Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital’s new TeleSleep program has recently launched in Rockhampton, allowing people living in regional and remote areas of Queensland to access vital sleep study services in their hometown.

On 17 November, we celebrated World Prematurity Day and the amazing work of our Neonatology Intensive Care and Special Care Units. The theme of World Prematurity Day for 2021 was “Zero separation: Act now! Keep parents and babies born too soon together”.

The Community and Oral Health Pharmacy Vaccination Services team led by Kerry Feilding having been driving ideas into action through innovative approaches by standing up dozens of vaccination clinics over the last eight months.

Our junior medical cohort has shone brightly at the Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils (CPMED) Australia and New Zealand Junior Doctor of the Year Awards, with five RBWH doctors receiving honourable accolades.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community has had access to an innovative mobile oral health screening service.

Community and Oral Health has been vaccinating Metro North residents closer to home thanks to the opening a host of new community-based and pop-up vaccination clinics over the last eight months.

For nearly two years the Hotel Quarantine Management Team have been at the forefront of our COVID-19 response keeping Queenslanders and the rest of Australia safe.

Isabella, born prematurely as an emergency c-section at Caboolture Hospital, was an unexpected early arrival for first-time parents Lisa and Ken Heffernan.

Biomedical designer and senior research fellow James Novak has recently taken out the top accolade at the International 3D Printing Industry Awards Trophy Design competition for 2021.

The independent review into surgical services at Caboolture Hospital conducted by eminent South Australian surgeon Dr Jim Sweeney concluded on 25 October 2021.

The independent inquiry into surgical services at Caboolture Hospital will be extended until 25 October 2021.