Guide Dog puppy raisers wanted
Guide Dogs NSW/ACT is urgently looking for volunteers living on the Central Coast to help raise Guide Dog puppies. North Avoca’s Melissa Holmes has cared for seven puppies, training them…
Health
61 interns starting in Coast hospitals
Mr Adam Crouch MP, member for Terrigal has welcomed the latest intake of medical graduates who are commencing their one-year internship at Gosford Hospital. Mr Crouch visited the hospital to…
Community Visitors Scheme wins community award
Volunteering Central Coast won the Volunteer (Organisation) award at the Annual Australia Day Community Awards in Gosford on January 25. Volunteering Central Coast, who have been active within the community…
Hospital emergency waiting times over four hours for 39% of patients
Thirty nine per cent of patients who presented to Gosford Hospital’s emergency department waited more than four hours to be seen or attended to according to the latest figures from…
Woman of the Year finalists announced
Three women from the Gosford area are in the running to become Business and Professional Women Central Coast’s (BPW) Woman of the Year. Ms Yvonne Lamont, Sgt Jess Bradbury and…
Men invited to join ‘Decembeard’
Central Coast residents are being encouraged to partake in Bowel Cancer Australia’s initiative ‘Decembeard’ this December to help promote, raise awareness and raise funds for Australia’s second biggest cancer killer….
Salmonella warning for festive season
If you are barbecuing or cooking up a Christmas feast over the festive season, Central Coast Local Health District is urging residents to prepare and handle food carefully to avoid…
Christmas decorated buses are for a good cause
Busways Gosford drivers are hoping for a bright Christmas for the Cancer Council as the Christmas Bus Initiative hits the road for the second year running. Staff at Busways’ Gosford…
Culturally-specific prostate cancer resource launched
Central Coast local, Mr Mick Pittman, has helped launch Australia’s first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prostate cancer education resource. The launch was held at the Bangarra Dance Theatre in…
14 per cent of people with HIV remain undiagnosed
To acknowledge World AIDS Day on Tuesday, December 1, the team at the Central Coast Local Health District Sexual Health Clinic encouraged people at risk of HIV to get tested….
Preparation for hospital major construction underway
Health minister, Ms Jillian Skinner, parliamentary secretary for the Central Coast, Mr Scot MacDonald and member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, inspected construction progress on the $368 million Gosford Hospital…
Christmas is not always good for everyone
The Red Cross is reminding the community to spare a thought, and possibly a gift, to support the work of the Red Cross this Christmas. “One more gift can be…
Lantern club wins The Lantern
Members of the Avoca Beach Lantern Club were awarded the Sheila Ames Commemorative Trophy (The Lantern) at the Combined Lantern Clubs Annual Luncheon meeting in September 2015. The trophy has…
Parliament hears about White Ribbon activities
Federal member for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks, has risen in support of a motion on White Ribbon Day in Parliament, and urged Central Coast residents to join the campaign to…
Volunteer Team of the Year
Central Coast Cancer Centre has thanked Red Coat volunteers for their contribution and efforts. Members of the community have shown overwhelming support for the Central Coast Cancer Centre since it…
New ATSI Employment Plan launched
In an effort to create more employment and career opportunities for local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the Central Coast Local Health District launched a new Aboriginal Employment Plan…
Epic ride from Coolangatta to Cronulla
Central Coast grandmother Genny Murphy was bursting with pride on Friday, November 13 when her granddaughter Maggie Mills arrived at West Gosford on her bicycle as part of an epic…
Former government minister now head of Delphis
Delphis Australia, formerly known as Community Care Services Central Coast, has a new chief executive officer. Delphis run a dementia social club at Gosford. Former NSW minister for the environment,…
Research program for cannabis-based medicines approved
Member for Terrigal, Mr Adam Crouch, has welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed with GW Pharmaceuticals to progress a major new research…
Emergency service workers to look after each other
The inaugural meeting of the Central Coast Emergency services Post Trauma Support Group was held at the Terrigal Surf Club on Tuesday, November 17. Past and present emergency service workers…