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Report reveals future care needs

WebIN our special four-part series, Local Ipswich News investigates a never before produced report that shines a light on the state of the region’s healthcare. The inaugural ‘Local Area Needs Analysis 2022-2025’ (LANA) has been years in the making and has just been released by West Moreton Health (WMH).

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Ipswich Hospital Foundation's Record Funding for Local Health

WebLocal Ipswich News Published October 12, 2023. IPSWICH Hospital Foundation’s just released annual report has revealed they funded a record $609,000 towards local health care in the past financial year. The money was used for medical equipment, facility upgrades, staff development and research across West Moreton Health. As well as …

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The healthcare boost we need

WebEARLY construction works have begun on a project that will transform healthcare for Springfield and the Western Corridor. The Stage 2 expansion of Mater Private Hospital Springfield will deliver 174 public beds for the community – meeting its health needs for decades to come.

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Shaping the future of cancer care

WebWest Moreton Health staff are shaping the future of cancer care in the region through Ipswich Hospital Foundation’s (IHF) Regina and Vicki Doig Research Scholarship funding.

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Health will be their future

WebSEVEN school students joined West Moreton Health this month, taking their first steps towards a career in health. Clinical Facilitator Robert Winstone said the students, from Bremer and Redbank Plains State high schools, Bellbird Park Secondary College, Ipswich Girls Grammar and St Mary’s College Ipswich, were part of the Deadly Start School …

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Relief for Ipswich Hospital: New Health Initiatives

WebIPSWICH Hospital’s over-taxed Emergency Department will get much-needed relief from two major health initiatives launched this week. Joining the opening of the Ripley Satellite Hospital yesterday was the launch of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic on Monday at the Riverlink medical precinct in North Ipswich.

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What we need to do to protect our future

WebPromisingly, by 2027 stage two of the 710-million-dollar Ipswich Hospital expansion will be due for completion and includes expansions to the emergency department, renal and nephrology services, and the construction of a new theatre. Most importantly though it will include an additional 200 new beds on the site of the existing mental health unit.

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New equipment for heart patients

WebNEW LAB: Dr Chacko and registered nurse Jacqui Major perform the procedure in the new Cardiac Catheter Laboratory. IPSWICH HOSPITAL’S ability to treat time critical cardiac events has been dramatically improved with the installation of the latest Cardiac Catheter Laboratory. The cath lab, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, …

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Ripley Satellite Hospital: Enhanced Healthcare Services

WebRipley Satellite Hospital opens with minor injury care, specialist clinics, and cultural inclusivity for better healthcare accessibility.

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Ripley Satellite Hospital: Soaring Success in First Weeks

WebRipley’s new satellite hospital has flown off the marks as patients have flooded in after it opened for business. Its minor injury and illness clinic saw nearly 2,700 people in its first six weeks. Its busiest day saw 79 people turn up for treatment. This has relieved pressure on Ipswich Hospital’s Emergency Department, with about 10 fewer

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Jaghu Child Health Clinic Launch

WebStarting on Tuesday, 30 January, the Jaghu Child Health Clinic will provide: Jaghu Child Health Nurse Roxanne Downey said each one-hour appointment was with a child health nurse or an Aboriginal Health Worker. “We provide support and family-led care with a culturally safe approach for infants, families and carers,” Roxanne said.

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Healthy habits equals less heart problems

WebThe Heart Foundation is urging Ipswich men to think more about their daily diet and regular exercise. Heart Foundation Senior Food and Nutrition Advisor Jemma O’Hanlon said even small changes that can be adapted into people’s daily routines could make a …

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Our hospital emergency department now CRITICAL

WebIPSWICH HOSPITAL’S emergency department is facing its toughest COVID-19 wave to date as sickness and worker fatigue aggravate staff shortages. The crisis isn’t just confined to Ipswich Hospital with all Southeast Queensland hospitals reporting their waiting rooms, emergency beds and wards are at capacity. On top of this ambulance ramping

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Ipswich Hospital Shines in Perioperative Medicine

WebIPSWICH Hospital’s commitment to perioperative excellence has been recognised after being selected to host part of an innovative new Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists course next year.

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More embracing fitness and health

WebMore embracing fitness and health. FIGHT FOR FITNESS: The council program includes a range of activities for diverse ages and abilities, including boxing, walking groups, chair yoga, and more. Ipswich Council’s popular Active and Healthy Program has seen a major increase with thousands of residents getting active and making new connections.

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Appeal to help our babies

WebTHE Ipswich Hospital Foundation has launched its biggest ever Christmas appeal in a bid to purchase vital new resuscitation equipment for the hospital’s Special Care Nursery. The foundation’s CEO, Scott Young, is first to admit that the target to raise $150,000 to buy the equipment was an ambitious one, but he said he was counting on …

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Three Generations of Nurses: A Legacy of Care in Ipswich

WebNursing a family affair for service award recipient. Toni Pirie (centre) with her mother Annette Hall and daughter Emily Piris. Ipswich Hospital’s Toni Pirie has nursing in her blood. With family ties to medicine stretching all the way back to the early 1900s, Ms Pirie is now the middle link in three generations of proud nursing history.

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Yamanto’s new breast screen clinic

WebAppointments are now available. Book online at www.breastscreen.qld.gov.au or phone 13 20 50. BREASTSCREEN Queensland and West Moreton Health have opened a new screening service at Yamanto Central Shopping centre, offering eligible women improved access to an early detection and valuable preventative health service.

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USQ Ipswich Campus Expansion for Allied Health

WebThe University of Southern Queensland will construct a new $38m facility at its Ipswich campus to support Allied Health teaching and research.

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Exercise key in breast cancer recovery say researchers

WebSTAY ACTIVE: UniSQ researchers say staying active can help in recovery after breast cancer treatment. BREAST cancer patients and survivors tend to suffer from a condition called “cancer fog” – and now a University of Southern Queensland study might have uncovered the reason why. The first-of-its-kind study, published in the journal “The

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Hospital artwork helps to connect

WebHELPING 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 Health Acute Inpatient Service.

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