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04 June 2025
Central West HHS Allied Health placements
Seven Allied Health clinical students are gaining valuable experience through training placements with the Central West Hospital and Health Service.
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22 May 2025
Generous outdoor seating donation
A generous donation by the former Longreach Rural Ratepayers Association is providing Longreach Hospital patients, families, visitors, and staff with a place to sit and relax outdoors.
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01 April 2025
Cuddle cot donation to Longreach Hospital maternity unit
A generous donation has provided Longreach Hospital’s maternity unit with a cuddle cot to help support families who experience the loss of their baby at birth.
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11 October 2024
Cuddle bed donated by Elders and the Belinda McGowan Foundation
Barcaldine Multipurpose Health Service (MPHS) will receive a donation of a cuddle bed, thanks to the generosity of Elders and The Belinda McGowan Foundation.
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10 May 2024
Getting ready for the Birdsville Bash and Races
Health authorities are putting plans in place to keep people safe in the small outback town of Birdsville during the annual influx of thousands of visitors for the Big Red Bash and the iconic races.
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01 February 2024
Windorah Health celebrates turning 1, honours beloved family
A new Senior Medical Officer will join newly appointed Director of Medical Services Dr Karyn Matterson at Blackall Hospital early next year.
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31 October 2023
GP practice fees and charges updated and standardised across the Central West
Service fees are being updated in the following Central West Hospital and Health Service- operated general practice clinics from 1 January 2024.
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18 July 2023
Old Aramac and Alpha hospitals
Work on the safe removal of the old Alpha and Aramac hospitals will get under way from early August and is expected to be completed by mid-October.
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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.