Mobile women's health nurses begin work
Posted
Updated
New mobile women's health nurses have begun work in south-west Queensland.
Queensland Health says its outreach women's health program has not been operating for up to 18 months because the positions have been vacant.
But new nurses based in Mitchell and Charleville will now provide 140 clinics a year between them - to 900 women in 15 locations across the region.
Spokesman Lance Christie says it is a huge task.
"Our women's health nurses deliver a range of services from cervical screening, they can advise women on breast self-awareness, continence information, information about domestic violence, health promotion, education on any number of women's topics," he said.
"It's a fantastic service and we're lucky we've got a couple of fantastic people helping us to deliver it."
Search for news
ABC News Online takes a look at the big stories from 2008.
