The Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) this month welcomes Dr Jacques Scholtz, Ms Christine Howard, Mr Paul Gianniotis and Mr Rene Pennock to the MPHN Board.

Berrigan Medical Centre’s Lorraine Robertson has won the 2020 Murrumbidgee Primary Healthcare Award for Outstanding Contribution to Leadership in Primary Healthcare.

An initiative of the Deniliquin Local Health Advisory Committee (LHAC) has won the Murrumbidgee Community Grant of the Year award, as part of Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network’s (MPHN) 2020 Primary Healthcare Awards.

A youth-focused initiative aimed at building resilience has won the 2020 Murrumbidgee Primary Healthcare Award for Innovation.

A lifestyle program aimed at reducing or halting the progression of frailty and falls for older people has won the 2020 Murrumbidgee Primary Healthcare Award for Promoting Healthy Living.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is helping communities deal with grief and loss over the festive season by providing them with the guidance on how to organise a Christmas Tree of Remembrance.

To mark the beginning of World Mental Health Month, Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) and the Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) have released a draft three-year plan to improve mental health, suicide prevention, and alcohol and other drug services in the region, which is now open for public consultation.

With October marking national Mental Health Month, MPHN is reminding people of the different resources and support services available in the region, which have been boosted by increased Commonwealth funding during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), it’s timely to introduce four local organisations who are working together to ensure communities are aware of services and to support a timely and coordinated response for individuals and communities following a suicide or critical event in the Murrumbidgee region.

People in the Murrumbidgee area who have breathing difficulties related to asthma and hay fever need to prepare now for the start of the spring thunderstorm season, advises the Murrumbidgee Asthma Collaborative.

For access to a GP when your general practice is closed, Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is encouraging people to make an appointment at the Wagga GP After Hours Service (WGPAHS).

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) has delivered more than $30,000 in grants to assist bushfire affected communities, with the second round of grant applications now open.

Health professionals, organisations and communities are set to be recognised for their valuable contributions to improving health outcomes in the region during the past 12 months.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network is supporting expectant, new and recently bereaved parents living across the Murrumbidgee region to access mental health support at Wagga Wagga’s new Gidget House.

On behalf of the Murrumbidgee Aboriginal Health Consortium, MPHN is calling for local Aboriginal artists or designers to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) to produce a piece of artwork for use in publications, website and social media.

More young people in the Griffith area will be supported through a funding boost of around $440,000 over three years for headspace Griffith.

The vital work of general practitioners in our region in protecting the health of communities will be recognised around the globe tomorrow as part of World Family Doctor Day (May 19).

General practitioners, pharmacists and other health care providers across the Murrumbidgee region are calling for people to continue maintaining their routine health checks.

The Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network’s (MPHN) Pitch Night has been postponed until next year, due to the restrictions in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Almost 4,000 Murrumbidgee locals are now equipped to help prevent suicide, thanks to the LifeSpan Murrumbidgee suicide prevention program.