Darling Downs Health

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Darling Downs Health

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
Service overview
Jurisdiction	Queensland Government
Service executive	Annette Scott, Chief Executive
Parent department	Queensland Health
Website	darlingdowns.health.qld.gov.au

Darling Downs Health (DDH), formally the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service, is the local health district servicing the Darling Downs region in Queensland, Australia. Darling Downs Health forms part of Queensland Health, the state's public health service, and operates 29 facilities across 90,000 km² throughout the region. The health service's main referral facility is Toowoomba Hospital, which provides maternity, emergency, surgical, mental health, allied health and specialist outpatient services.^[1]

Darling Downs Health operates 29 facilities, including hospitals, community outreach and specialist services, Multipurpose Health Services, and Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs). Multipurpose Health Services are co-designed facilities that serve as both the local primary care clinic, and as an emergency and visiting specialist secondary care facility. RACFs provide specialist rehabilitation and geriatric care services to patients requiring dedicated nursing and allied health care.^[2]

• Toowoomba Hospital
• Baillie Henderson Hospital
• Queensland Health

• Official website (Darling Downs Health)
• Official website (Queensland Health)
• Retirement Villages Toowoomba