WEEKEND LONG READ: Medically ready to leave, but nowhere to go. Older people are stranded in New England hospitals, while families are left footing the bill, and politicians squabble.
NSW Health
Posted inMental Health, NSW News, Parenting and kids
New pilot to check in on dads’ mental health
New fathers in NSW will be offered health and mental health checks under a $1 million pilot program, as the state government partners with men’s health charity Movember to support new and expecting dads.
Posted inBusiness, Crime, Glen Innes Severn Shire, Long Read, Politics
The tax that built a black market
WEEKEND LONG READ: A federal tax has turned main streets into a battleground for organised crime, insurance hikes and arson. Canberra is still dismissing calls to cut the tobacco excise as a thought bubble.
Posted inHealth, Long Read
Armidale nurse takes rural retention message to national stage
An Armidale nurse has used a national platform to push for the governance changes needed to keep nurses working in rural and remote communities.
Posted inArmidale, Emergency management, Uralla
Hazard reduction burn this weekend in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park
An 800 hectare hazard reduction burn near Armidale and Uralla this weekend could send smoke across Spring Camp, Enmore and Blue Knobby Roads.
Posted inConsultations and feedback, Health, NSW News
Furious over healthcare? NSW wants regional voices at the table
Furious about the state of healthcare in regional NSW? The government is now looking for locals to join an advisory panel and take regional concerns directly to the top.
Posted inGlen Innes, Health
Glen Innes Severn Council welcomes illicit tobacco crackdown
Glen Innes Severn Council Mayor Margot Davis has welcomed a recent multi-agency operation targeting illegal products in the local community, following raids on stores in Armidale and Glen Innes.
Posted inHealth, Money, NSW Politics
Patients expected to fund own travel as fuel crisis exacerbates gaps in system
NSW Health are not providing any additional support for patients to manage the cost of accessing health care despite high fuel prices.
Posted inHealth, Tamworth
Tamworth warned of Hep A risk
The source of a Hepatitis A outbreak in Tamworth remains unknown as the city welcome tens of thousands of visitors for the Tamworth Country Music Festival
Posted inWarialda, Water
Water being delivered in Warialda today due to PFAS, other areas cleared
Water will be delivered to homes across Warialda today as the latest update from Gwydir Shire Council reveals another bore has high levels of PFAS, but other Councils are progressively reporting their water supplies are PFAS free or within acceptable limits.