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Flying Doctor banks on Westpac in new major partnership

Flying Doctor banks on Westpac in new major partnership

24 Mar 2026

Royal Flying Doctor Service SA/NT has welcomed Westpac as its new Banking Partner in supporting the delivery of critical healthcare services.

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07 Sep 2021

Leave a lasting legacy in support of the RFDS

In leaving a bequest to the Flying Doctor in Western Australia, you will be welcomed as a member of the Robin Miller Society and share a unique bond with those who stand beside you in leaving a lasting legacy.

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07 Sep 2021

RFDS encourages people to consider leaving a gift in their Will

Scott McKay is carrying on his great grandfather’s legacy by encouraging people to consider leaving a gift in their Will for the Flying Doctor.

RFDS Gift in Wills
06 Sep 2021

Nine-year-old reunited with workers who saved his life

Joshua Bacon was set into panic mode when his fearless nine year-old son Jake, suffered a heart attack and collapsed unconscious on the soccer field last year.

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02 Sep 2021

COVID-19 safety measures here to stay

Measures put in place by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) during the COVID-19 pandemic are here to stay, after having created flow-on benefits for the business.

disinfecting medical aircraft
31 Aug 2021

Your WA Flying Doctor Spring Magazine is out now!

Filled with incredible stories of courage and resilience from our crews and patients across Western Australia, you won't want to miss the latest edition of Your Flying Doctor Spring Magazine.

RFDS Spring Magazine
31 Aug 2021

Flight Nurse reunited with baby born onboard aircraft

It was a reunion four years in the making. After giving birth to a little boy in the back of an RFDS aircraft in 2017, Lucy Westcott and her family were reunited with their Flight Nurse Timna Wright.

Flight Nurse reunited with baby born in the sky
31 Aug 2021

Prioritising health in rural Queensland

For 18 years, Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) (RFDS) Nurse Manager Jo Mahony has been a driving force in supporting rural communities through every high and low.

RFDS team at Nockatunga Station
30 Aug 2021

One Click Life partners with RFDS in Western Australia

Yet to do your tax? Australian financial services company One Click Life have partnered with the RFDS to give back to communities.

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26 Aug 2021

Coral Bay shark bite victim in safe hands of the RFDS

New South Wales boy Jackson Bartlett, 10, was snorkeling off Coral Bay in WA’s North West with his dad in June when he noticed a large shadow moving fast towards him.

Jackson Bartlett
26 Aug 2021

WA Flying Doctor logistican set to retire after 33 years of service

Celebrating 33 years of service to regional and remote Western Australia is RFDS logistician Robin Emmett.

Robin Emmett
24 Aug 2021

Gregory QCWA help keep the Flying Doctor flying

For everyone in the region around Gregory, the RFDS is their general practitioner, their emergency response and their mental health support. So, when we needed an upgraded clinic, the local women stepped in to help.

Gregory QCWA raise funds for the RFDS (Queensland Section)
20 Aug 2021

Flight Nurse celebrates 10 years with the Service

From providing care at 20,000 ft to delivering babies in remote hospitals, Flight Nurse Haidee Kerr shares why working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service is her dream job.

Flight Nurse celebrates 10 years with the Service
15 Aug 2021

RFDS calls for help to assist cardiac patients

Cardiac emergencies account for almost 25 per cent of all patients transported by the Flying Doctor. And keeping so many critically-ill patients safe in the air requires constant access to a vast and costly range of cardiac monitoring medical equipment and supplies.

RFDS needs your help to assist cardiac patients
13 Aug 2021

The accidental psychologist

For some, working in healthcare is a lifelong dream. For Dr Tim Driscoll it was a happy accident, stumbling upon the profession while working abroad. Now Tim helps hundreds of Queenslanders improve their mental health each year.

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12 Aug 2021

Narrogin woman Ann McLeish steps up again for her Flying Doctor

The one and only Ann McLeish is back, walking 185km between Field Days from Dongara to Newdegate to raise vital funds and awareness of the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Western Australia.

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