Grace Metten is one of the graduate nurses to work as a rural reliver across hospitals in Dysart, Proserpine and Collinsville. Rural relievers spend six to eight weeks at each facility and undergo a longer orientation to provide some additional skills they will need. Grace said she was looking forward to the challenge to working… [Read More]

Providing frontline care, supporting staff with nurse education and engaging local consumer groups is all in a day’s work for Clermont Multi-purpose Health Service nurse unit manager Garth Brewster-Webb. He had been nursing at metro hospitals in emergency critical care for over a decade before deciding it was time for a new challenge and made… [Read More]

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has welcomed its 2021 cohort of 10 dental students who will undertake clinical placements as part of their final year Bachelor of Dental Surgery studies. Director of Oral Health Dr Ronel Bornman said the five-month placement offered students valuable practical training experience within the public health system in partnership with… [Read More]

A worrying 20 per cent drop in the number of women predicted to have mammograms has healthcare workers concerned Mackay women are neglecting their breast health. This time last year the BreastScreen Mackay service was overbooked but January 2021 had around 100 less appointments than expected. February bookings are also looking to be lower than… [Read More]

The compassionate care shown to Madison Scriha’s grandmother inspired her career in nursing. Maddison was still at Mirani State High School when her grandmother battled four types of cancer over 13 years. “She was palliative while I was still in high school and the care she received in Mackay and Townsville was really inspirational “When… [Read More]