Tag: health

Coastal health service boost

The Robe community will soon benefit from a new healthcare service that will significantly improve access to primary care, with the service being welcomed...

Record influx of new doctors

The largest ever South Australian intake of medical interns has started work in public hospitals across the state, with 313 of these new doctors...

South West Local Health Service Network announced

THE Victorian Government’s announcement of a South West Local Health Service Network marks an exciting new chapter for healthcare in the region.
Rowena Clift, Dual...

Nurses ease pressure on rural clinics

South Australians now have more options for free primary health care, with an expanded team of highly-skilled nurse practitioners that can prescribe medication working...

Surgery declines

The amount of same-day surgery declined in the operating theatres of Millicent and District Hospital in the last financial year.
There was an average of...

Care service activity builds

AMillicent non-for-profit organisation is looking to facilitate the construction of 10 home units in the centre of town.
Boneham Aged Care Services is the largest...

Theatre commitment

The region’s top health bureaucrat has committed to keeping the operating theatres open at Millicent.
This is despite the amount of same-day surgery declining at...

Influx of new Millicent docs

The Medical Clinic Millicent will welcome three new doctors to its ranks early in 2025.
Dr Ewurama Dontoh will be working as a registrar at...

Boneham leadership shift

There has been a changing of the guard at Millicent’s Boneham Aged Care Services as board chairman Gwenda Lawlor has chosen to stand down...

Health role filled, for now

The next temporary Executive Officer/Director of Nursing at Millicent and District Hospital will begin duty on Monday.
Emma Howard is transferring from a senior health...

Face-to-face health meeting bid

Akey lobby group has called on the Limestone Coast Local Health Network regional board to hold an informal meet and greet session for the...

Health leaders face regional communities

Members of the public will have the opportunity to question the head of the region’s health services at community forums in Millicent and Mount...

State leaders lobbied

High-level figures in health and transport will be lobbied in Adelaide next month by a delegation from Wattle Range Council.
Mayor Des Noll and chief...

Additional health care proposed

An additional model of care looks set to be provided at the Medical Clinic Millicent.
A trial is about get under way whereby some patients...

Health defence

Health Minister Chris Picton has defended his department’s decision to employ two salaried doctors in this region at yearly salaries of around $700,000 each.
Independent...