Patients with disabilities supported with new palliative care trial
A new model of care is being designed and tested in the region to assist people with a disability who are experiencing difficulty accessing end of life care. Here’s what’s involved.
Toowoomba health
Keep up to date with local health news affecting the Toowoomba region and the Darling Downs.
Seven egg-citing things to do these school holidays
Here’s all the great events and activities happening around the region these school holidays. Whether it be meeting some cute Aussie animals or learning some cool new skate tricks, there’s something for everyone.
Where Toowoomba’s heart disease death rate sits compared to state
New data reveals Australians have alarmingly high complacency about physical activity and heart health, but a new program aims to change that.
USQ accounting expert weighs in on the future of superannuation
A recent government review into retirement incomes has raised a number of questions regarding the nation’s superannuation system. Now a USQ accounting professor has weighed in on the matter.
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Toowoomba Hospital now performing vital operation
PATIENTS no longer need to travel to Brisbane now the Toowoomba hospital is performing a lifesaving operation.
Park made safer for late playtime
THERE will be nothing stopping you from playing fetch with your best mate after dark.
How not to get disease that tripled in region this year
THE rates of this one disease in the Darling Downs has increased by just over 200 per cent in the last five years.
Junior doctors raise concerns about Toowoomba Hospital
DARLING Downs Health boss Dr Peter Gillies has praised Toowoomba Hospital staff after a recent survey of junior doctors gave it one of the highest grades.
How plasma donations saved Ted’s life
WHEN many people hear the word plasma they think of televisions, but to Toowoomba’s Ted Marsden plasma means life.
How 3D printing in Toowoomba is advancing health research
Toowoomba researchers are working to develop new ways of dealing with broken bones.
REVEALED: Toowoomba residents dying at a slower rate
Toowoomba residents are living longer, new data from the Australia Bureau of Statistics has revealed.
Why ‘more women than ever’ can access midwifery program
TOOWOOMBA Hospital representatives said more women than ever before would now be able to access Toowoomba Hospital’s Midwifery Group Practice program.
Free mobile health clinics to tour Darling Downs
DARLING Downs Health Service mobile women’s health nurse Barbara Milne will visit a variety of locations next month to conduct free health clinics.
APPROVED: When the next round of St Vincent’s renos start
A $15 MILLION expansion to the St Vincent’s Private Hospital will increase the number of emergency beds by about 50 per cent.
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