The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has called on governments to facilitate more regional and rural placements for medical school students to encourage future doctors to live and work outside major cities.
University of Queensland scientists have developed a vaccine for Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in pigs to help stop the spread of the disease in Australia.
Six residences for government employees will be built on the site of the former doctor’s house and surgery in Wondai.
A new service at Toowoomba Hospital will stop some patients from having to travel to Brisbane to have a coronary angiogram.
Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington fears a ruling by the Queensland Revenue Office in December could mean the end of bulk-billing by GPs in Queensland.
Royal Flying Doctor senior base pilot Nick Tully will be the special guest speaker at a fundraising afternoon tea in Kingaroy on February 12.
Figures released by Queensland Health show there are still 437 patients being treated for COVID-19 in Queensland hospitals.
Services offered by Darling Downs Health’s Kobi House facility have moved away from Toowoomba Hospital.
More than a quarter of residents who responded to a Darling Downs Health survey needed tests or scans during the past year but did not access them.
The organisers of this year’s Kingaroy BaconFest have donated two $5000 cheques to local community groups.
Swoop Aero has been approved to use remotely piloted drones in a trial program to deliver essential supplies, test samples and pharmaceuticals across the Darling Downs Health region.
The State Government has launched a safety campaign to remind people that quad bikes are the biggest killers on Queensland farms.
Rates of heart failure associated with the growing use of methamphetamine are rising worldwide, according to researchers.
Local charity Boots’n Bulldust Inc has provided sunflower seed sachets to be handed out at South Burnett Regional Council customer service centres to help spread a message of support to people living with depression.
South Burnett mayor Brett Otto and councillors met recently with local hospital management to discuss health services in the region.
Ever wondered where money raised at events such as South Burnett Relay For Life end up?
Australia’s “merry medic” Dr James Wright – real name Dr John Knight AM – has died.
Sunshine Coast businessman Brendon Murray has been appointed the new chair of the Sunshine Coast and South Burnett Regional Advisory Committee for RACQ LifeFlight Rescue .
Nationals leader David Littleproud has blamed Federal Government changes to the Distribution Priority Area scheme for the shortage of GPs in his electorate.
Queensland Health is urging shoppers to carefully check poppy seeds following a nationwide recall of products.
