Northern NSW Local Health District

Casino woman, Carol Lockhart had been booking a mammogram each year around her birthday for almost 20 years, when she unexpectedly received a call-back in 2011. She was diagnosed with two malignant carcinomas and had a mastectomy, followed by two years of treatments including chemotherapy, bone scans, heart tests and radiation therapy. As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month she shares her treatment journey.

Around 240 delegates converged on Tweed Heads over the past two days, for the 84th Annual State Conference of the United Hospital Auxiliaries.

Lismore Base Hospital Auxiliary celebrates 100th Anniversary

Thursday, 12 October is World Sight Day, and a great reminder to keep an eye out for free StEPS vision screening programs in your area.

An app developed in NSW which provides trauma clinicians with real time clinical guidance and information recently won the Public Sector and Government Market Division at Australia's biggest innovation and technology awards.

The link bridges inside Lismore Base Hospital have received a fresh installment of art this week with staff from the Lismore Regional Gallery hanging a new collection of artworks.