Health & Wellbeing

3 June 2025

Paging rural doctors

THE State Government has announced a major multimillion-dollar incentive program to support and strengthen general practice in Queensland throughout 2025, particularly in rural and remote areas. This comes after extensive reporting by The Sentinel on...

2 June 2025

Rural doctors deliver heartfelt end-of-life care

Where access to specialist services is limited, it is often the RG who stands alongside patients and their families during life’s final chapter—providing not only expert clinical care, but continuity, compassion, and cultural understanding. ACRRM Pre...

31 May 2025

Park set to shine with $2.25M

Mayor Peter Flannery said that he was pleased to welcome people to Bribie Island’s first district level park thanks to the Cosmos Park upgrades. “We’re bringing new activities to Cosmos Park with a basketball half court, fitness equipment, dedicated ...

31 May 2025

New Alzheimer’s treatment

Developed by Eli Lilly, Kisunla is the first medicine approved in Australia that targets the underlying cause of Alzheimer’s by clearing the amyloid plaques that disrupt brain function. It is the first new Alzheimer’s treatment registered in Australi...

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 ...