2023 media releases from The Hon. Ryan Park, MP

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2023/12
- Record offer to paramedics and avoiding Triple zero collapse [8 December 2023]
- New Care Centre opens at Cooma Hospital [7 December 2023]
- Minns Labor Government establishes taskforce to tackle emergency department wait times [6 December 2023]
- Planning begins on Mount Druitt Hospital upgrade to boost bed capacity [6 December 2023]
- Construction begins on Canowindra HealthOne [5 December 2023]
- Hunter medical students earn while they learn [4 December 2023]
- Hunter medical students earn while they learn [4 December 2023]
- NSW Health signs Paris declaration to end HIV epidemics by 2030 [1 December 2023]
- Attracting healthcare workers to the Illawarra and the South Coast [1 December 2023]
2023/11
- Alarming rates of sunburn in children and young people [30 November 2023]
- Northern Rivers to welcome new nurses [30 November 2023]
- Transitional Aged Care beds easing hospital pressure [29 November 2023]
- Tweed Valley Hospital set to open May 2024 [28 November 2023]
- Construction starts on new $30 Million Wentworth Hospital [28 November 2023]
- Pharmacy prescribing trial will expand to include some skin conditions [25 November 2023]
- GoodSAM set to improve cardiac arrest survival rates [23 November 2023]
- Telehealth trial brings care closer to home [22 November 2023]
- Cancer patients in Western NSW benefit from state-of-the-art treatment closer to home [22 November 2023]
- Nurses and midwives celebrated at annual Excellence Awards [17 November 2023]
- New Karitane Early Parenting Service opens in Campbelltown [17 November 2023]
- Aboriginal trainees shine as they kick-start career in healthcare [16 November 2023]
- World first trial of mobile cardiac treatment could save lives [15 November 2023]
- Community to have their say on palliative care at Orange Health Service [15 November 2023]
- Construction commences on new Dubbo pathology laboratory [14 November 2023]
- Wollongong Hospital a world leader in cancer research [13 November 2023]
- Chemotherapy day unit now available at Hornsby Hospital [13 November 2023]
- Vital health worker accommodation to support regional communities [13 November 2023]
- Healthy beginnings for young families in the Hunter [9 November 2023]
- Celebrating NSW’s dedicated pathology staff [8 November 2023]
- New Batemans Bay Community Health Service site announced [8 November 2023]
- Mobile heart imaging service launches in far western NSW [8 November 2023]
- New oncologist a major boost for Bathurst Health Service [7 November 2023]
- First look at the Finley Health Service redevelopment [6 November 2023]
- More paramedics and call takers join NSW Ambulance [3 November 2023]
- New Ambulance Station for North Sydney [2 November 2023]
- Lived experience influences design of the John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct [1 November 2023]
2023/10
- Increased access to ADHD diagnosis and care in Newcastle [31 October 2023]
- John Hunter Hospital shuttle bus to return [31 October 2023]
- Supporting regional families affected by alcohol and other drug use [30 October 2023]
- Clinical volunteers step up to assist the Howlong community [27 October 2023]
- Boost for patient care in Wagga Wagga [27 October 2023]
- Minns Labor Government halves overdue planned surgery list [26 October 2023]
- Celebrating NSW’s outstanding health staff and volunteers [25 October 2023]
- Community invited to get involved in enhanced $700 million Rouse Hill Hospital development [25 October 2023]
- Gloves are off in fight to achieve net zero [23 October 2023]
- Life Saving Drugs Register tracks critical patient treatments [22 October 2023]
- Wear orange this Saffron Day in memory of young organ donor [21 October 2023]
- Green light for Tweed Valley Hospital Helipad [20 October 2023]
- Reducing waste at Orange Health Service [20 October 2023]
- Consistent, timely and secure health information: NSW Government to deliver single digital patient record [19 October 2023]
- Self-collection option helps boost cervical screening rates [19 October 2023]
- Urgent Care Service boost for Mid North Coast [18 October 2023]
- Relieving our busy emergency departments by diverting drug and alcohol presentations [17 October 2023]
- NSW residents reminded to put their heart health first [17 October 2023]
- First look at master plan for Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital project [16 October 2023]
- The Virtual Clinical Care Centre reducing demand for ambulances and ED treatment [12 October 2023]
- Ministerial advisory panel to focus on regional health [10 October 2023]
- Builder appointed for $53 million Gunnedah Hospital Redevelopment [9 October 2023]
- Creating a pipeline of allied health workers in regional and rural NSW [6 October 2023]
- Construction for new Griffith Base Hospital reaches highest point [4 October 2023]
- Using virtual reality to improve emergency stroke care [3 October 2023]
2023/09
- Bathurst Health Service turns pink for breast cancer [29 September 2023]
- Women set to benefit from increased access to the pill [27 September 2023]
- Key Health Worker Accommodation boost for Mudgee [22 September 2023]
- More paramedics and call takers join NSW Ambulance [22 September 2023]
- Boosting frontline crisis support for victims of sexual assault [18 September 2023]
- New-look Children’s Ward officially unveiled at Wollongong Hospital [18 September 2023]
- NSW Ambulance staff recognised for extraordinary care [15 September 2023]
- Community invited to have their say on New Shellharbour Hospital [15 September 2023]
- Supporting NSW women by increasing funding for women’s health centres [12 September 2023]
- Health worker study subsidies will bolster recruitment and retention [12 September 2023]
- NSW birthing “blueprint” puts women at the heart of maternity care [9 September 2023]
- New state-wide Residential Eating Disorders Treatment Centre a step closer [8 September 2023]
- New Simulation Centre boosts health worker training in Southern NSW [7 September 2023]
- NSW and Victorian Ministers visit Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital [6 September 2023]
- Refurbishments provide more comfort and choice in end-of-life care [6 September 2023]
- Breast cancer doesn’t wait – new campaign urges women to get screened [4 September 2023]
- Celebrate Culture Through Movement: Every Move Counts during Multicultural Health Week 2023 [4 September 2023]
2023/08
- New Woy Woy ambulance station officially opens [30 August 2023]
- NSW Government delivers on commitment to establish an Inquiry into healthcare funding [25 August 2023]
- BreastScreen NSW clinic opens at North Ryde [23 August 2023]
- Almost 25,000 NSW high-school students confronted with realities of road safety at bstreetsmart 2023 [23 August 2023]
- Women make up more than half of NSW Ambulance ranks [21 August 2023]
- Orange Hospital is reaching for the sun [17 August 2023]
- Virtual care clinics highly rated by majority of patients [16 August 2023]
- Too Deadly for Diabetes given funding boost [16 August 2023]
- Modern, sustainable accommodation for health workers across Hunter New England [15 August 2023]
- More GPs and ED doctors for Tamworth, Armidale and surrounds: expanding the Single Employer Model [14 August 2023]
- Helping elderly patients avoid unnecessary trips to the ED [11 August 2023]
- NSW Government to offer $20,000 incentive package for critical healthcare vacancies in remote NSW [11 August 2023]
- More paramedics and call takers join NSW Ambulance [11 August 2023]
- Dental patients receiving care closer to home, and waiting less in Sydney’s south west [9 August 2023]
- State-of-the-art technology arrives at new Nepean Hospital Pathology Laboratory [8 August 2023]
- Australia’s first purpose-built Cystic Fibrosis Specialist Service ward opens at Westmead Hospital [7 August 2023]
- Community invited to provide input into new Palliative Care Units [4 August 2023]
- 10,000 older patients to avoid EDs: Urgent Care Services expand across Sydney [3 August 2023]
- Mapping the future of cancer care in NSW [1 August 2023]
2023/07
- Virtual fracture clinic trial launched at Broken Hill [31 July 2023]
- $25 million boost to support those living with hard-to-treat cancers [28 July 2023]
- Free parking at regional health facilities in NSW [26 July 2023]
- Construction starts on Kingscliff’s new ambulance station [26 July 2023]
- Staff and community to benefit from new Tweed Valley Hospital [26 July 2023]
- Urgent care service to ease pressure on Tweed EDs [26 July 2023]
- Rural kids all smiles as mobile dental van comes to school [25 July 2023]
- Coffs Harbour’s new ambulance station officially opened [25 July 2023]
- Replacement BreastScreen Bus boost North Coast screening capacity [25 July 2023]
- Donate Life: It takes just one minute to become an organ donor [24 July 2023]
- Recognising the bravery of kids with life-limiting illnesses [23 July 2023]
- Murrumbidgee Local Health District to host inaugural forum on Single Employer Model [21 July 2023]
- World first trial for kids with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [19 July 2023]
- Training the next generation of doctors in NSW [18 July 2023]
- First Health Innovation Living Lab opens in the Hunter [17 July 2023]
- Aged Care relief package to free up hospital beds in Illawarra and Shoalhaven [11 July 2023]
- NSW Government announces appointment of Regional Health Deputy Secretary [6 July 2023]
- New Tresillian centre supports young families in Griffith [6 July 2023]
- More GPs and ED doctors for regional NSW: expanding single employer model [5 July 2023]
- Funding boost for multicultural cancer care as breast cancer screening rates reach all-time high [4 July 2023]
- First look at Australia's first purpose-built Biocontainment Centre [3 July 2023]
- John Hunter Hospital redevelopment on solid ground with 600 tonnes of steel [3 July 2023]
2023/06
- Patients to receive pacemakers closer to home [30 June 2023]
- New paramedics and call takers join NSW Ambulance [29 June 2023]
- Expansion of nurse home visits to reach more NSW families in need [26 June 2023]
- Outreach clinic brings expert cardiac care to small communities [26 June 2023]
- WALUWIN (Healthy) Place providing more care for Bathurst community [23 June 2023]
- Greater independence and reducing fall risk for older people: STRONG Medicine centre opens in Concord [22 June 2023]
- Tumut’s new ambulance station officially opened [20 June 2023]
- New course helps hair and beauty industry to ‘Spot a Spot’ and save a life [19 June 2023]
- Bulli Urgent Care Centre expands to six days a week [16 June 2023]
- New Prince of Wales facilities to relieve pressure on EDs, make care more accessible [15 June 2023]
- Urgent Care Clinic for Long Jetty to take pressure off EDs [14 June 2023]
- 80 new purpose built 4WD ambulances will reach patients in challenging terrain [13 June 2023]
- Hornsby renal dialysis service means kidney patients receive care closer to home [13 June 2023]
- World-first trial for paediatric brain cancer right here in NSW [5 June 2023]
- Wagga Wagga Base Hospital’s multi-storey carpark open [2 June 2023]
- Protecting health staff from violence [1 June 2023]
2023/05
- New RPA HealthOne Green Square will ease pressure on emergency departments [31 May 2023]
- Casino’s new ambulance station officially opened [30 May 2023]
- On-site accommodation for healthcare workers at Tumut Hospital almost complete [29 May 2023]
- Goulburn Hospital MRI officially opened [26 May 2023]
- Westmead Hospital “one-stop shop” clinic makes access to healthcare easier for adults with a disability [26 May 2023]
- Vaccination best protection as we head into winter months [25 May 2023]
- Albury Hospital redevelopment community consultation begins [23 May 2023]
- Lives will be saved by mechanical CPR devices in all ambulances [22 May 2023]
- Surgical Care Taskforce to reduce elective surgery wait times [18 May 2023]
- New tattoo-less radiation technique improving patient quality of life [18 May 2023]
- Remote communities benefit from state’s first mobile CT service [18 May 2023]
- Cancer survival rates for young people at an all-time high [16 May 2023]
- Support for women living with hyperemesis gravidarum [15 May 2023]
- Construction complete at Tamworth ambulance station [15 May 2023]
- Statewide pharmacy prescribing trial to begin [11 May 2023]
- Select Committee to examine remote, rural and regional health [11 May 2023]
- Minister commits to future of health services in Nyngan and Wee Waa [8 May 2023]
- Celebrating NSW’s dedicated midwives [5 May 2023]
- Bulli Hospital upgrades improving aged and rehabilitation care for the Illawarra community [5 May 2023]
- Expanded Urgent Care Service for western Sydney [3 May 2023]
2023/04
- Construction starts on Shoalhaven Hospital Redevelopment [28 April 2023]
- Tamworth Hospital to introduce new PET scan service [26 April 2023]
- History preserved as Bowral and District Hospital Redevelopment [21 April 2023]
- New projects improving Illawarra’s aged and cardiac care [21 April 2023]
- Bringing art to the new $24 million Cooma Hospital [19 April 2023]
- Priority groups urged to book in for free influenza vaccine [11 April 2023]

Current as at: Monday 23 January 2023

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