News
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30 May 2023
Western Qld residents urged to participate in bowel cancer screening program
With Bowel Cancer Awareness Month being observed during June, Western Queensland residents are being urged to take part in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
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16 May 2023
Reconciliation Week
Central West residents have been urged to observe the upcoming Reconciliation Week by giving some thought to the challenges faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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02 May 2023
Murray Valley Encephalitis alert
Health authorities are encouraging people in the Longreach local government area to beware of mosquito bites.
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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..