Charles Sturt University (CSU) has welcomed a Nationals 2013 Policy Platform commitment to support the establishment of a Murray Darling Medical School at CSU's campuses in Orange and Wagga Wagga, and La Trobe University's campus at Bendigo.

Support for the Murray Darling Medical School, proposed by Charles Sturt University and La Trobe University, has reached 50,000 people on Facebook.

Charles Sturt University (CSU) Vice-Chancellor Professor Andrew Vann has thanked all the members of Charles Sturt University's Community Consultative Committee, chaired by Mrs Audrey Hardman (former State President of the CWA), for their commitment to their communities and the University.

Aboriginal students from schools across the Hastings region will take part in a workshop in Port Macquarie Monday 11 November designed to provide them with an insight into careers in the health sector.

Regional Australians are not getting back from Medicare and private health insurance what they are putting into it, according to a Productivity Commission report released earlier this year. In a literal case of adding insult to injury, it is estimated that about $220 million a year of the Medicare levy collected in non-urban areas flows back to metropolitan services. Why?

Visit many allied health clinics across regional Australia and there's a good chance you will be treated by a CSU graduate who is originally from regional Australia.

Young Canberra pharmacist Ms Elise Taylor is sharing her passion for drug education in the lead-up to Drug Awareness Week in the hope of encouraging more young people to understand the effects of drugs and medicines on the body and mind.

Retiring regional pharmacists can rest assured that the next generation of pharmacists will continue to offer a high standard service, with students like Daniel Flavel preparing to graduate.

Returning to his remote community after graduating with a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Charles Sturt University (CSU), Mr Lloyd Smith is now championing improved health and education in far west NSW.