Northern NSW Local Health District

Far too many women in Northern NSW may be unaware of their risk of breast cancer, despite the fact that 9 in 10 women diagnosed don’t have a family history.

One person can change the lives of eight people by becoming an organ donor. It’s an incredible and an amazing gift. Take the chance this DonateLife week to register your decision and talk about it with loved ones.

People living with hepatitis C in the community can take advantage of new highly effective cures, with research showing more than 22,000 people across NSW have been cured using new easy-to-take treatments.

With two cases of meningococcal already reported in Northern NSW this year, and the peak period for the disease still more than a month away, residents should be alert to the lesser known signs of the disease.

With the Lismore Base Hospital Redevelopment Project reaching its final stages, it’s about time to decide what is going on the walls.

NSW Health is urging families to remember its simple hygiene precautions while enjoying the school holidays and get a flu jab to prevent the virus hitching a ride home.

A sod-turning ceremony has marked the countdown to the start of construction on the state-of-the art Tweed Valley Hospital.

Another piece of the $320 million Lismore Base Hospital redevelopment puzzle was put into place today when an 18-tonne generator was lifted up to its permanent home.

The Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) and North Coast Primary Health Network (NCPHN) are collaborating to address the issue of the escalating use of opioid medications in the management of non-cancer pain.

Babies born in Grafton will now be able to travel in the Rolls Royce of transport cots.