headspace Lake Haven has today officially opened its doors as a full centre, providing an upgraded and expanded service for young people across the Central Coast. The service, originally funded as a three day/week satellite site in 2015, recently received additional funding to upgrade to a full headspace centre.
After more than three decades without a local General Practitioner, the community of Spring Ridge is celebrating the arrival of Dr Owen Boyd, a GP who will service the community with two face-to-face consultation days on a regular schedule, while providing telehealth for the remainder.
National Pain Week 2023 is Australia’s annual awareness event for chronic pain. The “she’ll be right” attitude is often adopted when addressing individuals chronic pain, leading to worsened, long-term impacts for both themselves, their family, friends, and colleagues.
With cases of Influenza increasing throughout the community, and immunisation levels remaining low, the Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network has developed a suite of short community videos to encourage vaccination.
A grant program to address the growing number of under-screened communities eligible to participate in the National Breast Screening Program has delivered significant improvements to screening rates of First Nations people across the HNECC PHN region.
With a vision for Healthy People and Healthy Communities, Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) has developed and implemented a Digital Health Strategy with excellent results emerging.
The PHN is supporting two primary care workers to attend She is not your rehab "How To Do The Work" half day training.
While the temperatures are cold and mosquito numbers are low, now is the best time to start preparing yourself against mosquito-borne disease this coming summer. Getting vaccinated against JEV is a great first step you can take before the mosquito season begins, to ensure you’re giving yourself the highest level of protection from the disease.
The PHN has commissioned 25 000+ mental health sessions from 1 July across the Hunter New England Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) region, to ensure priority populations can access the mental health care they need.
Many people have never heard of Head and Neck Cancer (HNC), until they, or a loved one is diagnosed.