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Latest health updates
Ministerial media release
15 May 2024
Significant strides have been made in reducing planned surgery wait times for paediatric patients in NSW, with Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network reporting a 92% reduction in overdue planned surgeries in the nine months since the NSW Government established the Surgical Care Government Taskforce.
Ministerial media release
Work to begin on expanded car parking at Port Macquarie Base Hospital
14 May 2024
Recent health publications
Western NSW Local Health District | 12 December 2023
Easy read information for perimenopause and menopause
Women NSW | 2 November 2023
Understanding menopause for partners and families
Women NSW | 17 October 2023
Special Commission of Inquiry into healthcare funding
The Cabinet Office | 24 August 2023
Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), June 2023 – June 2025
Western NSW Local Health District | 29 May 2023