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Six new midwives have begun at the Townsville Hospital and Health Service this month expanding access for pregnant women to receive one-on-one care from a dedicated midwife through the midwifery group practice program.  Minister for Health for Health and Ambulance Services Minister Steven Miles said four of the six midwives had joined the popular midwifery group practice team. “Each of these midwives has taken on 40 local women meaning a further 160 women have been

In a Queensland-first, Townsville Hospital will today launch an unprecedented marketing campaign to improve the health outcomes of the youngest North Queenslanders. The Your Child Lives With Your Choices campaign will go live on social media, billboards, radio, television and online this afternoon. It comes as Townsville continues to lag in Queensland and Australia around key health indicators for children and infants. Across North Queensland, 14 per cent of women smoked during pregnancy and eight per cent

Townsville Hospital clinicians are leading the way in standardising the care provided to infants in their first minutes of life as part of a new research study. Neonatal nurse practitioner Dr Jackie Smith has begun research that will lead to the development of a Queensland-wide procedure for delayed cord clamping. Delayed cord clamping is an existing practice in many hospitals where the umbilical cord is cut one to three minutes after birth. By delaying cutting

Townsville Hospital and Health Service’s infant management parenting skills (IMPS) centre is all grown up with the service to celebrating its 20thbirthday on 8 May.. IMPS provides support for parents, and parents to be, to assist with infants including breastfeeding or sleeping to an intensive full-day crash course for mothers and fathers to resolve parenting issues. The service was established and funded by the community after a three-year grassroots fundraising and awareness campaign for IMPS