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The Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation (ASMOF) has advised it will proceed with planned strike action between Tuesday and Thursday this week – in breach of the orders of the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC). ASMOF's strike plans will disrupt our...
The Red Alert warning issued on 2 December 2024 for high levels of potentially toxic blue-green algae at Malpas Dam located near Guyra on the Northern tablelands has been lifted. Malpas Dam is now on Green Alert for blue-green algae. The Red Alert was lifted following...
BreastScreen NSW has relaunched a campaign encouraging women to have a life saving mammogram and join the more than 55,000 women who screened across Hunter New England Local Health District in 2024. Kairsten Marley, Hunter New England Local Health District...
As a precaution, Gwydir Shire Council will be placing Gravesend Water Supply on a Boil Water Alert, due to the current turbidity of the Gwydir River which has the potential to make drinking water in Gravesend unsafe. This is estimated to be in place for 2-3 weeks with...
Falling influenza vaccinations due to vaccine fatigue and misinformation, combined with the risk of a horror flu season like the one experienced in the Northern Hemisphere, could result in more lives lost from flu and other respiratory diseases this year.Australian...
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has called for a Parliamentary inquiry into rural and regional maternity services. Mr Moylan put forward a Notice of Motion in NSW Parliament on Wednesday requesting the NSW Government consider bundled funding for...
A former Inverell resident has revealed her cancer story and asked the community to check their bodies constantly for any changes. Melissa White, who now resides in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast, is battling a rare melanoma called MUCOSAL Melanoma which is an...
The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) New South Wales and ACT Chair, Dr Rebekah Hoffman, is visiting GP clinics across the New England region to discuss how to further improve rural general practice care so that no patients miss out. Dr Hoffman said it was...
The New England Zone has received a significant boost to frontline emergency care with an additional 28 paramedics starting work in April. This workforce expansion is part of the Minns Labor Government’s commitment to deliver 500 additional paramedics to regional and...