Anyone with a Medicare now pays less for their Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription medicines, with the Australian Government lowering the maximum patient cost of PBS medicines.

Deniliquin‑based rural generalist Dr Rachel James has joined the MPHN Board, bringing extensive experience across general practice, hospital care and medical training in the Murrumbidgee.

Residents living with severe and complex mental health needs across the Murrumbidgee region are expected to benefit from a new multidisciplinary mental health program, with MPHN today announcing a tender opportunity. 

Community members in Batlow and Tumbarumba are being encouraged to take part in a new survey to help shape the future of local healthcare services. 

MPHN supports the 2026 Influenza Vaccination Program as a key preventive health measure to help protect patients from serious illness, reduce flu-related complications and hospitalisations, and ease seasonal pressure on primary care and hospital services.

Today, on Primary Health Care Nurses Day, we recognise the important contribution nurses make across the Murrumbidgee.

For GP registrars planning their training pathway, one of the most common questions is: what advanced or extended skills training can I do in the Murrumbidgee?

From dance-based mobility programs to school vision screenings and suicide prevention services, the 2025 Murrumbidgee Primary Healthcare Awards spotlighted the people and programs transforming health across the region. 

A successful pilot program led by Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network has shown how nurse-led clinics can improve access to chronic disease care in regional communities, with promising results for patients and practices alike.

Virtual healthcare is becoming increasingly important in rural and regional communities. MPHN invited Healthdirect Australia to the recent Local Health Advisory Committee Forum in Wagga Wagga to explain how it works and address misconceptions.

This is an exciting opportunity for Elders, community members, Aboriginal Health Practitioners, and health professionals to provide expert, considered advice and strategic direction to MPHN’s Board and key activities relating to First Nations health and wellbeing programs and services.

MPHN’s inaugural Allied Health Forum brought together practitioners from across the Murrumbidgee for a day of innovation, collaboration and forward-thinking under the theme Now and Next.

Our team proudly represented the Murrumbidgee at the 2025 APNA Festival of Nursing, showcasing how collaborative commissioning and nurse-led clinics are improving rural health outcomes.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) has today launched a new grants program offering up to $50,000 for community-led initiatives that support mental wellbeing and suicide prevention in the region. 

Wagga Wagga has been named as one of 30 sites across Australia to be upgraded to headspace Plus, offering young people in the Riverina access to more comprehensive mental health and wellbeing support.