NSW is upscaling its level of preparedness for COVID-19, with moves underway to double intensive care capacity across the State. NSW Health services are activating plans to manage their elective surgery lists as the system responds to the COVID-19 pandemic…

For the safety and wellbeing of patients and the community, Central Coast Local Health District is taking steps to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading by adjusting visiting hours and arrangements. Central Coast Local Health District Chief Executive Dr Andrew…

Long-time supporters of Wyong Hospital, the Lions Club of Charmhaven, have made another generous donation to the hospital. The Lions donated two toe brachial indices kits to Wyong’s Podiatry Department, which are used to check how well blood is flowing…

Long Jetty Healthcare Centre has received a donation of almost $22,500 for a new bariatric bed, thanks to the generosity of The Lions Club of Chittaway Bay. The donation was also supported by The Entrance, Killarney/Bateau and Wyong Lions Clubs,…

The Lions Club of Charmhaven’s long tradition of supporting Wyong Hospital has continued with a generous donation of more than $10,000 for the Wyong Mental Health Inpatient Unit. Operational Nurse Manager Mental Health Susan Pinnell said the donation was used…

BreastScreen NSW is encouraging women to get together with a friend to book a mammogram during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, to boost screening to save lives. More than one in eight women in NSW will be diagnosed with breast cancer…

Students from Henry Kendall High School will experience first-hand what it is like to be a trauma patient at Gosford Hospital tomorrow. The P.A.R.T.Y. Program (Prevention of Alcohol and Risk -Related Trauma in Youth) is an intense and emotional learning…

Northern Sydney and Central Coast local health districts have phoned patients seen by a paediatric health care worker at Hornsby, Wyong and Gosford hospitals who has been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The risk to patients is low, as short periods…

The Lions Club of Chittaway Bay has shown their ongoing support for Central Coast Local Health District, with a generous donation to help patients at Gosford Hospital. They have provided funds to enable surgical inpatient unit J9 to purchase a…

With NSW Bike Week just around the corner, Central Coast Local Health District is encouraging Coasties to try cycling for health and happiness. NSW Bike Week will run from Saturday 21 September to Sunday 29 September 2019. Bike Week aims…