Local not-for-profit and charity organisations working to overcome disadvantage or create opportunities for marginalised or isolated people on the Central Coast can apply for funds through the latest Newcastle Permanent…
HEALTH – Dozens of health workers at Gosford Hospital walked off the job for two hours at 10am on April 7, joining industrial action held across the state as the…
We’ve been exploring the countless benefits of sourcing quality meat products on the column recently and how this invariably leads to the conclusion that shopping with local producers is a…
Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) has taken two awards at the inaugural Australian Pride in Health and Wellbeing Awards. The awards recognised a variety of role models, allies and…
GP clinics in the Kincumber to Box Head area can now recruit overseas-trained doctors and bonded medical practitioners after a campaign by Saratoga Medical Practice was successful in having the…
With recent statistics showing increases in ambulance and emergency department wait times at Gosford Hospital, Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said she was concerned the replacement of the Ettalong ambulance…
Central Coast Local Health District has hit back at claims by Gosford state MP Liesl Tesch that patients are being forced to wait longer for care at Gosford Hospital. Tesch…
Professor Julie Redfern of Terrigal received her second award this month at the National Health & Medical Health Research Council’s (NHMRC) Annual Awards Night, Wednesday March 30, winning the 2021…
Peninsula resident and chair of the Dying with Dignity (DWD) NSW Central Coast branch, Dr Stephanie Short, has called for efficiency in passing the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill (VAD), amid…
GP clinics in the Bouddi and Empire Bay areas can now recruit overseas trained doctors and bonded medical practitioners after the region successfully campaigned to have its Distribution Priority Area…
A local resident has helped changed the lives of thousands of Australians with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) this month, successfully campaigning to list a critical drug onto the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme…
Youth mental health issues are on the rise, with one in four young Australians contemplating ending their life over the past two years and 15 per cent attempting self-harm according…
We’re midway through a series exploring the countless benefits associated with regenerative agriculture and the importance of shopping local. This week we’re broadening our scope and looking at the bigger…
Hakea Grove, the 150 bed newly-built care home at Hamlyn Terrace has reported a surge in the number of residents who have tested positive to COVID in the week to last Friday (March 25).
Mountain Community Children’s Centre at Mangrove Mountain reopened last week, after being devastated by an electrical fire in 2017. The fire left the centre inoperable, with hundreds of thousands of…
A new $30M state-of-the-art Health Hub has been proposed for Showground Rd adjacent to Gosford Hospital. As demand for healthcare clinicians on the Central Coast continues to rise at rapid…
Children from Warnervale Public School among others will take part in National Ride2School Day, Australia’s biggest celebration of active travel on 25 March.
The Central Coast Council’s Seniors Festival Expo returns on 31 March with an event at Wyong Race Club.
The ongoing operation of Long Jetty Healthcare Centre In-Patient Unit which was closed last September on a temporary basis and reutilised for COVID vaccinations, looks uncertain if not impending, according to its long-serving staff.
We’re midway through a series exploring the connection between farming methods and meat quality. This week we’re getting a peek behind the curtain at Grace Springs Farm in Kulnura as…