Health & Wellbeing

29 May 2025

Young Aussies still in aged care

Head of Policy, Communications and Systems Change at the Summer Foundation, Jessica Walker, said the data showed the downward trend in the number of younger people with disability entering residential aged care had slowed considerably in recent quart...

27 May 2025

The burning need for more ER doctors

A TWO-year-old Kilcoy resident allegedly had to wait an hour to be seen by a doctor for a serious burn at the Kilcoy Hospital Emergency Room (ER) on Sunday, May 4, despite claims on-site doctors would be available on weekends and afterhours. Kelsey D...

26 May 2025

Drug trial targets stubborn cholesterol

The clinical trial ‘BROADWAY’ tested a once-daily oral medication called Obicetrapib, and found it significantly lowered both LDL cholesterol and lipoprotein(a), two key contributors to cardiovascular disease. The BROADWAY phase 3 trial results were ...

9 April 2025

Locum relief for Kilcoy

Kilcoy Hospital has employed a locum doctor following reporting from The Sentinel that on-site after hours and weekend services had been axed. Following coverage of extensive concerns expressed by residents, Somerset Council, and current and former m...

5 March 2025

Kilcoy’s doctor drought

OPPOSITION Leader Steven Miles visited the Kilcoy Hospital last Thursday, February 27, asking the State Government to reinstate the Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (WAIS), aimed at attracting more doctors to rural and regional Queensland. This ...