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Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to providing the best possible family-centred health care for every child and young person in Queensland. Our hospital and health service is made up of:

Queensland Children’s Hospital

Child and Youth Community Health Service

Child and Youth Mental Health Service

Statewide paediatric outreach and telehealth services. We are a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, and deliver a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs for children across Queensland and northern New South Wales. Children’s Health Queensland also leads a number of statewide services and programs, including the Connected Care Program, Deadly Ears, Ellen Barron Family Centre, Healthy Hearing Program and the Centre for Children’s Health and Wellbeing.

25/11/2025

🌡️ Most of Queensland are in the middle of a heatwave — stay alert, stay safe.

Severe heat can make you unwell — and heat-related illnesses can be dangerous, even life-threatening. Babies and young children are more susceptible to heat-related illness than adults because their bodies cannot easily adapt to changing temperatures. The younger the child, the quicker they will start to show signs of dehydration or heat stress.

Watch out for signs that your child is overheating:
😵‍💫 Dizziness
🤕 Headache
🤢 Nausea or vomiting
💧Feeling unusually thirsty or tired

Here’s how to keep you and your family safe:
💦drink 6-8 glasses of water each day
📱check in on loved ones regularly (especially older adults and pregnant women)
🥵 avoid heavy exercise during the hottest parts of the day (11am - 3pm)
😎 keep cool in air conditioning or find a shaded or cool spot to rest
🤠 be sun safe (wear a hat, sunglasses, long sleeves and apply sunscreen every two hours).

If you, or someone you know, start feeling unwell due to the heat:
👉 Call 13 HEALTH for medical advice or visit your doctor
👉 In an emergency, call Triple Zero (000) immediately.
👉 To stay informed and monitor the heatwave situation in Queensland, please visit: https://www.bom.gov.au/warning/heatwave-warning/IDQ21013

24/11/2025

🎄✨ Holiday sales and Christmas shopping mean lots of new toys and gadgets coming home, but some may hide a dangerous surprise - button batteries. 🔋

These tiny, shiny “coins” are found in many toys, remotes and decorations, and while they look harmless, they can cause life‑threatening burns in just 2 hours if swallowed.

🛍️ As you shop the sales and wrap up gifts this season:
👉 Choose toys with secure, child‑resistant battery compartments
👉 Check devices for safe battery housing
👉 Store spare batteries out of reach and dispose of old ones safely

This Christmas, the best gift you can give is safety. Keep little ones protected from button batteries 💙✨

For 24/7 expert advice, call the Queensland Poisons Information Centre on 13 11 26. 📞

Read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3KcT8zp

22/11/2025

Today we came together with our community of families and friends for our annual Remembrance Ceremony to honour the lives and memories of children who have passed away at the Queensland Children's Hospital and the former Royal Children's and Mater Children's hospitals. If you have a message about a special child who has touched your life, please post it below. 💛

21/11/2025

10-year-old Florence from the Gold Coast has been coming to the Queensland Children's Hospital since she was just 3 years old, following an acquired brain injury.

This week, she visited QCH for her annual health check with the Rehabilitation team and received some treatment to help with her dystonia.

Dystonia is a movement disorder that, for Florence, presents as her legs tightening or cramping involuntarily. Florence has Botox placed in her legs to help relax the muscles and improve her symptoms.

When she's not visiting hospital, Florence loves going to school, gaming and adores cats 🐈🎮

It was great to see you again Florence! 👋🏼

20/11/2025

Pow! Bam! Jab! Uppercut!

18/11/2025

🌟 Every day, families remind us of the incredible impact our staff have 💙

From a reassuring smile to extraordinary care, the words of gratitude we receive show just how much our people mean to children and families. Their dedication, kindness and compassion make all the difference ❤️

Share your own thank‑you or shout‑out to a staff member who’s made a difference in your journey 👇

15/11/2025

What started as a sore leg turned out to be something no one expected.

Just after Christmas, 11-year-old Henry from Rockhampton began feeling pain in his leg. With no swelling or lump, it seemed like growing pains, but when he started to lose mobility, his family knew it needed checking out.

A visit to their local doctor led to a biopsy, and within a week, Henry was at the Queensland Children’s Hospital starting treatment for osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer.

Over the next eight months, Henry underwent chemotherapy and a 12-hour surgery to remove the tumour. He spent much of that time living between the hospital and Ronald McDonald House.

This week, Henry returned to the hospital with his mum Emma and dad Adrian for final tests and the results came back clear 🙌. Today, he’s having his central line removed before heading home for good.

Henry’s looking forward to swimming this summer and being back with his family in Rockhampton 🏊‍♂️☀️ Thanks for sharing your smile with us, Henry! 😄

14/11/2025

⚠️ Public Health Alert (PHA): Measles in South East Queensland ⚠️ A measles outbreak has been declared in South East Queensland, with multiple confirmed cases reported in recent weeks. Health authorities advise that individuals were unknowingly contagious while visiting public places, and exposure sites continue to be identified.
👉 The list of exposure sites is being updated regularly here 👉 https://www.health.qld.gov.au/newsroom/alerts

👀 Know the signs and symptoms of measles:
🌡 fever
😴 lethargy
😮‍💨 moist cough
🤧 runny nose
👀 sore, red eyes ➡️ followed by a blotchy red rash that starts on the face and spreads across the body.

If your child has any of these symptoms, contact your GP or ED. It is very important to call the medical practice or ED first if you think they might have measles, so that staff can take precautions to avoid spreading it to others.

📱 For more info, call 13 HEALTH (13 43 25 84) or visit the Queensland Health website.

13/11/2025

Type 1 diabetes is part of everyday life for many kids and sometimes, it can feel like a lot. When the constant monitoring, counting, and planning starts to wear them down, it’s called diabetes distress or burnout 💬 Parents and carers - how do you support your child through it? 👇

12/11/2025

♻️ It’s — and we’re celebrating one of our incredible , Lateisha! 💚

Lateisha wears two hats at Queensland Children’s Hospital: Radiographer in Medical Imaging and Sustainability Officer in our Sustainability Unit. That means she’s caring for kids and caring for the planet — talk about a powerful combo! 🌏

In her radiography role, Lateisha brings comfort and expertise to children during scans and procedures. And as a sustainability champion, she’s behind some of our biggest green wins — from hospital-wide recycling and donation programs to helping develop our Climate Risk and Environmental Sustainability Targets Plan.

Lateisha has been working with young patients since 2020, and they continue to inspire her every day:
💬 “Even on tough days, they find joy in the little things like choosing the colour of their cast. When we talk about climate change, they focus on solutions. They’re natural optimists, and I think we could all be a bit more like that.”

Thank you, Lateisha, for your passion, your leadership, and your unwavering commitment to a healthier future — for our kids and our climate 💫

10/11/2025

💛 Meet Nicki Walsh — championing lived experience in perinatal mental health.

Nicki is our incredible Statewide Lived Experience Coordinator for Perinatal and Infant Mental Health at Children’s Health Queensland. Every day, she brings compassion, courage, and connection to families navigating the early days of parenthood, especially those facing perinatal mental illness.

Nicki knows firsthand how tough those early months can be. That’s why her voice is so powerful and why we’re so proud to see her featured on Queensland Health’s podcast It Can’t Hurt To Ask: Parents’ Group!

🎧 In Season 4, Episode 3, Nicki joins the conversation about the ‘fourth trimester’ — those raw, beautiful, and often overwhelming first three months with a newborn. She shares her own journey through severe perinatal mental illness and offers a message every parent deserves to hear💬 “You’re not alone and you’re doing a great job.”

Nicki’s lived experience is at the heart of her work, helping families feel seen, supported, and hopeful.

📲 Listen to Episode 3 wherever you get your podcasts. 📸 Image via

07/11/2025

8-month-old Layne was flown from his hometown of Bundaberg to the Queensland Children's Hospital (QCH) after having difficulty breathing.

Layne, who has Down syndrome, has an existing heart defect and chronic lung disease, and had contracted both rhinovirus (common cold) and human metapneumovirus (HMPV), a virus which has similar symptoms to a cold.

Now on the mend at QCH, he is improving each day and hopes to go home very soon to his twin brother and two older brothers! 👶👶

Thanks for sharing your smile with us Layne! 😋

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South Brisbane, QLD
4101

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http://www.childrens.health.qld.gov.au/

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Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to providing the best possible family-centred health care for every child and young person in Queensland. We provide an integrated network of services through: - the Queensland Children’s Hospital - the Child and Youth Community Health Service - the Child and Youth Mental Health Service - Statewide paediatric outreach and telehealth services. Children’s Health Queensland also leads a number of statewide services and programs, including the Connected Care Program, Deadly Ears, Ellen Barron Family Centre, Healthy Hearing Program and the Centre for Children’s Health and Wellbeing.

We are a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, and deliver a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs for children across Queensland and northern New South Wales.