HMRI News Article

Health professionals from across the Hunter New England region marked World Diabetes Day (November 14) with an education event, focused on tackling one of the region’s most significant and growing health challenges: type 2 diabetes. 

Moree Online News

Hunter New England Local Health District received the Excellence in the Provision of Mental Health Services Award for its Farmgate Support Program; Environmental Sustainability Award for Gloves Off! Clean Hands Safe for All; and the People and Culture Award for the Diabetes Alliance Program Plus.

HMRI News Article

Dr Masha Somi attended the HMRI today to hear from local experts leading four different integrated health care programs – programs that combine primary care, community, medical research and hospital services to provide better access to health care closer to home.

Arts North West Article

BAMM and DAP+ have brought art and health together by partnering to create the Diabetes Awareness Tree. The tree is a tribute to all those in our community who suffer from diabetes.

HMRI News Article

The artwork, by local Aboriginal artist Jodie Reynolds, is titled “Sharing and Caring for Diabetes”. It tells the story of DAP+ and the unique way the program’s specialist clinicians and medical professionals deliver support to communities across the Hunter New England Health region.

HMRI News Article

HMRI and partners are improving access to diabetes care in rural and regional areas. The five-year program, worth $12.4m, will see the creation of a ‘medibus’, equipped to be a clinic on wheels, to bring diabetes care to vulnerable communities across the health district. This builds on the existing work of the DAP.