About
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Dr Tucker practices clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Townsville University Hospital, North Queensland’s level 6 Maternity and Neonatal facility.
Compassionate care
Danny believes in compassionate, family-centred care and support through the challenges of pregnancy or when gynaecological issues arise. He provides Queensland-wide training in complex communication skills and trauma-informed care. He is an Open Disclosure training faculty member with Queensland Clinical Excellence and a Clinical Advisor for the consumer group Australasian Birth Trauma Association.
Birth Trauma help
For most women, birth is a positive experience. However, it can also be very confronting or traumatic for mothers and partners. Birth can leave physical or psychological wounds that have a lasting impact on a family’s life and due to stigma, many women suffer for a long time.
Conversations about what happened with someone who understands maternity care, who can answer questions about complex obstetric interventions and implications for the future, can help bring closure to a traumatic experience. It also helps you plan for next time, if that’s important to you.
Danny offers birth debriefs at the public hospital and these can be arranged by emailing:
thhs-birthdebrief@health.qld.gov.au
Medico-legal practice
Dr Tucker reviews legal briefs for defence and plaintiff legal teams regarding the following areas of practice:
Obstetrics across a range of facility levels, from level 2 (only delivering babies 37 weeks’ gestation or higher, low-risk obstetrics) to level 6 (all babies below 29 weeks’ gestation, including high-risk obstetrics, but not maternal-fetal medicine).
Outpatient antenatal care, including GP-shared care, shared care with hospital midwives, midwifery group practices and private practice midwives.
Management of routine and complex labour and delivery conducted in the birth suite and operating theatre setting.
Provision of advice from a high-level obstetric facility to low-level hospitals. Planning delivery and coordinating patient retrievals over large distances. Liaison with other relevant clinicians, including neonatologists, paediatric surgeons and emergency department coordinators.
Outpatient and procedural gynaecology
Surgical gynaecology, including day surgery and inpatient settings. Open surgery and laparoscopic operations for intermediate-level endometriosis and hysterectomy.
Leadership, decision-making and service planning at the level of Clinical Director
Appropriate supervision of trainees, including Registrars and Resident Medical Officers
Initial contact email: admin (at) dannytucker.net
Photography a passion
Danny is passionate about the power of photography to connect people with experiences and to demonstrate the unexpected beauty and strength of all involved. He provides free birth and neonatal photography to families he meets in his work. You can see some of these on his Motherhood Instagram page.
