Free shingles vaccination from November
From November 1 thousands of Central Coast residents will have free access to the best protection against shingles through one of the most comprehensive and widely available vaccination programs in…
Health
Men’s Table support group for Wyong
Mental health support is on the way for men in the Wyong area with The Men’s Table launching a local support group. Central Coast Council has partnered with the local…
Ride to work on Wednesday, October 18
Central Coast workers are being encouraged to get on their bikes and join in Australia’s biggest celebration of commuter riding on Wednesday, October 18. National Ride2Work Day is organised by…
Mental Health Day
Uniting NSW.ACT Mental Health Services on the Central Coast will host a Mental Health Day on Tuesday, October 10 at Wyong to mark October being Mental Health Month. Uniting Head…
$35,000 to fight Motor Neurone Disease
A group of Central Coast friends has completed a massive 200km run to help raise awareness and $50,000 for the fight against Motor Neurone Disease. Led by local doctor Nik…
Raising prostate cancer awareness
Around 150 men, their partners and friends attended the Central Coast Big Aussie BBQ held recently at Davistown RSL to raise awareness about prostate cancer. The event was organised by…
Get active at San Remo and Blue Haven
More than 150 sport, active recreation and physical activity opportunities have been unveiled as part of Get Active San Remo and Blue Haven this October. The initiative, returning for its…
Caring for patients in their own homes
Gosford Hospital Auxiliary has donated a handheld doppler for the Hospital in the Home Service (HiTH). HiTH Clinical Nurse Educator Marte Viljoen, said the doppler, which is worth $5,500, will…
Nursing services brought to your door
With more than 24 per cent of the population in and around Gosford over the age of 65 or living with a disability, a recent Roy Morgan survey demonstrates an…
Revving up for Cancer Council fundraiser
JAX Tyres & Auto Gosford franchisee Peter Bonvino and his brother-in-law, Nathan Metcalfe, are revving up to play their part in a nationwide effort to raise $2M in support of…
Urgent care clinics confirmed for Coast
Providence Medical Umina and Coastal Lakes Medical Practice Lake Haven will be the providers of two Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) set to open in November. Member for Robertson Gordon…
New pilates class to support cancer survivors
A new Breast Cancer Support Pilates class will start in October at Reform Pilates Studio in Toukley. The first of its kind on the Central Coast, the small class will…
Health team helps close the gap
An evaluation of a local key health initiative underpinned by the National Agreement on Closing the Gap has found the program is achieving its desired outcome of improving life outcomes…
Peninsula Villages looks after mental health of staff
Peninsula Villages at Umina Beach hosted a number of events on Thursday, September 14, to raise awareness of mental health in the aged care sector. The events, run as part…
Surf Clubs raise $14,965 for mental health
Macmasters Beach Surf Life Saving Club has raised $6,000 and Ocean Beach SLSC has raised $8,965 for mental health services at its Gotcha4Life’s 24-Hour Row on Sunday, September 10. The…
Make time for a mammogram
Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch has a personal reason for urging Central Coast women aged 50-74 to book in for a lifesaving mammogram, having lost her own mother to breast…
Free session on how to use a defib
Ocean Beach Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) is on a mission to prepare its members and residents from the wider community on how to react if a cardiac emergency should…
Tread as One to help save lives
Anytime Fitness West Gosford, Wyoming and Lisarow are asking all club members and the local community to come together in support of R U OK? People are being asked to…
Blender Bender to raise funds for R U OK?
Bateau Bay Square and Boost Juice have combined forces to host Blender Bender, a dynamic event raising funds and awareness for better mental health support. Kickstarting on R U OK?…
Shining a light on men’s health
A men’s health barbecue will be hosted on September 21 by Davistown RSL, in partnership with the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and healthcare company Bayer Australia. In Australia, 17,000…