Northern NSW Local Health District

For more information and to register you can contact local Health Promotion Officer Kate Collins on yambahealthytowns@gmail.com or 0429 033 517.

GBH is conducting an Aboriginal Art Exhibition in the Education Centre of the Hospital over three consecutive days starting Wednesday 29 April to Friday 1 May 2015 from 10.30am until 3.00pm

"People who don’t get vaccinated not only place themselves at risk of the flu and developing potentially serious illness, but also put others at risk of infection.

“Across LHDs Northern NSW had significantly more positive results than the NSW average for all four questions on responsiveness to patient’s needs and expectations.”

The Health Promotion Team are inviting members of the community to come along and let them know what services they would like to see in Yamba that will help people to quit smoking.

One in three people older than 65 have a fall each year and up to one fifth of these people experience multiple falls. According to Neuroscience Research Australia poor balance is the cause of the majority of falls in older adults.

Whooping cough is easily spread to new babies, so it’s important to keep people with coughs away from them, in case they have whooping cough or other nasty infections.

The $80.25 million Lismore Base Hospital Stage 3a Redevelopment includes the construction of a new main entrance forecourt and Patient drop-off zone for the hospital.

NSW Health is urging people to take extra precautions to protect themselves against mosquitoes following a seven fold increase in detections of the mosquito-borne virus Ross River Fever across the State compared with this time last year.