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Posted inHealth, NSW Politics

More voices added to call for better rural health

blankby Kath JacobsDecember 8, 2025December 16, 2025

Calls for urgent, practical reform of rural healthcare have intensified this past week, with the Country Mayor’s Association formally backing the Better Care, Closer to Home Alliance push for a new Rural Health Action Plan

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Rural health report finds slow reform progress, urges stronger oversight

blankby RK CrosbyJune 1, 2025June 1, 2025

A parliamentary committee has called for urgent structural changes to improve healthcare, warning that rural communities continue to face persistent barriers to access and a worsening crisis in primary care.

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