Gold Coast Health has launched DevPaed Connect, a Queensland first shared-care model designed to accelerate access to specialist support for children with developmental, learning or behavioural differences.

Developed by Senior Paediatrician Dr Angela Owens in collaboration with Gold Coast Primary Health Network (GCPHN) and local GPs, the digital interface enables GPs to connect directly with developmental paediatric specialists via secure messaging or short consultations.  

Construction continues on Gold Coast Health’s new purpose-built Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) facility at Proxima, where wall framing, services installation and sheeting has brought the internal fit-out to life.

As H Block opens its doors at Gold Coast University Hospital, Dr Ganesamoorthy Subakumar reflects on a career shaped by compassion, complexity and a commitment to caring for older adults.

Consumers at Gold Coast’s Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit (SMHRU) are gaining new skills, confidence and connection through a hands-on café project designed to support their transition back to community life.

“What does good health facility design look like in a rapidly changing world?” This question set the scene when Gold Coast Health Executive Director of Infrastructure Planning, Delivery and Commissioning Richard Christensen, presented at the Health Facilities Design and Development Summit in Melbourne.

The Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit (SMHRU) has added another accolade to its name, taking out the Master Builders Queensland State Award for ‘Health Facility over $20 million’.

Staff who entered the H Block staff art competition recently saw their artworks on display for the very first time – including Burleigh Bliss, a vibrant photograph capturing surfers waiting for the perfect wave at Burleigh Headland. 

The first patients have now settled into Gold Coast Health’s new H Block inpatient facility, marking the beginning of a new connected and compassionate model of care for older adults across the region.

A new Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting Program (MECSH) is assisting vulnerable families from the antenatal period up to two years old.

Women, Newborns and Children's Clinical Director Professor Doug Shelton is celebrating 30 years with Gold Coast Health. On World Children's Day, he looks back on how far paediatric healthcare has come.