young Hospital has the best result in the state for facilities of the same size for ED waiting times according to the latest findings from the Bureau of Health Information Healthcare Quarterly Report (January to March 2025).According to the data in...

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22 Jun 2025
Rural doctors thanked by peak body
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Rural doctors thanked by peak body

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) today pays tribute to the nation’s Rural Generalists (RGs) and rural and remote specialist GPs, recognising their vital role as first responders in communities across Australia. ACRRM...

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22 Jun 2025
Pop into your community pharmacy for a chat
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Pop into your community pharmacy for a chat

Community pharmacy plays an important role in supporting men’s health, and this men’s health week (9-15 June the Pharmacy Guild of Australia is calling on patients to pop in for a chat with their community pharmacist. Brad Butt is a community...

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15 Jun 2025
Rural men urged to see their GP
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Rural men urged to see their GP

This International Men’s Health Week (9–15 June), the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is backing the national “See Your GP” campaign launched by Healthy Male and the Centre for Male Health. The campaign urges men to...

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15 Jun 2025
Research finds parents intuition for child's health is hard to beat
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Research finds parents intuition for child’s health is hard to beat

A new study published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health has found that a parent’s concern that their child is deteriorating in hospital is as strongly associated with serious illness as abnormalities in vital signs like heart rate...

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15 Jun 2025
Experts urge vigilance with RSV ahead of winter
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Experts urge vigilance with RSV ahead of winter

Experts urge vigilance with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) ahead of the winter months with GSK Australia saying it’s as serious in older adults as it is in babies. According to GSK while the significant risk of RSV for young babies is...

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08 Jun 2025
Final report on rural health reform tabled
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Final report on rural health reform tabled

The Select Committee on Remote, Rural and Regional health have published its third and final report on health reform in the NSW Parliament and have asked and answered very important question.“Have the last two years of health reform resulted in...

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01 Jun 2025
Behind the scenes update for new medical practice
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Behind the scenes update for new medical practice

The amazing staff of the new Marsden Street Medical Practice have given an update on what is happening with the new facility that is hoping to open in a few weeks time. Dr Wick and his staff at the Boorowa Street Medical Practice in Young have been...

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01 Jun 2025
Biggest Morning Tea raises some big dollars
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Biggest Morning Tea raises some big dollars

Murrumbidgee Local Health District has congratulated the staff of Young Hospital and Health Service for raising almost $300 for breast cancer at it’s Biggest Morning Tea held at the facility last Thursday.“Congratulations to Young Health Service on...

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01 Jun 2025
Pathology service is saved
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Pathology service is saved

Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke is thrilled to announce that Cootamundra Hospital’s Pathology Laboratory will remain open following a successful campaign to save the facility from its impending closure. Minister for Health and Regional Health...

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18 May 2025
Calls for stronger action during DFV prevention month
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Calls for stronger action during DFV prevention month

As Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Prevention Month raises awareness of the devastating impact of violence within homes, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) reaffirms the critical role of Rural Generalists in addressing...

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18 May 2025
Health petition given 'one last push'
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Health petition given ‘one last push’

A petition initiated by Member for Cootamundra, Steph Cooke to prevent the closure of Cootamundra Hospital’s Pathology Lab needs just one thousand signatures for the matter to be debated in Parliament. Ms Cooke said the end is in sight following...

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18 May 2025
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