We’re delighted that the new Western Sydney airport will be named in honour of Nancy-Bird Walton, AO, OBE, Dame of St John (Knights of Malta), 1915 – 2009. Nancy’s pioneering spirit and skills enabled our Far West Health Scheme to reach and support many children and their families in rural and remote NSW in the…
Our own Professor Alexandra Martiniuk, University of Sydney, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Translating Research into Practice Fellow, recently made the case for increased telehealth adoption and wrote about this in the Medical Journal of Australia InSight publication. MJA InSight is Australia’s highest circulating medical e-newsletter and is trusted by the medical community…
Telehealth services hold so much promise to address some of the most difficult health system problems, including barriers to service access for rural and remote communities – particularly for children. However, telehealth continues to face major challenges to being embedded into existing work flows, sustainability and expansion. Royal Far West has been working with Professor…
The award-winning developmental screening program Healthy Kids Bus Stop is coming to Inverell in March with the aim to improve the health and wellbeing of children aged 3-5. Royal Far West, in partnership with the Hunter New England Health District and Ronald McDonald House Charities, will be delivering free child health checks in Inverell on…
Regional Australia calls for change as overwhelmed families struggle to navigate complex health systems to access health support for children in rural and remote Australia. Children in remote Australia are five times more likely to suffer developmental problems compared to city kids. We launched our report in Canberra, drawing on the White Paper from a…
