Huge problem with expanded Qld health facilities

Queensland Health leaders concede it could be tough to recruit enough workers to staff expanded facilities across the state.

Health minister confirms there will be no cuts to mental health levy

A $1.2 billion mental health levy will not be scrapped, the state government has confirmed, despite a damning report that ...

Qld government vows to keep mental health levy despite damning report

Health Minister Tim Nicholls has categorically ruled out abolishing Queensland’s mental health levy following a scathing report into the tax’s effectiveness and lack of oversight transparency.

‘Biggest diphtheria outbreak’ in decades spreads into Queensland, SA and WA

Health minister Mark Butler says vaccines are being rushed into NT communities, with one suspected death ...

Hospital staff challenge official data, claim women’s health wait list blowout

Fed-up health workers have taken the extraordinary step of challenging the accuracy of government wait list data by releasing ...

Queensland farewells Jeannette Young as chief health officer after COVID response

Just seven people have died of COVID in Queensland under Jeannette Young - but one controversial moment may overshadow her ...

Health officials warn diphtheria cases could rise in biggest outbreak on record

Cases of diphtheria could continue to rise as the number of people affected reaches 220 across the country — the biggest ...

Queensland government scraps COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health workers

Healthcare workers without the COVID-19 vaccination will return to Queensland hospitals as the government begins consultation to scrap a pandemic-enforced rule. Health Minister Shannon Fentiman said ...

Queensland Health director Melissa Lawrie loses appeal over suspension for ‘toxic’ workplace culture

Melissa Lawrie, the long-term Director of Speech Pathology and Audiology at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, has been sidelined since October 2022 following a series of serious workplace ...