Extra security officers and 24- hour CCTV surveillance has started at Wyong and Gosford hospital emergency departments following a lengthy campaign by the Health Services Union (HSU). In August, about…
Relay for Life returned to Mingara Athletics Track on October 19 and 20 with hundreds of locals from all walks of life turning up to take part. A community fundraising…
The Gosford Branch of the Children’s Medical Research Institute will be holding its annual Garden Party in November. An enduring spring fundraiser, the Garden Party will be held in Saratoga…
October 23 marked a special day for those living with disability in Gosford, with the official launch of the Better Access Map App, a new app and website package designed…
A Woy Woy Public School student has raised more than $2400 for the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation. Charlie Sceats raised $2433 for the Foundation by participating in the City to…
The $200M Wyong Hospital redevelopment has taken a major step forward with a sod turning ceremony to mark the start of construction in October. NSW Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Natasha…
It will be the end of an era when Henry Kendall Aged Care, Wyoming, closes its doors at the end of October, after 34 years of serving elderly residents. Despite…
Members of the Midwifery Group Practice which operates across the Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD), say they are shocked and saddened that two full-time positions are to be cut…
Each year around 950,000 young Australians (aged 12 to 25) will be affected by a mental health issue. Marking headspace day, which was celebrated on October 9, Shadow Assistant Minister…
The latest statistics from the Bureau of Health show that waiting times for surgery and emergency departments at Wyong and Gosford hospitals are among the worst five in the state….
A Green Point resident who devised an App to support self managing National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) holders with their financial planning, has been awarded $20,000 from the Federal Government…
A redevelopment of Gosford Private Hospital to the tune of $32M is underway with a sod turning ceremony in September kick-started the project. The major revamp will deliver 12 theatres,…
A Woy Woy doctor has been praised for his services to medicine as a neurosurgeon, which resulted with recognition in the Queens Birthday Honours list. Dr Michael Briggs works from…
Nursing staff in the emergency department at Wyong Hospital are overworked and understaffed while coping with a 12.5 percent increase in patients, who are then having a long wait to…
Esteemed Gosford Private Hospital Neurosurgeon , Marc Coughlan, has once again led the way for neurosurgery in Australia, introducing minimally invasive endoscopic radio frequency denervation for the treatment of back…
The Central Coast has 32 new soon to be health and wellbeing practitioners, after the group officially graduated from TAFE NSW Gosford on September 5. All 32 students completed either…
With NSW Bike Week just around the corner, Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) is encouraging locals to try cycling for health and happiness by holding two biking events over…
Scuba diving lessons are being offered at Woy Woy as physical therapy for people living with disability and illness. The Scuba Gym Australia was born out of a desire to…
Despite torrential rain, more than 60 nurses rallied at Gosford Hospital last week to call attention to what they say are worsening conditions at local health facilities. For several months,…
Gosford father and son, Danny and Daniel O’Brien, have donated $20,000 to support critical medical research into brain cancer and motor neurone disease (MND), after winning $40,000 through a First…