The Federal Government will invest $47.7M in next week’s budget to restore bulk billed video telehealth psychiatry consultations in regional and rural areas. Health Minister, Mark Butler, said In December…
Melissa Hann of Saratoga was enjoying a face-paced life criss-crossing the globe as a flight attendant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 at the age of 28….
NB: This event has been postponed! The iHive Arts and Wellness Expo will be an opportunity for the community to connect with professionals and providers of health therapies and creative…
Thousands of children in their red and yellow caps and hot pink rashies are back on the beaches as the iconic Nippers season gets underway for the summer season. The…
Central Coast workers are being encouraged to get on their bikes and join in Australia’s biggest celebration of commuter riding on Wednesday, October 19. National Ride2Work Day is organised by…
October is Mental Health Month and to raise awareness around this important topic Central Coast Council is running a number of training sessions for the community. Courses such as Accidental…
Construction work on the final stage of Wyong Hospital’s $200M refurbishment will start mid-2023 to provide a cancer day unit, women’s clinics, an Aboriginal Health unit and carer support unit….
Camp Breakaway at San Remo is celebrating its 40th anniversary with its first annual black tie charity ball and to pay tribute to the visionary Wyong Rotarians who hatched the…
Junior medical officers from Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) are getting behind the inaugural Red Cross Lifeblood Doctors in Training Blood Drive. Across October and November, junior doctors will…
Lifeline Central Coast has launched its Challenge Yourself for Mental Health campaign to raise funds for its local suicide prevention services. The organisation is asking Coasties to challenge themselves during…
With October being Mental Health Awareness Month, Killcare Heights resident Tammy Hewitt says it is an important time to tackle the stigma that still surrounds access to mental health services….
Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) is helping patients stay at home while receiving hospital standard clinical care through its new model of care, Hospital in the Home (HITH). HITH…
A promising new treatment program for parents and teenagers struggling with problematic excessive online screen time will start in Wyong from mid-October. Too much video gaming can have serious behavioural…
Choosing Hope is a walk of honour and remembrance along the lake foreshore at Long Jetty in support of families who have experienced the loss of their baby. It has…
A free after-school program to help children get active and eat healthier will return at four locations across the Central Coast next term. Go4Fun will run for 10 weeks at…
An Army veteran of two tours in Afghanistan and a men’s health mentor has just released his first book which has been 20 years in the making. Craig Ball of…
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) announced on Tuesday that Vales Point Power Station is being investigated over two separate fish kills at Wyee Bay in a month. An EPA spokesperson…
A charity ride last week from Inverell to Newcastle, which saw 25 cyclists pass through the Central Coast, has raised $260,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities. Money raised through the…
Locally based country music entertainer Jason Owen of X Factor fame has been on a mission to lose a lot of weight after the arrival of the couple’s first baby…
Health worker Georgina Rosee has been appointed to represent the Central Coast on the new Regional Health Ministerial Advisory Panel. Rosee has worked within Central Coast Local Health District for…