NSW Health

Mosquito Surge in Sydney

As mosquito activity intensifies across Sydney, with Southwestern Sydney bearing the brunt, local governments are urging residents to chlorinate their pools and secure rainwater tanks to prevent mosquito breeding. In a now-deleted update, Liverpool Council indicated that Sydney Water’s Liverpool Recycling Plant in Warwick Farm is under investigation as a possible breeding hotspot, raising public …

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Doctors Worry About Prescribing Pharmacists

The announcement from the NSW Government last weekend on pharmacists having the authority to give certain prescriptions for patients have left General Practitioners ropeable. They believe accessing to care could not be easily addressed solely by this pilot program, rather, putting pressures on the already fragmented healthcare system. Meanwhile, pharmacists argued that this brings greater …

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