Concerns aired over new Bathurst Base Hospital
Over five pages of critical faults have been found with the new Bathurst Base Hospital. The situation's so dire the medical staff have asked for demolition to be halted on a portion of the old...
View ArticleHope for health chief to solve Grenfell doctor row
The Weddin Shire Council says it hopes the head of the Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) can help resolve a doctor's dispute.
View ArticleGovt lobbied for cancer centre funding
A consortium from the central west has sent the Federal Government a bid for millions of dollars in funding to build a new cancer care centre.
View ArticlePremier defends rescue chopper
The New South Wales Premier says any limitations to Orange's ambulance rescue helicopter will be resolved when the city's new hospital is built.
View ArticleAmbulance service pledges more change
The New South Wales Ambulance Service says it will strive to make further improvements after a review of an inquiry's recommendations into its operations.
View ArticleFigures reveal rising GP vacancies
New figures show the greater western area has the highest percentage of general practitioner vacancies in country New South Wales.
View ArticleUnion claims proof of understaffed maternity wards
The New South Wales Nurses Association says it has proof two of the region's base hospitals are running understaffed maternity wards.
View ArticleBill aims to allow RFDS to mail drugs
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is addressing the way it distributes pain killing medications to remote communities after it was discovered it was illegal to send the bundles by mail.
View ArticleFears Government will keep school report quiet
A central west mother says she is worried the recommendations on the future of a Sydney-based school for rural children with learning difficulties will not be made public.
View ArticleNew hospital beds for Orange and Dubbo
Heath resources set to increase in the central west and western plains.
View ArticleNSW nurses push for better staffing, conditions
There is a push escalating for the improvement of staffing across New South Wales hospitals, particularly in rural areas.
View ArticleHealth boundaries defined
Efforts to make Dubbo the hub for health services in the Far West have been unsuccessful.
View ArticleShires Association: Health networks too large
New South Wales councils say the state government's new Local Health Networks won't be able to manage regional concerns.
View ArticleHealth Councils meet in Dubbo
Representatives from more than 50 health councils in the Greater Western Area are gathering in Dubbo today.
View ArticleChairman appointed for Western Health Network
The region's newly appointed health boss says he has a thorough understanding of the needs of western communities, despite being based near Orange.
View ArticleNew health boss outlines his vision for the future
The region's newly appointed health boss says he has a thorough understanding of the needs of western communities, despite being based near Orange.
View ArticleCentral and Far West nurses join state-wide strike
Nurses at seven Central and Far West hospitals are joining hundreds of colleagues in the first state-wide strike in a decade.
View ArticleBed closures begin at the Central West's base hospitals
Almost two-thirds of the beds closed at the Orange Base Hospital will not be re-opened for emergency care.
View ArticleLithgow calls for move back to Macquarie
The Lithgow Council wants the city moved back into the Federal electorate of Macquarie, as it says it has little in common with communities in Calare.
View ArticleRenewed efforts to attract Grenfell doctor
The Mayor of the Weddin Shire Council in central western New South Wales, Maurice Simpson, says he is confident the use of a commercial practice manager will attract a doctor to Grenfell.
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