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Ripley Satellite Hospital Community Open Day
09 August 2023
West Moreton Health will celebrate the official opening of the Ripley Satellite Hospital with a Community Open Day on Sunday, 13 August. The open day ...
The Jaghu clinic at Bremer offers a culturally safe space.
17 July 2023
An expansion to services offered by West Moreton Health’s Jaghu Maternal and Infant Program will provide care for not only mother and baby, but the ...
Georgia Riddock
10 July 2023
Seven school students have joined West Moreton Health this month, taking their first steps towards a career in health. Six of the trainees have joined ...
Cochlear Implant Telehealth Clinic
04 July 2023
That scratchy sound your fingers make when they comb through your hair is something many of us take for granted, but not 12-year-old Daneka MacDonald ...
Ipswich Hospital Foundation funds a record $485,000 on local health care
26 June 2023
Thanks to the generous support of the community, Ipswich Hospital Foundation (IHF), a record of over $485,000 has funded equipment and healthcare ...
Art helps people find health connections
21 June 2023
Helping consumers feel safe, connected to country and not alone is the aim of artwork planned for the link bridge to West Moreton Health’s new Mental ...
BreastScreen Queensland Yamanto
07 June 2023
BreastScreen Queensland and West Moreton Health have officially opened a new screening service at Yamanto Central shopping centre, offering eligible ...
Jane Kingston
05 June 2023
Visitors to the Ipswich Hospital Museum can view instruments from 19th century operating theatres and the memorabilia of a student nurse in the late ...
Research scholarship winners announced
22 May 2023
West Moreton Health staff are shaping the future of cancer care in the region through Ipswich Hospital Foundation’s (IHF) Regina and Vicki Doig ...
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01 May 2023
Get back to basics this Privacy Awareness Week
Lab gets blood pumping
21 April 2023
With the fourth highest rate of cardiac-related hospitalisations in Australia, West Moreton is blessed to now have the gold standard of cardiac care ...
Time to yarn about First Nations maternity and infant care
21 March 2023
First Nations women will soon have a safe space to yarn about all things maternity and child health when West Moreton Health’s Jaghu Maternal and ...
Advance Care Planning Week
20 March 2023
Knowing their mum would be cared for the way she wanted was why siblings Valentine and Trish Brown started a conversation about Advance Care Planning ...
Regina Doig pictured in centre
27 February 2023
Cancer survivors and their supporters will join together at a sold-out morning tea next month dedicated to shaping the direction of cancer care and ...
Midwife Krisy Podolak and her three children.
14 February 2023
Connect. respect. excel. West Moreton Health’s values and what graduate nurses and midwives will be injecting into the health service when they ...
Kevin Plummer
02 February 2023
Throat cancer denied Kevin Plummer the ability to talk in 2020 but the Riverview man has found his voice again after successful surgery at Ipswich ...
Munarra and Mulana Walker
31 January 2023
Five Bundamba State Secondary College classmates are currently completing a Certificate III in Health through a school-based traineeship, which ...
Interns 2023
17 January 2023
The newest intake of medical recruits has joined the ranks at West Moreton Health. Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Nilesh Parmar congratulated the 35 ...
Simulation training to improve rapid care for stroke patients
20 December 2022
West Moreton Health has collaborated with key health partners to improve rapid care for stroke patients. Working with consumer representatives ...
Janita Dutt
09 December 2022
Working a 9-5 job in finance did not add up for Janita Dutt, who took a calculated risk to follow her mum and sister into a nursing career. Janita, 25 ...
Ipswich Hospital pedestrian bridge lift
02 December 2022
West Moreton Health marked a significant milestone in its plans for the future of Ipswich Hospital when a bridge linking the old to the new was craned ...
Chelmsford Avenue partial closure
23 November 2022
Chelmsford Avenue will be partially closed from 6.30pm tomorrow (24/11/22) to allow the bridge linking the new Acute Mental Health Unit and Ipswich ...
West Moreton Health appoints Chief Executive
22 November 2022
West Moreton Health has appointed its new Chief Executive to lead the health service through its health prevention, capital works, research and ...
Cath Stanbrook donating blood
21 November 2022
Story supplied by Lifeblood This week, Ipswich resident Cath Stanbrook reached a milestone of 100 blood donations - having helped save the lives of up ...
Doctor and nurse at Ipswich Hospital's Special Care Nursery.
18 November 2022
Ipswich Hospital Foundation (IHF) has launched a Children’s Christmas Appeal to raise funds for purchasing much-needed equipment for the resuscitation ...
Special Care Nursery Acting NUM Sari Kocsardi
15 November 2022
Ipswich Hospital is shining a light on the impacts of preterm birth for World Prematurity Day. The hospital’s exterior will turn purple on Thursday ...
Hannah Bloch
03 November 2022
West Moreton Health has released the summary of a key report and a planning strategy that will guide the delivery of health services in the region ...
Zonia
28 October 2022
Eligible patients no longer need to spend time and money travelling to Ipswich Hospital to speak with a clinician. Telehealth services are ...
Cardiac Catheter Lab
27 October 2022
West Moreton Health has welcomed its first patients to its new Cardiac Catheter Laboratory at Ipswich Hospital. The cath lab, equipped with state-of ...
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21 October 2022
Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN and West Moreton Health have launched ‘Feel Well Live Well’ — a joint health strategy to support older people to ...