Northern NSW Local Health District

As the weather warms up and visitors begin arriving, Northern NSW residents are reminded to be COVID-safe while enjoying the holidays.

A mobile COVID-19 testing clinic will be stationed in the centre of Byron Bay for the duration of the NSW school holidays.

Young people at CASPA Learning Centre, Lismore, have transformed a bare outdoor space into a garden courtyard, thanks to a Youth Health and Wellbeing grant.

There’s more to say after “R U OK?”, and the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) is here to help.

Stroke patients in the Northern Rivers will now have access to an innovative new telehealth service as part of a $21.7 million initiative being rolled out across NSW.

A free pilot program to help new and expectant fathers through the physical, emotional and mental challenges of parenthood is being rolled out in the Northern NSW region.

Patients needing major joint replacements will be able to rest easy in their own beds sooner thanks to a new same day surgery program at Grafton Base Hospital.

Girls-only skate classes are being run by a local neighbourhood center.

North Coast Public Health Unit is urging people with respiratory conditions to take caution, with high air pollution levels in some areas of Northern NSW this week as a result of high winds transporting dust and smoke from hazard reduction burns into the area.

No new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in residents of the Northern NSW Local Health District since 25 July, and the total number of cases remains at 58.