Northern NSW Local Health District

RRISK, or Reduce Risk Increase Student Knowledge, promotes key safety messages including planning ahead, knowing the facts and looking after friends. It's being delivered to Year 11 students across the North Coast this November to help them stay safe during party season.

A community Information Day is being held on Thursday, 8 November to provide details of the new Evans Head HealthOne.

A series of free ‘come and try’ sessions will help Evans Head residents learn to use the town's new outdoor gym equipment safely to improve their fitness.

One case of diphtheria has been confirmed in an adult Northern Rivers resident.

North Coast Primary Health Network and Northern NSW Local Health District are hosting 2 days of Consumer Representative training on 2nd and 3rd August in Goonellabah.

An independent inquiry is being conducted into the oversight of the quality of care and safety of patients treated by Dr Emil Gayed in NSW public hospitals, including Grafton Base Hospital.

The Northern NSW community is being encouraged to help be part of mental health care improvements to prevent seclusion and restraint of people with mental illness.

campaign to encourage the community to get vaccinated this winter got off to a great start this week at The Tweed Hospital. On Monday, staff provided free flu vaccinations to around 70 members of the public, as well as providing advice on how to best prevent yourself and those you love from getting the flu. Resident, […]

he North Coast Public Health Unit is urging people to be alert to the symptoms of meningococcal disease with the second case of the disease confirmed in the Northern NSW area in the last eight days. The latest case, a three-year old child from the Grafton area, is being treated in a Queensland hospital. All […]

orthern NSW Local Health District is urging residents to avoid contact with bats after reports of increased numbers in Northern NSW. Bats and flying foxes can carry bacteria and viruses which can be harmful to humans, including the potentially deadly lyssavirus. Acting Director, North Coast Public Health Unit, Greg Bell, said while there have been […]