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Children between the ages of six and 12 in the New England region will soon have increased access to support for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), thanks to a new outreach service headed to Moree. A team of two paediatricians, a clinical nurse...
Communities across the Hunter and New England are experiencing a welcome boost of new nurses, with more than 140 registered nurses recruited from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The incoming nurses are qualified and experienced in emergency, surgical care, intensive...
The percentage of people who can’t afford to visit a GP in the New England and North West region has increased 36% over the past four years, according to damning new research. The report titled Access Denied: Australians Locked Out of Quality Healthcare, was...
Alarmingly, recently-released research shows on average, 20.8% of children are challenged by chronic pain at some point in their childhood – approximately five kids in each classroom. As students settle into their final term of the year, experts are calling for...
Hunter New England Local Health District have noticed whooping cough cases are still circulating in the Health District. Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, affects people of all ages, and can be especially serious for babies and young children who get really...
The first rural Aboriginal-led campaign focusing on the often sensitive topic of bladder controlissues, such as incontinence, is urging Aboriginal communities to ‘have a yarn about our bladder’. Hunter New England Local Health District alongside Narrabri, Armidale and...
People receiving cancer treatment across Hunter New England Local Health District have provided overwhelmingly positive feedback for the care they received in the latest Bureau of Health Information’s (BHI) Outpatient Cancer Clinics Survey. More than 8,000 patients...
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan has stepped in to assist a Warialda family who endured a recent on-farm accident which seriously injured a family member. The Koina family were dealing with their son Braydon losing his left arm just above the elbow in an on-farm...
NSW Health has issued a public warning following a spike in gastro cases which are at their highest levels in years. Testing and hospital data is showing a significant rise in cases in the past few weeks, with 2700 people showing up in emergency departments across the...