Health

24 Apr 2025

Coffee and connection this Palliative Care Week

24 Apr 2025

Thank you from Boorowa LHAC

Nicole Summers MPS Facility Manager and Boorowa LHAC sincerely thank Clive and Cherylee for their service to the Boorowa MPS. Thank you Cherylee, for 16 years of dedicated service to the Boorowa Community. Clive, a recent addition to the team, is...

Thank you from Boorowa LHAC

Grand opening marks new era for mental health in Young

The Medicare Mental Health Centre in Young was officially launched on Monday by Senator Deborah O’Neill, executive operations for Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) Julie Redway and chief executive officer for Grand Pacific Health Adam...

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New paramedics welcomed to Young and the Hilltops

RDA Southern NSW and ACT warmly welcomed 16 new paramedics to the Hilltops region at a special dinner and trivia evening at the Young Services Club last Wednesday night. The event, organised by The Welcome Experience Southern Region Local Connectors...

ACRRM calls for more rural healthcare infrastructure

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is calling for urgent investment in rural healthcare infrastructure, highlighting that workforce retention is directly linked to access to essential services such as housing and...

20 Apr 2025

Dr Wick to open new clinic

Dr Asitha Wickramaratne, also known as Dr Wick, from the Boorowa Street Medical Centre in Young, has taken over the previously closed clinic in Boorowa and will be opening the Marsden Street Clinic in the next six to eight weeks. Speaking with Dr...

Paramedics to hit the ground in Young

Following continued consultations Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke has announced more than twenty additional paramedics will be deployed throughout the Cootamundra electorate to strengthen the region’s frontline emergency workforce. Sixteen...

Dr Wick to open new clinic

Paramedics to hit the ground in Young

Local hospitals perform well in latest report

The latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) Healthcare Quarterly Report – October to December 2024 shows public hospitals in Murrumbidgee Local Health District continued to improve planned surgery wait times and deliver high quality, timely...