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A new pilot program, designed to build the future health workforce for the Darling Downs, has achieved a major milestone with high school students starting work experience placements in hospitals across the region.

Nurses across the Darling Downs have been recognised this week for their vital role in delivering safe, compassionate care, with International Nurses Day celebrations shining a spotlight on the profession’s impact on community health.

Excellence in maternity care was front and centre across Darling Downs Health, with outstanding midwives recognised as part of International Day of the Midwife celebrations on 5 May.

A new generation of midwives is being nurtured across the Darling Downs, thanks to a Queensland Government-funded Midwifery Clinical Facilitator Program that is strengthening maternity services and building a sustainable regional workforce.

A brand-new cuddle bed at Toowoomba Hospital’s Oncology Unit is bringing comfort and connection to end-of-life care.

Darling Downs Health welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Tim Nicholls on the independent assurance review of the Toowoomba Hospital Maternity Services.

Darling Downs Health has accepted and will fully implement all fourteen recommendations from a recent independent workplace culture review of the Toowoomba Hospital Maternity Service.

Miles Hospital is celebrating a major win for rural healthcare with three local nurses graduating as registered nurses through Darling Downs Health ‘growing our own’ program.

Staff from across the Darling Downs region recently gathered at the Baillie Henderson Hospital campus to honour remarkable achievements at the 2025 Darling Downs Health Annual Awards.