Staff across Mackay Hospital and Health Service are rolling up their sleeves for the annual Influenza vaccine to protect themselves, patients and community this Influenza season. Mackay Hospital and Health Service Infection Prevention & Management Clinical Nurse Consultant Jenny Seymour said the health service is once again supporting Queensland Health’s Influenza vaccination campaign and had… [Read More]

When David Bosanquet arrived at the Mental Health Inpatient Unit at Mackay Base Hospital, he had nothing but the clothes on his back. “I came with just a pair of shorts and a t-shirt and I was worried about being dirty. I had absolutely nothing,” he said. David’s story is a common one with many… [Read More]

It’s progressively becoming business as usual in the Mackay Hospital and Health Service as some services resume now the immediate threat of Coronavirus COVID-19 has passed. Chief Executive Jo Whitehead said the COVID-19 Incident Management Team had made the decision based on expert advice from public health and infectious disease specialists. Additional elective surgery has… [Read More]

Dear Maternity Consumer, As the immediate threat of Coronavirus COVID-19 has passed in the Mackay Hospital and Health Service area our maternity services are gradually returning to levels you are more familiar with. When we initiated changes to our services in March it was in the face of the very real possibility of a local… [Read More]

Four nurses with more than 70 years’ experience combined have been recognised today as part of the Mackay Hospital and Health Service International Nurses Day award celebrations. Award winners 2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife Award winner Amanda Cowan spends her days as a Clinical Nurse in Telehealth for Whitsunday Health Service. She has… [Read More]