The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital is participating in a ground breaking international trial using medicinal cannabis to treat the debilitating effects of epilepsy which affects almost 100,000 Queenslanders.

Thank you to all our staff for your outstanding work and commitment to Metro North this year.

Our mannequins are up for any challenge!

Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Cameron Dick has united with Queensland’s largest hospital to urge the community to take extra care this Christmas as frontline staff prepare for one of their busiest times of the year.

Caboolture Hospital Emergency physician Dr Simon Bugden and his research team have found a new way to make one of the most common medical procedures in the world – placing drips or IV lines – safer, less painful and potentially more cost effective.

Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital recently partnered with Choosing Wisely Australia, an international movement calling on facilities and providers to challenge the way healthcare is delivered, by questioning the use of various tests, treatments and procedures.

Caboolture mums-to-be now have access to more local maternity options thanks to a partnership between Caboolture Hospital and two private midwifery-led group practices.

Local students have been given a healthy career headstart as the first to graduate from the Caboolture Health Care Academy.

Caboolture Hospital volunteer chaplain Gemma Hocking will hang up the cloth after 21 years of providing support and comfort to patients, families and the community.

Did you get your heart racing at the RBWH Race to the Roof 2016?

Every year, more than 3000 healthcare workers are assaulted on the job in Queensland. Across our health service and hospitals right around the state, a range of measures are being rolled out to tackle occupational violence including body worn cameras.

The Metro North Hospital and Health Service Staff Excellence Awards recognise staff excellence and achievement either individually, in teams, or through partnerships across all facilities, services and streams, and with community partners.

When Belle Davis takes to the field in the Hockey Australia Women’s Masters National Championships this month, she and her Queensland team mates will have one thing one their minds – to wrest back the trophy from New South Wales.

Australia’s largest public health provider continues to grow with almost 20,000 additional patients admitted to Brisbane north hospitals in the last financial year.

Did you know the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital is the first in Queensland with a full-time medical modeller recreating shattered bones using a 3D printer?

TV and radio personality, Osher Günsberg will be special guest at this year’s North Brisbane Mental Health Expo at Bowen Hills on 27 September.

Metro North Hospital and Health Service Cultural Capability Officer Elwyn Henaway and his dance troupe, The Guruman, will perform in Glasgow next month as part of the National Theatre of Scotland.

We have zero tolerance when it comes to violence in our hospitals and community services. Our staff come to work each day to look after sick patients, not to become patients themselves.