DHQ Celebrates 31 Years

by Naomi Newton | Sep 15, 2020 | Doctors' Health in the News, Health and Promotion, Latest News

Doctors’ Health in Queensland’s service arm board chair Ross Phillipson led the charge in acknowledging the honourable work the organisation has done for the medical community since it first began operations more than 31 years ago. Along with formally announcing the...

DHQ in the News!

by Naomi Newton | Aug 31, 2020 | Doctors' Health in the News, Health and Promotion, Latest News

Listen to our DHQ radio segment that aired on Friday PM on ABC NQ Radio Drive – our piece is at 2:06:35 https://www.abc.net.au/radio/northqld/programs/north-qld-drive/drive/12561362 The online story is...

Research on Doctors’ Mental Health

by Naomi Newton | Aug 2, 2020 | Doctors' Health in the News, Health and Promotion, Latest News

Written by Dr Ross Phillipson Research has shown that the majority of doctors generally enjoy good physical health. However, there has been concern expressed over many years that the mental health of doctors is not as high as it should be. Sadly, the suicide rate...

Queensland’s bespoke support service for doctors and medical students is pleased to announce a new name to better reflect the support we’ve been providing to doctors and medical students in Queensland for over 30 years. Formerly your local doctors’ health advisory service (DHAS(Q) & QDHP) we will be now known together as “Doctors’ Health in Queensland” (DHQ).

by Naomi Newton | Jul 6, 2020 | Advocacy, Doctors' Health in the News, Health and Promotion, Latest News

Callers to our help-line will always speak to a senior GP or specialised counsellor who has had training and is experienced in supporting doctor and medical student colleagues with a wider range of general health and stress-related problems. Doctors’ Health in Qld’s...

This past weekend the Queensland Doctors’ Health Programme has been at the Centennial Congress of the Medical Women’s Association in New York!

by Naomi Newton | Jul 29, 2019 | Doctors' Health in the News, QDHP News Updates

A huge thank you to Dr Anne Ulcoq, President of the Doctors’ Health Advisory Service Queensland for your poster presentation “Enabling women physicians to access health care for themselves”. We love the koala ? For more information go...

Come and learn more about the work we do supporting doctors and medical students around QLD at the #AMAQueensland 2019 Private Practice and Medico-Legal Conference.

by Naomi Newton | Jul 29, 2019 | Doctors' Health in the News

To register go to: https://bit.ly/2LVgo4A