We provide general and emergency dental care with no out-of-pocket expenses to eligible patients. We provide oral health services throughout the West Moreton region at hospitals, community clinics and schools.
West Moreton residents are reminded not to touch bats or flying foxes after an injured animal found in an Ipswich park last week later tested positive to the deadly Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV). Early morning walkers found the ill bat on the ground at Queens Park at 5.30am on Saturday 13 January...
Patients undergoing treatment for bladder cancer are benefitting from a new nurse-led clinic at Ipswich Hospital that is providing care closer to home. Clinic nurses have been specially trained in the delivery of the Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine, originally developed to treat tuberculosis...
When proud First Nations man Jacob Page left high school at the age of 15, he could not have imagined the winding professional journey that lay in wait. Following “a year or two of odd jobs”, Mr Page completed a three-year metal fabrication apprenticeship in 2012, before changing tack once more to...
The wet season is here, and with it comes an increased risk of mosquito borne diseases as they take advantage of these perfect breeding conditions. Mosquitoes thrive in stagnant water, even small amounts around the home including tarpaulins, empty tyres, bird baths, bromeliad plants and plastic...
Cyclone Wanda was almost 50 years ago but Vicki Fletcher remembers it almost like yesterday. It was January 1974 and, as a young assistant in nursing (AIN), Vicki was confined to Laidley Hospital for three weeks after the weather system made landfall on the Queensland coast. Not able to go home due...
Ground-breaking research with the potential to improve diagnosis of a life-threatening heart condition is underway thanks to an international collaboration led by West Moreton Health’s Dr Matthew Burrage. A cardiology and medicine staff specialist with West Moreton, Dr Burrage (pictured) has worked...
Ipswich Hospital’s new Mental Health Acute Inpatient Service (MHAIS) has officially opened, providing the local community with a world-class mental health rehabilitation and recovery facility. Purpose-built and with a focus on recovery and social connection, the $104.6 million state-of-the-art...
The West Moreton Public Health Unit is urging caution due to a rise in Cryptosporidiosis cases, a contagious form of gastroenteritis. The most common symptoms are watery diarrhoea and stomach cramps. Other symptoms may include fever, nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite. Dr Penny Hutchinson from...
West Moreton Health are urgently seeking information about four children aged between 2 and 13, who were observed playing with a bat near the Queens Park Nature Centre in Ipswich on Saturday February 3, around 10 am. West Moreton Health Public Health physician Dr Penny Hutchinson said recently there...