News
12 May 2022
After 10 months supporting the West Moreton community, the Ipswich CBD COVID-19 Community Vaccination Clinic will close on 4 June 2022. Free COVID-19 ...
11 May 2022
Donning her handmade cardboard nurse’s hat and costume when she was seven, Shannon Shipley knew nursing was the career for her. Now, Shannon wears ...
09 May 2022
Community members are taking a seat at the decision-making table at West Moreton Health to make sure services directly respond to the health ...
04 May 2022
Women giving birth at Ipswich Hospital now have the option of a water birth, in situations where it is safe for both mother and child. The new service ...
01 April 2022
West Moreton Health’s Deputy Board Chair has retired after seven years’ service while four sitting members have been reappointed.
18 March 2022
If it is important to you, make it known. That is the advice from West Moreton Health Advance Care Planning Clinical Nurse Ros Holloway. “Dying is ...
09 March 2022
Receding floodwaters and pooling water from rainfall can provide perfect conditions for mosquitoes to breed. Dr Penny Hutchinson, from the West ...
08 March 2022
West Moreton Health is looking for community members to join a new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council. Community members from ...
07 March 2022
A West Moreton Health Clinical Nurse has performed the ultimate about turn – rebounding from a shock cancer diagnosis to educate and raise awareness ...
04 March 2022
Floodwaters may have passed but the danger is not over. Dangers can be found during clean up and recovery, so it is important to stay safe and follow ...
30 January 2022
Two First Nations women are among 87 nursing and midwifery graduates beginning their placements at West Moreton Health hospitals this month, thanks to ...
23 January 2022
Lockyer Valley residents now have more options to get tested for COVID-19 as Gatton Hospital opens a walk-in testing clinic onsite from Monday. The ...
23 January 2022
West Moreton Hospital and Health Service has transformed its services and redeployed staff where they are needed most in readiness for the increase in ...
01 January 2022
It may be a long road to recovery for Ipswich Hospital Oncology Da y Unit patient Wendy Piasecki. But she is thankful for one shortcut. Mrs Piasecki ...
14 December 2021
The Brisbane Broncos paid a visit to West Moreton Health on Monday morning, bringing good cheer to those who need it most. National Rugby League Woman ...
26 November 2021
So much has changed since Judy Litfin started work as a nurse at Ipswich Hospital 45 years ago. But one of the best changes was getting rid of the ...
26 November 2021
A student from Mutdapilly State School has won the Name the Crane competition for the $92.4 million Ipswich Hospital - Acute Mental Health Unit (AMHU) ...
05 November 2021
The West Moreton Health Board Clinical Safety and Quality Committee provides the Board with advice and recommendations on matters relating to quality ...
29 October 2021
West Moreton Health (WMH) is establishing a Consumer and Community Advisory Council (CCAC) to provide strategic advice to WMH’s Board, executive and ...
29 October 2021
2022 Update: This service has finished. A new pathology collection box at Gatton Hospital gets truck drivers back on the road sooner after their COVID ...
28 October 2021
A good bra is not the only support a woman might need for their breastscreen appointment. Staff at BreastScreen Ipswich encourage women to make group ...
26 October 2021
West Moreton Health’s newest mobile dental clinic is crying out for attention. The mobile clinic is called Coo-ee after the distinctive Australian cry ...
19 October 2021
The West Moreton Health (WMH) Master Plan - Acute Mental Health Unit Committee is seeking to recruit up to six (6) consumer representatives to join ...
11 October 2021
Ipswich men with prostate cancer and their families will now have access to more specialised support, thanks to funding from the Prostate Cancer ...
07 October 2021
School communities are the focus of the coming Super Pfizer Weekend when COVID-19 vaccination clinics pop up at 3 high schools in the region. The ...
29 September 2021
The Ipswich healthcare facility at Barrams Road, Ripley, will provide outpatient services closer to home for residents of surrounding suburbs. The ...
17 September 2021
An extra 1000 West Moreton residents are expected to be vaccinated by the end of the Super Walk-in Weekend at the Ipswich CBD Community Vaccination ...
09 September 2021
From today (9 September) a free vaccination hotline will make it even easier to book an appointment at the Ipswich CBD Community Vaccination Clinic.
01 September 2021
The Ipswich CBD Community Vaccination Clinic is doubling its capacity for appointments from Thursday 2 September 2021.
01 September 2021
West Moreton Health has recognised staff who go above and beyond to deliver quality care to our community at this year’s Caring Better Together Awards ...