Health

REGISTERED nurses are now onsite in aged care homes 98 per cent of the time on average, with 86 per cent of facilities having...

Six students have come together to design and plan a new café for Kilmore District Health.Facilitated by the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment...

An information and support line is available for cancer patients, their carers and families, with a qualified nurse ready to answer questions and queries.A...

By Grace FrostThe latest Ambulance Victoria data shows City of Whittlesea residents have this year faced the longest ambulance wait times recorded in their...

NORTHERN Health last week welcomed the first patients into its Northern Hospital Mental Health Unit.The new building features 30 acute inpatient mental health beds...

A CLONBINANE Country Fire Authority, CFA, volunteer hit a blood donation milestone, completing 133 donations to date.Luke Vienet began donating blood and plasma at...

Northern Health and Kilmore District Health, KDH, boards have approved a potential merger proposal.Following community and staff consultation, the boards endorsed a proposal to...

Pharmacists will become authorised prescribers as part of a statewide pilot starting in October, following legislation passed that expanded their role.Amendments to the Drugs,...

Three Mitchell Shire-based health practitioners last month hosted the Pregnancy and Post Birth Expo in Kilmore, connecting women with specialist services.The free event on...

From 2017 to 2021, 4892 people in the City of Whittlesea were diagnosed with cancer, including 954 in 2021.Cancer Council Victoria’s 13 11 20...