News
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12 April 2023
Working with Blackall-Tambo Regional Council to attract doctors
The Central West Hospital and Health Service has partnered with the Blackall-Tambo Regional Council in a joint initiative to promote the Blackall and Tambo communities and help attract new doctors to the area.
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06 February 2023
12 new nurse graduates join Central West Health
Twelve new nursing graduates start work with Central West Hospital and Health Service this week (6 February).
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03 February 2023
Baby Hudson gets first Storyfest book donation for 2023
Longreach baby Hudson Groves and his mother Nina have received the first of 100 special reading packs donated by a Queensland literary organisation to the Central West Hospital and Health Service.
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31 January 2023
BreastScreen Qld mobile van heading to Central West in February
BreastScreen Queensland’s state-of the-art mobile screening van will visit the Central West region from early February to late April and women are encouraged to attend and have their free breast screen.
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27 January 2023
Chief Executive appointment
Acting Central West Hospital and Health Service Chief Executive Anthony West has been appointed to his position permanently.
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17 January 2023
First baby of 2023 at Longreach
Longreach Hospital’s maternity unit welcomed it’s first baby of 2023. Little Thomas was born to Longreach residents Kristen and Shane Elliott on 3 January. Thomas is their first child..
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22 December 2022
Storyfest book donation to Longreach newborns and parents in 2023
Babies born at Longreach Hospital during 2023 will each receive a special reading pack thanks to a generous donation of 100 packs by a Queensland literary organisation.
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20 December 2022
Longreach dialysis unit to get under way
Work on the construction of the first nurse-assisted renal haemodialysis unit at Longreach Hospital is expected to get under way during the first half of 2023.
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14 December 2022
General Practice services update
Services will continue uninterrupted at Longreach Family Medical Practice and Barcaldine Medical Centre as their ownership transfers from Outback Medical Services to Central West Hospital and Health Service.