Northern NSW Local Health District is excited to welcome 39 new Junior Medical Officers (JMOs) to the region, who will take up positions in the District’s two training hospitals.
Emma Hunter grew up in Kingscliff and spent years building her Occupational Therapy career across Australia and overseas.
Every year, thousands of Australians are diagnosed with breast cancer.
What follows is a deeply personal battle – one that tests resilience, reshapes identity and demands more strength than most realise they have.
Much-loved Clarence Health Service General Manager Dan Madden hung up his boots on 4 February to begin his long-awaited retirement.
Radiation therapist educator Kath Dower is going where few have gone before: using virtual reality (VR) to improve care for breast cancer patients at Lismore Base and Tweed Valley hospitals.
Mullumbimby born and Bangalow raised, Wayne Smith is the Nursing Unit Manager of Ballina District Hospital’s Emergency Department.
Two long-standing advocates for children’s health in the Northern Rivers have been honoured at the 2026 Lismore City Council Australia Day Awards, celebrating decades of commitment to improving local paediatric care.
Two NNSWLHD allied health professionals have been named finalists in the 2026 NSW Health Excellence in Allied Health Awards.
Sue Whitney is bright, colourful and fun, and has a great sense of humour, but don’t let that distract you from the serious subject she is most passionate about – providing safe and appropriate treatment to people living with a cancer diagnosis.