This World COPD Day (21 November 2018), Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) is raising awareness of the symptoms of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Hundreds of thousands of people across Australia have COPD and don’t know it. Often they…
North Wyong, on NSW’s Central Coast, participated in the 2018 Healthy Town Challenge and encouraged its residents to make healthy lifestyle changes. Central Coast Local Health District Health Promotion Director Niki Kajons said North Wyong was one of five towns…
What do dinosaurs put on their French fries? Tomatosaurus! This is an example of the quality jokes The Clown Doctors use to have Central Coast kids in stitches of laughter during their hospital rounds. The 2018 Clown Doctors roadside fundraising…
When Roberta (Bobby) Redman started occasionally mixing up her words around four years ago she put it down to simply being a bit tired and overworked. At age 65, the Daleys Point resident thought she was "burnt out" and decided…
Healthcare Simulation Week (September 17-21 2018) Did you know manikins and actors are used to help Central Coast Local Health District (the District) staff train for real-life medical emergencies? This week is Healthcare Simulation Week (September 17-21 2018) and the…
Dedicated volunteers from the five Central Coast auxiliaries have baked, knitted, sewed, and raffled their way to more than $138,000 in combined donations for our local hospitals in the past financial year. This phenomenal effort from Gosford, Ourimbah, Wyong, Woy…
National Stroke Week: 3-9 September 2018 With one person suffering a stroke every nine minutes across Australia*, Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) is encouraging everyone to know the common signs of stroke and the best ways to prevent it.…
A new suicide prevention website for the Central Coast is set to launch this month offering free online training to help save lives. The website is an initiative of LifeSpan, in conjunction with the Suicide Prevention Central Coast Alliance. LifeSpan…
Men on the Central Coast with prostate cancer now have a specialist nurse solely dedicated to helping them and their families. One of only 45 Prostate Cancer Specialist Nurses in Australia, registered nurse Suzie Sedevic recently started in the new…
The corridors of Gosford Hospital will be full of colour and creativity when the recently opened tower transforms into a pop-up art gallery this month. The Art of Ageing exhibition will be on display in the new tower foyer from…
