A $140,000 gift from the CWA Armidale Branch to UNE has established a new medical scholarship for women from regional, rural and remote communities.
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Posted inHealth, National News
Calculator tool to help doctors in bulk-billing push
General practitioners are being encouraged to adopt a full bulk-billing model via a calculator to show the financial rewards.
Posted inGlen Innes, Health
Construction begins on CT scanning facility in Glen Innes
Glen Innes has commenced works to fit out the front portion of the former Essential Energy building into a purpose-built CT scanning facility.
Posted inHealth, Local News
Hunter New England Local Health District celebrates 2025 Excellence Awards
Hunter New England Local Health District’s dedicated staff and volunteers were recognised at the2025 Excellence Awards in Tamworth this week.
Posted inHealth, Local News
Hunter New England residents urged to avoid handling bats to stay safe from lyssavirus
Residents of the Hunter and New England regions are urged not to touch or handle flying foxes or microbats, to protect themselves from infection and viruses.
Posted inKootingal, Mental Health
Local author H.J Kelly to release powerful second poetry collection
Kootingal-based author and poet Hayden O’Rourke is preparing to release his highly anticipated second book, In My Mind, this month.
Posted inHealth, Tamworth
Get walking this Saturday for World Suicide Prevention Day
Lifeline New England North West calls on the community to unite for ‘Out of the Shadows’ walk on World Suicide Prevention Day.
Posted inLocal News, Mental Health, Parenting and kids, Social issues and services, Wellbeing
Motherland launches Father Land: A groundbreaking podcast giving rural dads a voice
Introducing Father Land: a special eight-episode podcast series dedicated to telling the real and raw stories of fatherhood through the eyes of men on the land.
Posted inHealth, Moree, NSW Politics
Moree Hospital without a doctor as health crisis continues
The health and hospital crisis gripping the New England has moved from its focal point from Wee Waa to Moree, where the town’s emergency department has been left without a doctor for weeks.
Posted inHealth, Tamworth
NSW Ambulance doctors ready to respond to and treat critical patients
Doctors in training and trainee critical care paramedics from across NSW recently participated in an intensive and high-fidelity training program to ensure they are mission-ready to provide world-class critical care for patients.