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Nick Steele on being Chief Executive, caring for loved ones, and crunching numbers in the NHS
Nick Steele on being Chief Executive, caring for loved ones, and crunching numbers in the NHS.
Nick Steele appointed Chief Executive of Metro North Health
The Metro North Health Board has announced the appointment of Mr Nick Steele as Chief Executive of Metro North Health, Queensland’s largest Hospital and Health Service.
Choose the healthcare option that’s right for you
In addition to hospital emergency departments, you can access healthcare advice and treatment close to home, or even without leaving the house!
Australia’s first female triple transplant patient celebrates 20 years since lifesaving surgery
Twenty years ago Lucinda Simpson became the first Australian woman to have a lifesaving triple organ transplant, and a living heart donor.
Preventing falls this festive season
Prevent slips, trips and falls this festive season with the RBWH Trauma Service.
Don’t let the ham get you this Christmas!
Each year over the festive season, the Metro North Health Public Health Unit sees an uptick in notifications of gastro bugs like Salmonella and Campylobacter.
RBWH Food Service brings festive favourites to patients this Christmas
The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital food services team have given their menu a yuletide makeover for those spending this Christmas in hospital.
Metro North staff excellence shines bright at annual awards
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a cardiology outreach program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were among the winners at the 2025 Metro North Health Staff Excellence Awards.
‘It just makes SENSe’: Therapy for people with sensory impairment after a stoke.
Occupational Therapy Director at Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS), Tamsin Mahoney, is excited that a new therapy for sensory impairment will soon be available for Metro North patients.
RBWH strengthens its commitment to patients with cognitive impairment
After a decade of success with the Eat Walk Engage program, RBWH is working to further enhance the care provided to patients with cognitive impairment.
Events
Allied Health Research Symposium
Date: 17 February 2026
Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
Venue: Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Education Centre, Herston, Queensland, 4029
Metro North Health and Metro South Health are pleased to invite you to its second Allied Health Research Symposium.
Advanced Life Support - Level 2
Date: 19 – 20 February 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: 11 March 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: 11 March 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: 15 April 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.
Adult Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation ECMO Course 2026
Date:28 April - 1 May 2026
3 - 6 November 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital, Education Centre
This 4-day course will enable multidisciplinary teams with little ECMO experience to provide ECMO for patients with severe cardiac and respiratory failure.
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.
Advanced Life Support - Level 1 Course
Date: 16 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.
Advanced Life Support - Level 2
Date: 15 - 16 October 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 2
Date: 19 - 20 November 2026
Time: TBC
Venue: The Prince Charles Hospital
2-day course focusing on developing advanced skills in managing the deteriorating patient and cardiac arrest
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Families in Brisbane's North will be grinning from ear to ear to learn a new Community Health Screening Program (CHSP) is almost up and running. 👂😃
Come February, families who haven't had the opportunity to check their children's hearing can do so within easy reach of home.
Jed is a Clinical Assistant in Audiology and will be visiting sites in the community, assessing children's hearing with his portable audiometric screening equipment. 🎧
"Children aged between nine months and 16 years living in the Caboolture, Redcliffe, Deception Bay, Kilcoy and surrounding areas will now be able have their hearing screened in an accessible location, outside of the hospital," shares Jed.
"It's a great way to identify any potential issues and can guide families regarding the need for further testing."
More information on the Community Hearing Screening Program can be found on the website via the link in the comments. 👇👇👇
Metro North Health no link?
Awesome cause majority of jearing places in these areas dont do kids
If your child has been screened a few times publicly and through private providers to find they have perfect hearing. Would Jed also be able to assess for auditory processing difficulties?
This should be introduced into primary schools at the same time as the eye screening test.
Is this a service that could visit a local community kindergarten?
YES
