News
News
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09 April 2024
Families benefitting from new Child Development Service
A new Child Development Service to support families across the Torres Strait, Cape York and Northern Peninsula Area has begun taking referrals.
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29 March 2024
Changes to Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Board
Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services and Minister for Women announces changes to the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Board.
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22 March 2024
Get ready for winter respiratory conditions
With winter approaching, Cape York, Torres Strait, and Northern Peninsula Area residents are being urged to ensure they protect themselves and their children against a range of respiratory infections.
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07 March 2024
Wujal Wujal health centre to resume services from modular building
A temporary modular clinic will be built at Yindili’mu Bayan Eco Lodge in Wujal Wujal this month so that local access to health services can resume from April.
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23 February 2024
On-country sonography program saving lives
More than 900 people in the region undergo heart scans in their home communities last year due to a pioneering program helping tackle Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) and Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD).
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25 January 2024
Wujal Wujal status
The Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service is working with the Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council, agencies and health providers to return health services to normal ASAP.
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19 January 2024
Boost for pregnant Cape York women and families
Pregnant women and new mums in Cape York now have access to even better cultural care after the appointment of a First Nations social worker.
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08 January 2024
TCHHS and ACYHC meet to discuss services for 2024 and beyond
Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (TCHHS) and Apunipima Cape York Health Council Ltd (ACYHC) Chief Executives and Executive Clinical Leads met in November last year for the first joint meeting to discuss services for 2024 and beyond.
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30 December 2023
Wujal Wujal clinic assessed as TCHHS focuses on flood recovery
Building experts have conducted an initial assessment of the Wujal Wujal Primary Health Care Centre after it was impacted by major flooding.