RESIDENTS of the Dalby area requiring haemodialysis will no longer have to travel to Toowoomba for treatment with new technology available at Dalby Hospital as of yesterday.

Ms Josie Skewes, Nurse Unit Manager of the Toowoomba Hospital Renal Unit said patients who were previously travelling from Toowoomba as many as three times a week will now be able to spend much more time in their home community.

Current Dalby Hospital staff have been trained on-site by the renal services team from Toowoomba Hospital Renal Unit which the service will operate under while technologies including telehealth will be used to ensure appropriate support is also easily accessible.

Dialysis services at Dalby Hospital will be provided in the hospital's acute ward, with four patients accessing the service initially.

Ms Skewes said the the project, which is worth $93,000 is available to low acuity care haemodialysis patients who do not need constant monitoring while patients who are acutely unwell will still receive dialysis treatment in Toowoomba.

"Dalby is one of the larger regional hospitals in the DDHHS and there was an identified need for dialysis services in the area,” she said.

"Its proximity to Toowoomba Hospital and access to support from the Renal Unit, both during preparations for establishment of the service, and ongoing, made it the most appropriate location for the new service.

"We have been working with staff at Dalby Hospital to provide training and also preparing the room where the specialised haemodialysis equipment will be located.

Acting Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Stirling Hinchliffe welcomed the new renal services at Dalby Hospital.

"The establishment of a renal service at Dalby Hospital comprising two haemodialysis chairs, with the capacity to treat four patients a day, will mean a vast improvement in quality of life for patients,” he said.

"Being able to receive treatment closer to home means the three-to-four-hour round trip to Toowoomba, three times a week, will be a thing of the past, and that is a tremendous outcome.”