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05/11/2025

Visit Rural Health Pro tomorrow morning to learn about the inspiring award recipients🏆

05/11/2025

WATCH: Livestream the 2025 National Rural and Remote Health Awards now on Rural Health Pro👇

RDN is pleased to support the Awards as part of , we hope you can join us in celebrating the stories to be found in rural health.

The 2025 National Rural and Remote Health Awards are about to kick off! 🥳🥂We’re thrilled to welcome our inspiring finalists, sponsors and guests from across the country to recognise those committed to keeping our rural communities healthy.

Couldn’t make it but don’t want to miss the action? Join us LIVE via our free livestream and be part of this special occasion: https://www.ruralhealthpro.org/s/awards 🙌

Rural Doctors Network - RDN

05/11/2025

Watch the National Rural and Remote Health Awards LIVE from the National Press Club of Australia—on the land of the Ngunnawal people, tonight from 6.30pm (AEDT) 👉 https://lnkd.in/g8kqnira

🏆Today is the day🏆 Watch the National Rural and Remote Health Awards LIVE from the National Press Club of Australia—on the land of the Ngunnawal people, tonight from 6.30pm (AEDT) 🤩

This , join us in celebrating the incredible work being done in rural and remote health across the country 👉 https://lnkd.in/g8kqnira

Attending the awards in Canberra tonight? Make sure you use , and on your posts for a chance to be featured on our channels 👏

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04/11/2025

Recently, RDN’s Community Solutions Manger, Katie McDonell, met with representatives from Broken Hill City Council, healthcare providers in and Federal Member for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey MP, to discuss health priorities, challenges and how to work collaboratively to improve outcomes for the community.

With services in Broken Hill operating under certain workforce pressures for a prolonged period, RDN was invited to support Council and help address the challenges that need additional support.

“ACCHS and practices in Broken Hill have met these challenges with innovation and resilience,” Katie McDonell said.

“Services are incredibly well run by passionate people and they've adapted models of care and ways of working, to work around the challenges. However these challenges now surpass things that can be addressed at an individual level,” she said.

Katie says Broken Hill City Council have shown great interest in addressing the situation and RDN welcomes the opportunity to be involved.

🗞️Read more at RDN: https://loom.ly/ubEwGJY

04/11/2025

Attention Med Students. Have you booked a spot at this year's Medical Student Rural Inspiration Conference?

If you’re a with an interest in rural medicine, then register now for this year’s Medical
Student Rural Inspiration Conference on Saturday 29 November at Hilton, Sydney!

🩺👉https://loom.ly/quIGNmU

Program perks:
✅ Hear from keynote speaker Dr Louis Peachy
✅ Join the Clinic to Community: Rural Generalists Leading Local Change panel session, facilitated
by Dr Ariah Steel
✅ Get hands-on with a simulation session with the Royal Flying Doctor Service
✅Chat with doctors and registrars working across a range of specialities in the Chat Corner: Ask Me
Anything: Real Talk on Regional Speciality Training Pathways
✅Engage with delegates and sponsors at networking drinks and conference dinner

Did we mention it only costs $50 to attend?

The conference is part of and will be co-located with
the Rural GPs Conference. Partners and kids can also join the family program so bring them along
and enjoy a weekend away in the city.

The event is proudly co-sponsored by the and . Co-hosted by
and the Regional Training Hub Networks, the Medical Student Rural Inspiration Conference is
brought to you by us at , and the Rural Doctors’ Association of NSW

04/11/2025

Dr Kerry Chant AO played a key role in New South Wales during the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, Dr Chant is the Chief Health Officer Deputy Secretary Population and Public Health NSW Ministry of Health.

As part of this year’s upcoming Rural GPs Conference, Dr Chant will be giving an overview of ADHD reforms: Expanding GP scope of ADHD management.

Dr Chant has extensive public health experience in NSW, having held a range of senior positions in NSW Health since 1991. She currently leads the Population and Public Health Division at the Ministry of Health and is responsible for a broad portfolio including communicable disease control, surveillance and epidemiology, prevention of chronic diseases, drug and alcohol, oral health, and voluntary assisted dying.

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to hear first-hand from Dr Chant at the Rural GP Conference as part of Rural Health Pro's from 27–29 November at the Hilton Sydney.

Register now 👉 https://loom.ly/c8kS0lI

02/11/2025

Welcome to Rural Health Month 2025, a month-long celebration uniting the rural health community in education, networking and inspiration!

The celebration was launched by RDN's Rural Health Pro in 2020, envisioned as an annual 'coming together' of the rural health community with a 'rural positive' focus.

The National Rural Health Commissioner, Professor Jenny May AM, has welcomed Rural Health Month 2025: "It is so important that rural health professionals are able to access the professional support they need. Rural Health Month is one such opportunity," she said.

“The power of connectedness is a vital ingredient in bringing our rural health community together".

👉 RDN will be supporting a host of events through the month. Read more and get involved: https://loom.ly/F0_8k8s


NSW Health, Rural Doctors' Association of NSW, NSW Regional Training Hub Networks, Nurse & Midwife Support Ryan Park MP Mark Butler MP Senator Anne Ruston Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) RACGP Australian Medical Association NSW Health Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia National Rural Health Student Network Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing AH&MRC of NSW APNA - Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives National Rural Health Alliance Remote Vocational Training Scheme - RVTS Rural Doctors Association Australia

02/11/2025

Registrations for the Medical Student Rural Inspiration Conference are closing soon!📣

Join us for an exciting workshop to gain some hands-on experience with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia! 🚁✨

🩺 Workshop: Rural Flying Doctor Service Simulation Session
🗓️ Date: 29 November, 2025
📍 Location: Hilton Sydney

Dive into an engaging simulation session and learn firsthand about the vital role of RFDS in rural healthcare. Don't miss this unique opportunity to expand your skills and knowledge at Rural Health Pro's !

Register now: https://loom.ly/gk9Rfao

31/10/2025

Good morning and welcome to Rural Health Month! What better way to kick off than to celebrate the long service of western districts Tony Lord, who has been participating in the Visiting Optometrist Scheme (VOS) since 1977, surely one of the longest serving optometrists in the Scheme.

This year, Tony stepped away from the practice in which he has helped generations of central western NSW residents maintain the clarity of their eyesight, so they could continue to appreciate the local “vision splendid of the sunlit plains extended”, as Banjo Paterson once put it.

Tony has been an Outreach Provider under VOS since 1977. The VOS Outreach program, which is funded by the Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, was established in 1975 and is currently celebrating its 50th year. It has been administered in NSW by RDN since 2015.

1 July 1976 marked the foundation of a partnership between optometrists Tony Lord and Phillip Wells and the commencement of an almost half-century of service to the communities of , , and surrounding areas. Patient care has not only been at the forefront of everything Tony set out to achieve in his long career, but has been combined with an unwavering dedication to, and love of, the rural communities he serves.

Read Tony's story here: https://loom.ly/yThaACY

31/10/2025

Earlier this year, the community of was invited to share honest feedback through the Leeton Shire Health Services Survey, led by the Collaborative Care Project.

Facilitated by RDN, the project is designed to identify the health care needs of five locations, including Leeton, and work together to create innovative solutions. The Survey aimed to help identify local priorities and any barriers to accessing health services in Leeton Shire.

“I’m incredibly grateful to everyone who took the time to share their experiences and ideas — this work truly reflects our community’s collective effort to build a stronger, more connected local health system,” said Collaborative Care Project Officer, Maryann Lannelli.

🗞️Read more and view the survey stats at RDN: https://loom.ly/eSaQtb0

Thanks to our supporting partners NSW Health, Leeton Shire Council, Murrumbidgee Local Health District, Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network and Leeton & District Local Aboriginal Land Council. The Collaborative Care Program received support from the NSW Ministry of Health.

29/10/2025

Want to support your friend, a family member or colleague who has been announced as a finalist in the National Rural and Remote Health Awards 2025, but can’t get there? Watch live on Rural Health Pro from 6:30pm, 5 November 2025.

Join the livestream here, no registration required! 👉 https://loom.ly/Fax7YLM

Watch the National Rural and Remote Health Awards LIVE on Rural Health Pro from 6pm, 5 November 🏆 Join us as we celebrate the best of rural and remote health!

No registration required, join the livestream here 👉 https://loom.ly/Fax7YLM

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29/10/2025

Two RDN Cadets have been recognised as the 2025 State Medical Student of the Year for their state, as part of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Excellence Awards.

Fifth-year medical student at Charles Sturt University, former nurse and founder of the not-for-profit Boots to Scrubs program, Chloe Campbell has been named the NSW/ACT Medical Student of the Year. As part of the Boots to Scrubs program, Chloe has already provided more than $60,000 in scholarships and mentoring for rural women in medicine amongst a whole host of accomplishments and achievements.

Meanwhile, final-year medical student also from Charles Sturt University, Heidi Annand has been named the Victorian Medical Student of the Year. Heidi founded her university’s medical society and has combined clinical placements in , , , and , India, with a strong leadership record. She has also served on the National Rural Health Student Network and edits its student newsletter.

Read more at RDN: https://loom.ly/JW-Uezw