Tascott’s Barbara Galvin, the woman behind Shirley’s Shuttle Cancer Outpatient Transport Service, was crowned the Central Coast Regional Volunteer of the Year, during the 2018 Centre for Volunteering’s NSW Volunteer…
A local hospital has been licensed to provide a new Parkinson’s disease treatment program. Brisbane Waters Private Hospital recently announced it would provide the PD Warrior program to Peninsula residents…
The Glen Rehabilitation Centre at Chittaway, celebrated Women’s Health Week on Friday, September 7, to highlight the need for an Aboriginal Community Controlled and culturally appropriate Women’s Healing Centre, along…
A new study exploring postnatal depression in fathers is being pioneered by a team of researchers from the University of Newcastle (UON), Ourimbah Campus. The team are the brains behind…
The JDRF One Walk is returning to Davistown. The walk is an enduring initiative of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), with walks taking place across the globe to raise…
A fundraising effort at a Woy Woy shopping centre has raised almost $6000 for children’s services at local Central Coast hospitals. “The total amount raised from the event was an…
A petition calling on the NSW Legislative Assembly to discuss the lack of a dedicated Central Coast palliative care hospice is being circulated on the Central Coast, and local Lions Club…
A 19-year-old former St Peter’s College Tuggerah student has died from meningococcal disease in Gosford Hospital. NSW Health authorities confirmed that Mischelle Rhodes succumbed to the infection in late August,…
Patient care and transport received a boost at Gosford Hospital, with the newly developed hospital tower’s helipad officially opened. The opening of the helipad is a win for locals who…
A suicide awareness walk will be held from 9 am to 11 am on Sunday, September 9, at Umina Beach Surf Lifesaving Club. Organised by Coast Community Connections, the Out…
This year marks a very special 25th anniversary for Breakthru, a Tuggerah based organisation founded with a vision of changing lives and empowering people with disability to achieve their goals….
Allity aged care nurses met on their own time outside the Henry Kendall Aged Care facility in Wyoming, on Friday, August 3, demanding that Allity end its 18 month delay…
A Foley Labor Government will deliver more nurses at Wyong Hospital as part of Labor’s announcement to bring regional hospital staffing levels in line with city staffing levels, according to…
The Wallarah Area Learning Community, consisting of Budgewoi, Blue Haven, Northlakes, Toukley and Gorokan Public Schools, and Northlakes and Gorokan High Schools, have been selected to be part of the…
Representatives from Central Coast aged and healthcare providers, workers, carers and dementia advocates, met at The Entrance, on July 11, to discuss challenges in Australia’s aged care system. The forum…
A free program for young men aged 17 to 25, “who have personal potential but are in need of positive mentors” started in Woy Woy last week. Building Blokes is…
Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, will launch the Grant McBride Memory Walk on Saturday. September 8, in Long Jetty, in memory of her late father. Supported by State MP’s,…
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…
A program that aims to tackle physical inactivity and promote community connection is planning a series of weekly runs on the Peninsula. The run will be held every Saturday, from…
Patients, families and visitors will benefit from the construction of new car parking infrastructure at Wyong Hospital in addition to the $200m Wyong Hospital redevelopment. In the 2018/19 NSW State…