QUEENSLAND Health’s Patient Safety and Quality Executive Committee has been awarded internationally recognised ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management
20/07/2009
QUEENSLAND is poised to recruit health specialists whose jobs are threatened at the Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) as a result of budget cuts by the West Australian Liberal/National Government.
13/10/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government has welcomed reports today the Commonwealth will invest their fair share in the health system.
23/07/2009
THE CANCER Council Queensland's Palliative Care Centre at The Townsville Hospital, has been opened, heralding a new chapter in the care of terminally ill patients in North Queensland.
16/10/2009
THE Queensland State Government has aired its fears the National Party’s three per cent “efficiency dividend” will result in cuts to emergency services.
09/03/2009
QUEENSLAND medical professionals are on standby in case they are needed as part of the national response to the Samoa tsunami.
01/10/2009
THE QUEENSLAND state government has implemented a health listening tour across Queensland allowing the Health minister to meet frontline staff and see the first-hand challenges facing the health network.
30/03/2009
THE QUEENSLAND government has released a report recommending the acceleration of implementing recommendations into heath service planning for the state.
11/06/2009
ROMA Hospital has opened a new 40-bed staff accommodation complex designed to provide quality accommodation for hospital staff.
03/03/2009
Some Queensland residents suffering from chronic disease will be the first to trial a new chronic care program that aims to improve the quality of life and reduce the rate of unplanned hospital admissions for patients with heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and other long-term chronic illnesses.
28/01/2010
The University of Queensland and hospital partners will unveil a $1 million MRI incubator, especially designed for brain scans of premature and sick newborns.
20/11/2009
THE Queensland Government has announced its plans for a $65.2m redevelopment of Mount Isa Hospital.
12/03/2009
QUEENSLAND Deputy Premier and Minister for Health Paul Lucas today tabled in parliament the latest Quarterly Public Hospitals Performance Report.
04/06/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Ambulance Service will be one of the first emergency medical services in the world to trial new portable ultrasound machine Sonosite NanoMaxx.
03/08/2009
QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh has announced changes to the administration of health staff accommodation in the state, following a safety audit in the Torres Strait region.
13/03/2009
THE UNIVERSITY of Queensland is seeking approval for human trials of a potential swine flu vaccine made using insect cells.
30/06/2009
FEARS the proposed National party’s three per cent cuts will hurt the Queensland medical system have been confirmed with the announcement $260m will be cut from the health budget.
25/03/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government has announced the $94m expansion of Townsville Hospital has entered early construction stages on the North Block.
07/05/2009
INDIGENOUS affairs proponent Chicka Dixon has taken out the Outstanding Achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health at the prestigious Deadly Awards on 15 October.
16/10/2009
Queensland researchers have developed a non-invasive way of diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), Australia’s most common sleep disorder.
13/11/2009