Donna's story
Donna knows how exhausting treatment can be especially when it means hours of travel for every appointment.
Today, she can access care closer to home. What was once a full day of travel is now a much shorter, more manageable trip allowing her to focus on her health, not the journey.
See how local care is changing lives
Patients and clinicians share how accessing care closer to home is changing lives.
Your support in action
Your support can help fund equipment and resources needed to deliver telechemotherapy and oncology treatment closer to home. This includes:
- Infusion chairs for patients receiving chemotherapy locally
- Equipment to support teleoncology consultations with specialist teams
- Tools and resources to ensure treatment is delivered safely and comfortably
- Equipment that supports both patients and clinical staff
Together, this means more patients can receive treatment at their local hospital — reducing travel, easing pressure on major facilities and improving quality of life.
Impact goes far beyond the hospital
For many people in the West Moreton region, accessing treatment has meant hours of travel, added stress, and time away from family. But when care is available closer to home, the impact is immediate and life-changing.
2,765km of travel saved for local patients in just 12 months
Up to 2/3 less time spent travelling for treatment
88.8% of patients prefer care closer to home
As a clinical nurse, we see the difference every day when patients can access care closer to home. It reduces stress, improves outcomes and allows us to support more people in our community.
- Chelsey Reynolds, Clinical Nurse, Gatton Hospital
How your donation helps
$50
helps give
patients access to care closer
to home
$250
helps support local hospitals and reduce pressure on larger facilities
$500
helps patients
in our region
access treatment
sooner
$1000
could help fund vital equipment and services that make local care possible
Who we are
West Moreton Health Foundation helps fund equipment and services that help people across Ipswich, the Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley and Somerset get great healthcare, close to home. Every initiative we back is guided by the clinicians who know our community best — so your support goes exactly where it's needed.
