Earlier conversations, better choices
Palliative care is about much more than a person’s final days. Yet a comprehensive new Health Needs Assessment (HNA) developed by MPHN in 2025-2026 has found that across the Murrumbidgee, it is still commonly understood as care provided only when someone is approaching death.
Listening first to build better access to healthcare
Almost one in five people in the Murrumbidgee was born outside Australia. But behind that statistic sits an extraordinarily diverse community, including refugees, skilled migrants, international students, seasonal workers and families who have called the region home for generations.