LaVerne White has been a familiar and friendly face at Mackay Base Hospital for 31 years. Her welcoming smile and cheery hello from the information desk has greeted thousands of staff, patients and hospital visitors for more than three decades. Not only does LaVerne volunteer on the desk she co-ordinates the roster for other information… [Read More]

Some of Mackay’s most vulnerable people are benefitting from the work of Nurse Navigator Annie Lynch. Ms Lynch works with highly complex and vulnerable patients to connect them with disability support services. Nurse Navigators are highly skilled and experienced nurses who act as a central point of communication and coordination for patients who need a… [Read More]

A Mackay Base Hospital service that provides hospital level care in the comfort of a patient’s home has taken out a local service excellence award. The team received the Chief Executive’s Values Champion Award at the annual staff reward and recognition event Let’s Celebrate. The Hospital In the Home (HITH) model of care supports the… [Read More]

Renal patients and their families have voted kidney specialist Dr Danielle Wu and the Renal Team as the winner of the People’s Choice Award. Dr Wu and the Renal Team received multiple nominations from their ‘extended family’ of patients. People receiving kidney dialysis attend the Base Hospital two to three times a week for between… [Read More]

Six Mackay Base Hospital nurses have wrapped up another career milestone by attending their long-awaited Master of Clinical Nursing graduation ceremony on 11 May. Nurse educators Judy Struik, Sue Meredith and Lisa Byrne along with clinical nurses Sheena Sabastian, Christie Nicolai and Dragana Lalic finalised their studies in September 2019 but like many other graduates… [Read More]