News
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19 December 2023
New Toowoomba Hospital enabling works complete
One of the key steps ahead of construction the new Toowoomba Hospital build is now complete, with enabling works recently concluding.
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14 December 2023
New Pathology Queensland Laboratory opens at Warwick Hospital
In a boost for Southern Downs and Granite Belt communities, a new Pathology Queensland Laboratory has opened its doors at Warwick Hospital.
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06 December 2023
Text message support for those experiencing mental health concerns
An innovative new program aimed at providing support for people who self-harm is being trialled in the Darling Downs Health region.
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20 November 2023
Changing children's attitudes towards fruit and vegetables
Partnering with Health and Wellbeing Queensland’s state-wide initiative Pick of the Crop, Darling Downs Health is planting healthy food habits across schools in the region.
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15 November 2023
National recognition for Darling Downs Health initiative
Healthy Skin, Healthy Heart is a joint initiative between the Darling Downs Health Public Health Unit, Darling Downs Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Service and Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council and Health Council, which took out the
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08 November 2023
Research symposium working towards improving health outcomes
At last year’s Darling Downs Health and Innovation Research Collaborative’s (DDHIRC) research symposium, Teleoncology Clinical Nurse Consultant Naomi Kinast, pitched a research idea that evaluates the experience of cancer care patients receiving
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20 October 2023
People with type one diabetes to benefit from OzDAFNE program at Toowoomba Hospital
John Gasparotto has lived with type one diabetes for 45 years, he’s one of six people who’ve recently undertaken OzDAFNE training with Darling Downs Health.
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17 October 2023
Health Clinic expansion having a positive impact on Cherbourg
Since opening its doors earlier this month, Cherbourg’s new Preventative and Chronic Disease Clinic is having a positive impact on the community.
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11 October 2023
New gardens helping aged care residents remain mobile
Darling Downs Health has completed $2.6 million worth of infrastructure upgrades at four aged care facilities across the health service.