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RBWH remembers trailblazing cancer care volunteer
RBWH has unveiled a memorial to honour pioneering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer support worker Maureen Kirk.
A look inside Queensland Health’s only statewide drug and alcohol support service
The Hospital Alcohol and Drug Service (HADS) at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) is Queensland Health’s only statewide public inpatient detox unit.
Why do I feel exhausted after a good night sleep?
If you’ve ever woken up from a seemingly good night’s sleep feeling exhausted, you might have wondered whether there is a deeper underlying issue at play.
Improve your daily dose of doze
Sleep experts estimate that 3 in 4 Australians are struggling to get a good night’s sleep which is becoming increasingly recognised as a pillar of good health.
Events
Advanced Life Support - Level 2
Date: 14 - 15 May 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
2-day course focusing on developing advanced skills in managing the deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 26 August 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
Level 1 courses are for those clinicians who want general competence in airway management and basic life support for a deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest. Suitable if you normally are part of team rather than the lead.
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 9 September 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
Level 1 courses are for those clinicians who want general competence in airway management and basic life support for a deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest. Suitable if you normally are part of team rather than the lead.
Masks are an important defence against respiratory illness and protection from dust and other airborne hazards.Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
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HERSTON QLD 4029
Phone: (07) 3646 8111
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RBWH's newborn care extends far beyond the walls of the hospital, with the NeoRESQ team covering an area of over 300,000 square kilometres.
From Grafton up to Rockhampton and out to Longreach, NeoRESQ retrieves and transports vulnerable babies via road ambulance, helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft to a hospital in South East Queensland that has a neonatal unit where they can receive specialist care.
NeoRESQ Admin Officer, Ange is one crucial piece of the large puzzle that helps over 500 babies each year.
"I prepare the charts for retrievals, registering all the patients into our system and ensuring the accuracy of our data. This helps with reporting as well as ordering top ups of our supplies and facilitating surveys for our consumers."
"The people that work here are amazing; the doctors and nurses can intubate and support a 400-gram baby in a helicopter until they reach the hospital.
"Over the eight years I’ve been here, I've seen NeoRESQ expand from purely a retrieval service to a return service with an education arm, and we are always looking at plans for the future."
👏#ShoutoutSaturday to Ange and the NeoRESQ team for the incredible work they do across Queensland.
My son got 3 plush toy's as these incredible people transferred him to mater mothers Brisbane NICU then back to the hospital he was born SCN then to Gold Coast university hospital NICU when he became critically unwell in SCN, we are Very greatful for these people (my son was premature and had suffered significant blood loss from complete placental abruption)
Such a beautiful service this our little man Wyatt on his way home sept 2025 such beautiful caring staff
Love this! 💕 Especially as I am also lucky to call this superstar my sister. Such an invaluable service supporting all those tiny little babies when they first enter the world. Keep doing what you do Ange and team - you are all incredible!
Great work Angela!
What an absolute legend and hard worker committed to great care. Xx
Ange you absolute superstar 🌟
Yay Ang!
Always a pleasure to work with you Ange. Great job.
Well deserved Ang😀
You are a delight, Ange, always smiling.
Ang it’s a pleasure to work with you. We couldn’t do it without you.
Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition of your service. Your dedication, reliability, and unwavering support make you an invaluable member of the team. You truly are the glue that keeps the service together, and it is a privilege to get to work alongside you
Best AO ever always there to answer questions and help . Always smiling and welcoming. Love your work and devotion Ange.
Grateful to have had NeoRESQ to take our baby girl from Brisbane home to Toowoomba 🩷 August 2025. Marty Robinson
Wonderful humans- thank you for all you do Ange and team.
Well done Ange!
Angela is amazing and an asset to the NeoRESQ team. Always a friendly smile.
Ange is the absolute best! 💕
You are a superstar Ange!! Thanks for all your hard work and support
Eliza Martin 🤩
Forever grateful for this service moving my sweet bear closer to home 🧸💕
The RBHWH as it is known today was where I was born in 1957. They kept me for a month and wouldn't let mum take me home. I wasn't supposed to survive but I was determined to be a nuisance. Mum brought breast milk up to me every day with two little kids in tow. All she had was a bus to rely on as dad had to be at work. Mum always reminded me, "But you showed them ya little bugger! Ya still showing them!" From my midwifery studies I learned that intensive care for neonates was a pretty new thing in the 1950s but the survival rate was much better. www.nicuawareness.org/blog/a-brief-history-of-advances-in-neonatal-care
Lovely Ange ❤️
The Queensland Centre for Gynaecologic Cancers (QCGC) based at the RBWH is where clinical excellence meets compassionate care.
Dr Monique is a Gynaecology Oncology Advanced Trainee Registrar/Fellow working within the QCGC and is involved in complex oncology surgeries, clinical appointments with patients and participating in research and trials to continue the development of treatment.
"I’m in my 5th year of Obstetrics and Gynaecology training. I was born here at the RBWH and worked here as a junior doctor and during my core O&G training. I was excited to have the opportunity to return to the Royal in the unaccredited Gynaecology Oncology Fellow role this year," she said.
"I really enjoy working with the expert team at the RBWH. We have a wonderful culture of teaching and learning within the department."
The Gynaecologic Oncology team are looking for their next intake of Fellows. If this sounds like you, click the link in the comments below to apply.
smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobtools/jncustomsearch.viewFullSingle?in_organid=14904&in_jnCounter=2231438...
Best Wishes
If you’d like doctors to work for you, maybe respect them by calling them Dr?
Dr Monique? Or females don't get this honour?
Metro North Health suggest you use this Doctors title. Medical misogyny is real.
Why isn't her title of Dr used in this article? Scrolling down I can see 3 other (male) doctors mentioned recently and all have been given their title.
"My daughter bought me this balloon when I got here 10 days ago, just for a laugh. We used to watch Toy Story when she was little. It's definitely brought a lot of 'buzz' to the floor. My wife and I moved to Brisbane 40 years ago, and we've been here ever since. We backpacked together around the world in our early twenties and have seen a lot of Australia as well. India and Pakistan have been the most interesting; once you start travelling, you never want to stop. We live in a wonderful age with the way technology has moved. We're much better off now than we ever were. It's important to be appreciative of the things we have, we're so lucky to live in such a wonderful country."
💭 Monday Mantra, David, RBWH General Surgery Ward
The people who care for our patients deserve to know that their little ones are being cared for in the same way. 👶🛝
The Lady Ramsay Early Learning and Education Centre at the RBWH Herston campus has recently moved into a newly built space, exclusively open to children of Queensland Health employees.
Yudi, one of their Childcare Educators shares how she found her love of working in childcare services.
"It wasn't until I moved to Australia 13 years ago, when had to find a new job that I realised I love children, and that working in childcare may be my calling," she said.
"My favourite part about this work is spending time with the children, watching them learn and grow every day. I'm also grateful for my wonderful team, they were so welcoming when I started, it reminded me of home."
If childcare is your calling, join Yudi and the team and apply today by clicking the link in the comments!
If you're a woman struggling with feeling exhausted after a good night's sleep, you may actually have sleep apnoea, even without the typical symptoms! 😴🛌
RBWH Director of Thoracic Medicine Dr Hervey who specialises in sleep disorders says that the condition presents differently in men and women and should not be overlooked.
“If we focus on obstructive sleep apnoea, we traditionally have seen this in middle aged and older men who are overweight,” he said.
“However, that picture is changing. With better access to testing, we are diagnosing it more often in women and younger people.
“They may present differently, which can lead to it being missed. Rather than loud snoring or a partner noticing pauses in breathing, women in particular may present with insomnia or describe ongoing poor sleep quality as their main concern.”
If you're having trouble with your sleep, seeing your GP for a referral to a sleep study is a great place to start!
I have sleep apnea Menopause equals low iron equals low blood oxygen Equals breathing problems I had all above Had a monitor Attached For 24hrs Detected sleep apnea
Thank you for acknowledging that sex matters in research and provision healthcare, too often we are seeing only gender ID data capture and its skewing biology leading to poorer clinical outcomes for the most overlooked sex. Big fan of Dr David McIntosh’s book female forty and fatigued.
Jia Yong Tan i am tired all the time. mate rates sleep study pls Khuyen Hoang
Robb BO
My only symptom, apart from being tired, was that I have always slept on my stomach.
Ì have a sleep disorder due to severe acquired brain injury and have been refused help. The pxxx poor reason I was given for being refused was that the so-called sleep study showed that my oxygen levels didn't fall far enough at night to qualify for help. I noticed that all the fatsters in the clinic for tests and help qualified but I didn't.
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