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Catch us at the NSW Seniors Festival!

Southern's Population Health Team will be joining communities across the District as part of the NSW Seniors Festival 2026, a statewide celebration run by the NSW Government in partnership with councils and community organisations. The festival runs from 2-15 March 2026 and celebrates the contributions of older adults while encouraging active, connected, and healthy ageing.

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NBMLHD research informs national discussion on ADHD services

Research led by clinicians from Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, in collaboration with the University of Sydney and the University of Notre Dame Australia, is contributing to the national conversation on improving services for people with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Ministerial media release

Blayney Multipurpose Service opens doors for new aged care wing and inpatient services

Blayney and surrounding communities are benefitting from new and enhanced aged care and hospital services, with the first stage of the Blayney Multipurpose Service commissioned recently and residents moved in.

Ministerial media release

More paramedics join NSW Ambulance

Communities across NSW will receive a boost for emergency health care as more regional paramedics are recruited and a new class of paramedic interns and emergency call takers is inducted into their roles.

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Tony Burns calls time on five decades of public service

Most people know him as the Murrumbidgee’s mosquito man, but there’s much more to Tony Burns than monitoring mozzie traps and calling for people to cover up.