Gold Coast Health News
The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.
Short-term change of scenery for sexual health nurse delivers rural benefit
Passionate sexual health nurse Bernard Longbottom has taken his expertise to the remote community of Doomadgee to help reduce the prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Nursing is in the blood
For mum and daughter duo Lucy Wooles and Janet Reinbold, nursing is well and truly in the blood, as the family profession spans three generations.
23-Hour Ward Celebrates A Year of Success
Short-stay elective surgery patients are receiving quality care as Gold Coast Health adds Robina Hospital’s 23-Hour Ward permanently, to its services.
Connection is the key to recovery
Gold Coast Health’s Trauma Survivors Network (TSN), a first-of-a-kind program in Australia, is having a profound impact on the mental wellbeing of trauma survivors.
Don’t shake, take a break
Gold Coast Health doctors are pleading with Gold Coast parents and carers struggling to soothe a crying baby to take a break and seek help.
Showing support for Lismore Hospital flood victims
Community connections crossed borders when a team of our social workers travelled to Lismore Hospital to present a morning tea and gifts to social workers there.
The red flags that set apart Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Do you know the difference between Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)?
Gold Coast knowledge powering remote health improvements
A Gold Coast Health paediatric critical care nurse is taking her research project from the coast to country in remote Queensland courtesy of a $1.6 million grant from the Medical Research Future Fund.
Study shows better outcome for voice patients
Earlier assessment of patients with voice symptoms by speech pathologists can significantly improve the outcome for patients, according to a clinical research study at Gold Coast Health.
Volunteer workforce is a crucial part of the health service
Our volunteer workforce is starting to increase in numbers again, in the wake of the recent pandemic wave.