Following initial consultations and feedback from staff and the community, the Northern NSW Local Health District is deferring any decision on reconfiguring wards at Maclean District Hospital, and setting up a new Maclean Community Advisory Group…

Community members are invited to attend a Community Information Session about the proposed changes at Maclean District Hospital.

The North Coast Public Health Unit is reminding residents and visitors to protect themselves from being bitten by mosquitoes following the heavy rain across the North Coast.

Thanks to a large donation from the Lismore Base Hospital Auxiliary, patients in Northern NSW now have better access to the latest equipment for harvesting skin accurately and precisely.

Just over a year ago, patients being treated at Byron Central Hospital got the chance to proudly hang their art therapy work in the hospital foyer – with many pieces still around the hospital today.

Leanne Seiffert had never had anything to do with illness, let alone hospitals, before choosing nursing as a career.

For more information and updates regarding the novel coronavirus, please follow the link to the NSW Health website.

High temperatures are forecast to continue across the Northern Rivers as children head back to school.

Two Tweed locals are among the new medical interns who were welcomed to The Tweed Hospital this week.

Twelve new interns have joined the ranks at Lismore Base Hospital this week, among 32 junior doctors launching their medical careers in the Northern Rivers.