Steph Cooke MP
Member for Cootamundra

Steph Cooke outside the existing Coolamon Ganmain Health Service. Pressure is mounting on the NSW Labor Government to deliver a new Coolamon Multi-Purpose Health Service, with this month's State Budget shaping up to be a critical test of its commitment to building regional infrastructure. In 2023, the former Coalition Government committed $56 million towards a redevelopment of the Coolamon MPS, however the project has not progressed under the current Government. Member fo

Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke is calling on the NSW Government to increase subsidy rates under the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme (IPTAAS), to support rural patients accessing life-saving care. IPTAAS provides financial assistance to patients who must travel for specialist medical treatment not available locally, subsidising travel and accommodation costs. However, patients using a private vehicle receive only 40 cents per kilometre and

7 March, 2018 Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke today announced that more people in Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) will now have quicker access to elective surgery, thanks to a $3 million injection from the State Government. “This will mean that more people will get quicker access to common elective surgeries like hip and knee replacements and cataract removals,” Ms Cooke said. “In September 2017, the Minister for Health, Brad Hazzard announced an injection of an

January 25, 2018 Children between six months and five years old are now eligible for free flu jabs this year, says Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke. The $3.5 million influenza vaccination program offered by the NSW Government follows last year’s severe flu season. “Last year our community in the Cootamundra electorate, like many in NSW, was hit hard by the flu season,” Ms Cooke said. “So today’s announcement means more than 400,000 children across the State are eligible to