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EMERGENCY

In an emergency, always call triple zero (000). It’s a free call from any phone, mobile or phone box.

For other urgent medical issues, go to an Emergency Department.

Our Emergency Departments are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week:



 
Gym weight rack with older man sitting using dumbells

Older Australians in Northern New South Wales are being encouraged to get physically active this April, to help build their strength and maintain their independence.


 
Healing Hearts Award

Now is your chance to recognise an outstanding nurse or midwife in Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD), as part of our 2024 Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards. 


 
Teachers dressed up as vegetables to celebrate Vegie Month 2024

March is Vegie Month and Northern NSW Local Health (NNSWLHD) has been encouraging early childhood education and care services and parents to take on weekly Vegie Month challenges to increase their children’s exposure to vegetables, and their veget


 
roundtable participants standing in a group together smiling

A new report highlights community-led initiatives, governance and agricultural production recommendations as part of creating a resilient food future in the Northern Rivers.  


 
Pictured left to right are Dr Andrew Terrey, Geoff Scofield CEO Westlawn Finance, Amanda Fryer (NUM Children’s Ward) and Mark Dougherty, Director Westlawn Finance.

The Westlawn Finance and Insurance Charity Golf Day, held recently in Grafton, has raised $18,000 to help purchase a Telehealth Enable Cart and a portable Nitrous Oxide Machine for the Children's Ward at Grafton Base Hospital.


 
Murwillumbah District Hospital exterior, as seen from the entrance roadway

STATEMENT:

Murwillumbah District Hospital (MDH) will continue to provide key health care services to the Tweed Valley community when the new Tweed Valley Hospital (TVH) becomes operational in May.


 
Casino and District Memorial Hospital

The latest Bureau of Health Information Healthcare Quarterly report shows a record number of patients attended Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) emergency departments, as hospitals continued to reduce the overdue planned surger


 
Public Health Alert - Mosquitoes banner with picture of a mosquito

The North Coast community and visitors to the region are being urged to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites after recent detections of mosquito borne viruses during surveillance.


 
The Tweed Hospital Community Centre

The Tweed Heads community will benefit from a range of community-based and outreach health services to be delivered under one roof on the site of the current Tweed Hospital, after hospital services transfer to the Tweed Valley Hospital later this


 
three women of different ages and cultural backgrounds together smiling

Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) is helping women from multicultural backgrounds find out about and access local health services, thanks to a series of specially tailored information sessions.