On ya bike!
Central Coast residents are being urged to consider the health, environmental, economic and social benefits of cycling to work. The call comes from Central Coast Local Health District’s Health Promotion…
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Pivotal role for indigenous role models
Proud Wiradjuri woman Lynelle Elliott is using the transformative power of the arts to help young Indigenous men at Kariong’s Frank Baxter Youth Justice Centre. The TAFE NSW Newcastle graduate…
Temporary accommodation available for frontline health staff
Doctors, nurses and other frontline staff attached to the Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) will soon have additional peace of mind that their jobs aren’t putting their own family’s…
Are we winning the war?
As the Coast’s health system braces for a rise in hospital admissions, nascent signs have emerged of a slowing in the rate of spread of the COVID-19 virus. Earlier this…
Teachers check in on new hospital employee
Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy campus principal Ms Rebecca Cooper and vocational education teacher Mr David Cornfield visited Brisbane Waters Private Hospital on November 25 to check in on…
Two special cycling events for bike week
With NSW Bike Week just around the corner, Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) is encouraging locals to try cycling for health and happiness by holding two biking events over…
Research project looks at childrens’ eating habits
A PhD student at the University of Newcastle Ourimbah Campus is undergoing a research project to answer the age old questions parents everywhere ask themselves every dinner time, how to…
Ourimbah firefighters to climb for Motor Neuron Disease
A team of firefighters from Ourimbah Rural Fire Service Brigade will be partaking in Fire and Rescue NSW’s Motor Neuron Disease fundraiser, Fire Fighters Climb for Motor Neuron Disease (MND)….
Coast’s most common cancer now has a specialist nurse
Men on the Central Coast with prostate cancer now have a specialist nurse solely dedicated to helping them and their families. One of only 45 Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurses in…
New rehabilitation clinic opens at hospital
A new rehabilitation and research clinic was officially opened at Brisbane Waters Private Hospital on March 22. The NSW Ministry of Health gave the hospital approval in early March to…
Mountain Sounds’ revellers took advantage of VIPee treatment
NSW Health introduced a new initiative to get young people thinking about their sexual health at the Coast’s own, Mountain Sounds Festival. During the popular event, that attracted thousands of…
Special escalation system introduced
The Central Coast Local Health District has introduced a new program to allow patients and their families the opportunity to ‘REACH’ out for help when they notice a subtle change…
Redeveloped hospital will have an impact
The $348 million, 11-storey Gosford Hospital Redevelopment project is continuing to take shape, and is set to be one of the greatest infrastructure developments on the Central Coast. The redevelopment…
Franchise to provide a herb garden to women’s health centre
The Central Coast Community Women’s Health Centre, Wyong, is getting a herb garden through staff from Grill’d Healthy Burgers, Tuggerah, and the franchise’s Local Matters campaign. The Central Coast Community…
300 Disability Services and Out Of Home Care public sector jobs slashed
The NSW Government has slashed 300 public sector jobs on the Central Coast, with the privatisation of Disability Services and Out Of Home Care now also eating away at the…
1,000 confidential letters found dumped
More than 1,000 letters containing confidential personal and medical information from Gosford Hospital patients were found dumped in a communal bin at an Ashfield apartment block. The confidential letters were…
Ageing healthy talk at Ecovillage
An ageing healthy talk will be held as part of the next Narara Ecovillage open day on Saturday, March 25. Dr Catherine Rickwood and Dr Karen Bridgman, of Three Sisters…
Premier launches ‘Getting on Track in Time’ Program in Gosford
NSW Premier, Ms Gladys Berejiklian, and Minister for Mental Health, Ms Tanya Davies, met with local health workers and principals from the two Central Coast schools to lead the region’s…
Local Health District has a new chief executive
Chair of the Central Coast Local Health District Board, Mr Paul Tonkin, has announced the appointment of Dr Andrew Montague as the new chief executive for the district following the…
Cutting-edge technology installed at new eye care practice
Central Coast optometrist and advocate for preventative eye care, Dr Amanda Rungis, recently established a new practice, Sure Eye Care, at Riverside Park, West Gosford. Dr Rungis ran a practice…