The Wagga GP After Hours Service is celebrating 20 years of providing urgent after-hours primary care to the residents of Wagga Wagga.

Members of the public are invited to participate in an upcoming planning session with Executives from Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHLD) and Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN).

Members of the public are invited to participate in an upcoming planning session with Executives from Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHLD) and Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN).

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is seeking feedback on the specific health needs of males across the Murrumbidgee region to incorporate into its updated Health Needs Assessment (HNA) for the Murrumbidgee region.

MPHN will be gathering community feedback through two online surveys – one two-question and one in-depth community surveys.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is providing Lake Cargelligo locals an opportunity to share their stories about health in an effort to better support the community’s health needs.

The casual ‘Conversations on the Couch’ event which will be held on Thursday 30 March 2023 between 10am and midday at Fisho’s Hot Bake and Takeaway will allow community members and health professionals an opportunity to chat with MPHN staff about health.

MPHN and the firstHealth Board have welcomed the Australian Government’s recent release report of the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is reminding people access to the Wagga Wagga GP After Hours Service (WGPAHS) for medical treatment outside business hours will continue over the holiday period.

Smaller communities in the Murrumbidgee are set to benefit from a new Cardiology outreach service delivered by Living Well, Your Way, a Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) and Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) partnership with the successful pilot held in West Wyalong on Thursday.

On Sunday, 27 November 2022 at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RACGP) national Academic and Fellowship awards ceremony, Wagga Wagga’s own Associate Professor Ayman Shenouda from Glenrock Country Practice was awarded the highest accolade, the Rose-Hunt Award.

This Skin Cancer Awareness Week, Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is reminding all people in the Murrumbidgee region the importance of early skin cancer detection and to use sun protection every day of the year.

On Thursday, 3 November, firsthealth Limited, trading as MPHN, members elected Catherine Ryan to its Board, and farewelled Donna McLean and Kristen Mann as Board Directors.

MPHN has launched is plan for the next five years through the publication of its Strategic Plan 2023-2027.

MPHN has released its 2022 Annual Report showcasing achievements over the 2021-2022 financial year under the theme of ‘Working Together’.

Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (MPHN) is reminding people this National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week (7-13 November) the benefits of regular and early cancer screening and check if their screening is up to date.

Outstanding achievements in community wellbeing advocacy, health initiatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and leadership in general practice has been recognised at the 2022 MPHN Primary Healthcare Awards on Thursday night.

Lake Cargelligo GP Dr Khaled Bardawil has won the Outstanding Contribution to Leadership in Primary Healthcare award for 2022.

Dr Bardawil has served his local community for the last 15 years and during the COVID-19 pandemic his work led to reducing vaccine hesitancy by de-stigmatising and demystifying information surrounding the COVID vaccines.

A collection of community driven activities designed for older people has won the 2022 Murrumbidgee Grant of the Year award.

The Festival of Seniors was delivered by Greater Hume Council with the assistance of a Community Grant with the aim of providing mental health and wellbeing benefits to communities of Henty, Culcairn, Walla Walla, Jindera and Holbrook.

A children’s health check program delivered by the Griffith and Hay Aboriginal Medical Services has won the 2022 Murrumbidgee Primary Healthcare Award for Innovation.

The program provides health checks, parental support and advice and is a collaboration between the Griffith Aboriginal Medical Service mums and bubs team and staff at the Hay Aboriginal Medical Service.

A program to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people has won the 2022 Murrumbidgee Primary Healthcare Award for Promoting Healthy Living.

The Integrated Team Care program is delivered by Marathon Health and supported 270 indigenous people and delivered 5,362 occasions of service improving access to health services and information in a bid to improve and support self-management and health literacy and reduce unplanned hospital admissions.

Four outstanding primary healthcare achievements will be recognised at the 2022 Murrumbidgee Primary Healthcare Awards to be held on Thursday 3 November at The Range Function Centre in Wagga Wagga.