Health

Only the beginning: Facility an enormous benefit to Parkes and region

Some said it couldn’t be done. But here we are, gestured Dr Kerrie Stewart who is the Head of Campus of the Central West Clinical School that’s based in Parkes. The doctor was referring to training medical students to become doctors outside of a city...

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20 Jul 2025

Health

$20.2 million for new theatre

Forbes’ new operating theatre has been funded in the 2025-2026 State budget. Planning for the new and upgraded theatre will begin in coming months after $20.2 million was allocated to the project in the NSW Budget, announced on Tuesday 24 June. The...

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29 Jun 2025

Health

$2.5million lung bus health screening in region

A new $2.5million mobile lung health clinic has arrived in the region, providing free screening checks in Orange and Dubbo to people exposed to hazardous dust through work. Icare Group Executive of General Insurance and Care, Britt Coombe, said...

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22 Jun 2025

Health

$2.5million lung bus health screening in region

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22 Jun 2025

Health

Now’s the time to have flu vaccine, pharmacists urge

INFLUENZA is rising rapidly in Australia with more than 75,000 confirmed influenza cases already reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System this year. Health professionals warn the flu season is expected to peak earlier this...

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01 Jun 2025

Health

Connection key as pharmacy students spend time in Australia

A group of visiting pharmacy students has seen first hand the difference they can make in people’s lives in rural pharmacy. Pharmacy students from New Zealand have been working on the frontline in regional New South Wales in an initiative aimed at...

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25 May 2025