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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...

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Hope 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.

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Govt 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.

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Premier 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.

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Ambulance 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.

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Figures reveal rising GP vacancies

New figures show the greater western area has the highest percentage of general practitioner vacancies in country New South Wales.

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Union 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.

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Bill 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.

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Fears 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.

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New hospital beds for Orange and Dubbo

Heath resources set to increase in the central west and western plains.

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NSW 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.

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Health boundaries defined

Efforts to make Dubbo the hub for health services in the Far West have been unsuccessful.

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Shires 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.

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Health Councils meet in Dubbo

Representatives from more than 50 health councils in the Greater Western Area are gathering in Dubbo today.

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Chairman 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.

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New 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.

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Central 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.

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Bed 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.

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Lithgow 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.

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Renewed 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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