Dr Do More tackles mental health in Exercise Right Week
It was Exercise Right Week (May 25 to 31) and a couple of local health nuts want to see Coasties embrace this year’s theme, ‘Movement is Medicine,’ to kickstart their…
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New Patient Experience Officers coming to Gosford and Wyong Hospitals
Gosford and Wyong Hospitals will each receive two new Patient Experience Officers to provide help and support to patients arriving at Emergency Departments and COVID-19 Testing Clinics. Parliamentary Secretary for…
Aged care facility providing eating options
There’s a lot to be said for aged care facilities that make proactive and innovative decisions for the overall benefit of their residents. Noraville’s Vietnam Veterans’ Keith Payne VC Hostel…
Nurses and teachers protest 12 month wage freeze
After weeks of dodging questions on the issue, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced a 12 month wage freeze for public servants, with unions representing teachers and nurses already railing at…
Lions donate food to hospital emergency department staff
Emergency Department staff at Wyong Hospital won’t have to worry about their two fruit and five veg for a little while thanks to a generous donation from the Gorokan-Kanwal Lions…
All residents with cold and flu symptoms should be tested for COVID-19
The Central Coast might officially be COVID-19 free but residents are being warned not to take this hard-earned result for granted. With restrictions easing across the Coast on everything from…
467 new ambulance paramedic recruits in NSW
The NSW Government has announced further boosts to the health sector in the form of a $3M investment in ICU nurses and $17M investment in a new state-of-the art ambulance…
HoTS health checks and outreach to homeless
Hundreds of Coast residents suffering anxiety and depression due to COVID-19 social restrictions are set to benefit from a $10M boost to Beyond Blue for a Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support…
Schoolgirls’ 3D-printed ear guards in use at Gosford Hospital
It might seem an unlikely partnership, but a Sydney girls’ school has put its 3D capabilities to good use by printing ear guards for frontline medical staff at Gosford Hospital….
Fundraising for rescue helicopter by kayak
When Ms Lindsey Edgar of St Huberts Island broke her ankle in three places in February, it not only saw her housebound but also put a stop to her regular…
Staff look over new aged care wing
Staff at a Umina aged care facility have had a look over a new wing that is close to completed. Hostel team leader Ms Judy Moroney and clinical administrative assistant…
Approval for Woy Woy aged care alterations
Central Coast Council has approved deferred commencement of $12.2 million in alterations and additions to an aged care facility in Kathleen St, Woy Woy. Development consent for the alterations and…
$16,000 for children’s cancer research raised
Wyong Netball Association export, turned premiership-winning NSW Swifts defender, Lauren Moore, has raised over $16,000 for children’s cancer research by shaving her head. With the 2020 Suncorp Super Netball season…
The Y hotline keeps youth connected
YMCA NSW (the Y) is determined Central Coast youth won’t feel left behind during the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the closure of the Gravity Youth Centre at Lake Have and cancellation…
Restrictions no problem for retirement village manager on Mothers’ Day
Coronavirus isolation was never going to stop Forresters Beach Retirement Village Manager, Julie Ramage, from spending quality time with her mum on Mother’s Day, because her mum, Mary Pendergast, just…
Local survivor calls on Coasties to get vaccinated
While the Coast’s consciousness has been dominated by the coronavirus, one local woman is reminding residents about the importance of getting vaccinated against other deadly diseases. Sarah Joyce was 30…
Online AA meetings take off on the Coast
Worrying new data exploring the rise of drinking during home isolation, shows that one-in-five Australians have purchased more alcohol than usual during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the majority have concerns…
Stoush brewing over nurses’ wages
The State Opposition and the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) have both called on Premier Gladys Berejiklian to rule out pay freezes for the state’s nurses in the wake…
Elaine celebrates International Nurses Day 2020
International Nurses Day was celebrated on May 12 and the Central Coast Local Health District has shared the story of one of their own. Elaine Duck, has spent the past…
Drive through COVID-19 clinic at Kanwal
The new drive through clinic opened on May 4 and is located within the grounds of the Wyong Leagues Club at Kanwal. It will operate from 8am to 4pm from…