Rural Northwest Health

Rural Northwest Health Rural Northwest Health provides accessible, efficient and excellent care to our communities within the Wimmera Mallee.

Welcome to the official Facebook site for Rural Northwest Health, serving Hopetoun, Beulah and Warracknabeal. This page will provide brief updates and images on the latest events and innovations at RNH and provide links to our website for more detailed information. Please invite your friends to like our page so we can promote important health messages to the entire RNH community.

30/10/2025
30/10/2025

🎃 We’re not saying your Halloween decorations should come with a health warning, but if you’re carving pumpkins this week, maybe take a moment to check your own. Because when it comes to breast cancer, early detection is the real treat.

Here’s the deal:

Breasts change over time - through puberty, pregnancy, breastfeeding, ageing, and weight fluctuations. These changes are usually normal. But what’s important is knowing what normal looks like for you.

Keep an eye out for:

- A lump, lumpiness or thickening (especially in only one breast)
- Changes in size or shape
- Ni**le changes: crusting, redness, pain, discharge, or inversion
- Skin changes: dimpling, rash, itchiness, or unusual colour
- Swelling or discomfort in the armpit or collarbone area
- Ongoing pain not linked to your cycle

Noticed a changes in your breasts or something feels off? Don’t wait, book an appointment with your GP.

If you’re aged 50–74, you are eligible for a free mammogram every 2 years through BreastScreen Victoria. Screening is also available to Women aged 40–49 and over 74. The earlier breast cancer is found, the better the chance of successful treatment. Mammograms can spot changes too small to feel, and comparing scans over time helps track changes.

So, while you are carving up your lanterns this Halloween, make sure you are giving your other pumpkins the same attention too. It’s one of the easiest ways to look after yourself.



Find out more: https://go.vic.gov.au/3L5pgVO

29/10/2025
28/10/2025
If you would like to join our Stride Squad please let Zoe know asap. Walks are open to all and take place weekly on a Tu...
27/10/2025

If you would like to join our Stride Squad please let Zoe know asap. Walks are open to all and take place weekly on a Tuesday.

Reminder: Now that the lovely spring weather is here, why not get out and about with the Stride Squad?

Open to ALL, the Squad departs from the Warracknabeal Campus rear carpark each Tuesday at 5pm, making its way along the picturesque Yarriambiack Creek.

For more information, or to be added to the What's App group, please call or email Health Promotion Coordinator Zoe Morris - 5396 1223 Zoe.Morris@rnh.net.au

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Warracknabeal, VIC
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Welcome to the official Facebook site for Rural Northwest Health, serving Hopetoun, Beulah and Warracknabeal. This page will provide brief updates and images on the latest events and innovations at Rural Northwest Health and provide links to our website for more detailed information. Please invite your friends to like our page so we can promote important health messages to the entire Rural Northwest Health community.

Rural Northwest Health is a Victorian public sector health service created under the Health Services Act and responsible to the Minister for Health. The population of the communities served by Rural Northwest Health is about 4866 people (ABS Census data 2006) within the Yarriambiack Shire. Rural Northwest Health covers the northern part of the Shire and shares the southern part with Dunmunkle Health Services. Between our three campuses at Warracknabeal, Beulah and Hopetoun we provide a comprehensive range of acute, aged, and primary health services to the local community.

The key focus of Rural Northwest Health is caring and supporting people to be healthy and living a full life. Our logo represents this by the carer reaching out and embracing its community over the broad horizon. Our staff provides care and programs that offer wide reaching community support and a warm and comforting approach.

Rural Northwest Health is committed to achieving the best health for the Wimmera Mallee community. We recognise our client’s/resident’s total needs in order for them to achieve optimal health and wellbeing. We believe that our clients/residents are entitled to quality health care that respects their dignity, beliefs and rights regardless of their cultural, spiritual or socio-economic background.