During World Breastfeeding Week (1 – 7 August) Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) is promoting the importance of breastfeeding and letting women and their families know where they can seek local support and assistance.

Bulli Hospital staff will start the move into the new Bulli Hospital and Aged Care Centre from Friday 7 August, following weeks of transition planning and logistics.

This DonateLife Week (26 July- 2 August), Illawarra and Shoalhaven residents are encouraged to talk about organ and tissue donation and join the Australian Organ Donor Register.

Wollongong Hospital’s newly refurbished Birthing Unit will start welcoming babies into the world from next week. The $2.2 million Birthing Unit redevelopment has seen the area transformed into a modern and more functional birthing space for local women and families.

NSW Health has already distributed a record 2.89 million federally supplied doses of flu vaccine across the state as of 9 June, which is almost one million more doses than distributed in the same period last year.