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27 March 2025
BreastScreen NSW has relaunched a campaign encouraging women to have a life saving mammogram and join the more than 55,000 women who screened across Hunter New England Local Health District in 2024.
News
25 March 2025
Hunter New England Local Health District is advising people to be alert for signs and symptoms of measles after being notified of three cases who were infectious while visiting several locations in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie areas.
News
20 February 2025
Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) is welcoming 237 new graduate nurses and midwives to its workforce, providing a boost to local health services across the District.
News
2 January 2025
Hunter New England Local Health District has appointed Dr. Kirsten Molloy as Board Chair, effective 1 January 2025, succeeding Associate Professor Martin Cohen.
News
2 December 2024
John Hunter Children’s Hospital invites the community to come together for our Joy of Giving Christmas Appeal , a heartfelt initiative to raise essential funds that help give our young patients and their families the most precious gift of all—a healthy, joyful holiday season.
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2024
November
September
June
- John Hunter Hospital shuttle bus returns
- Glen Innes community invited to provide feedback on latest hospital redevelopment plans
- Community invited to "Name the Crane" at new Tamworth Mental Health Unit site
May
April
- New staff specialists provide a boost for Tamworth Hospital]
- Construction starts on new and enhanced mental health unit at Tamworth Hospital
- Glen Innes and Tamworth communities celebrate new ambulance station openings
March
- Building brighter beginnings for Tenterfield pre-schoolers
- Newcastle expertise attracts $7.5m Australian Government grant to help boost Pacific region’s health
February
2023
December
November
- Healthy beginnings for young families in the Hunter
- Lived experience influences design of the John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct
October
- Increased access to ADHD diagnosis and care in Newcastle
- John Hunter Hospital shuttle bus to return
- Supporting regional families affected by alcohol and other drug use
- Gloves are off in fight to achieve net zero
- Using virtual reality to improve emergency stroke care
- Builder appointed for $53 million Gunnedah Hospital Redevelopment
- Winners announced for Mental Health Matters Awards
- Hunter communities to benefit from new mental health facility
September
August
- Latest designs unveiled for new Tamworth Mental Health Unit
- John Hunter Hospital redevelopment on solid ground with 600 tonnes of steel
2022