Older people needing emergency care will benefit from the rollout of a $1 million Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention (GEDI) service at Mackay Base Hospital. The new team supports frail people aged over 70, residential aged care facility residents and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 55 years and over. Mackay Base Hospital has recruited… [Read More]

Birth Centre midwives Julie Pratt and Allison Davis are the first Mackay Hospital and Health Service midwives to be able to prescribe medication. The endorsed midwives completed a Graduate Certificate in Midwifery at Flinders University, studying pharmacology and investigations and diagnostics for midwives. Their new qualification allows them to prescribe medication for women and babies… [Read More]

Local pathways on the best ways to care for the physical and mental health of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were released in Mackay on the weekend. For the first time Mackay HHS GPs and other health professionals accessed information on the best way to support patients of all ages on the spectrum. More than 100 health… [Read More]

Mackay’s new purpose-built Step Up Step Down residential mental health facility has opened its doors. The $5.4 million facility in Shakespeare Street provides a local recovery service for people with severe and complex mental health conditions. The ten-bed facility is a partnership between Mackay HHS and Mind Australia and was funded by the State Government…. [Read More]