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Gold Coast Health News

The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

Experienced leaders appointed to Gold Coast Health Board

A nine-person board experienced in health, business, education, and law has been appointed to govern the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service (HHS), including new Chair, Professor Cindy Shannon AM.


Robina Transfer Unit team welcomes patients to new digs

The new Robina Hospital Transfer Unit was greeted with smiles all round, among patients and Gold Coast Health staff alike, when it opened to the public on Wednesday 3 April.

The Transfer Unit represents the final plank of the $16.5 million Robina Emergency Department Expansion project, providing a specialised space to streamline patient flow.


Raising Autism awareness through art

Maud Achard (pictured) is a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician who works as a Dietitian in the Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit at GCUH and in a neurodivergent-led private clinic for neurodivergent persons.

As an Autistic person herself, Maud brings a unique perspective to supporting neurodivergent people with feeding differences and eating disorders. For Maud personally, art has provided a platform for to share what it can feel like to experience the world differently.


Gold Coast Health initiatives in the running for Premier's Excellence Award

Two Gold Coast Health initiatives are in the running to receive an award at this Year's Premier Awards for Excellence after being announced as finalists in the  Better health and wellbeing Services category. The Awards recognise high performance and outstanding achievement across the Queensland public sector.

Finalist 1: Day Case Hysterectomy


Coomera Hospital continues to progress

The Coomera Hospital continues to advance, with the site now cleared, retaining walls being built and earthworks underway to level the site.

Schematic design is nearing completion and will transition into the detailed design phase in the coming months. 

For the uninitiated, schematic design is a draft construction concept that offers an overview of a project's basic features and construction cost estimates. Detailed design develops the approved conceptual design into a precise physical plan of all parts of the structure and how they fit together.  


Tugun paves way for future of medication dispensing

Tugun Satellite Hospital – co-named Banyahrmabah, meaning “a place to be made healthy” – has paved the way for the future of medication administration with the introduction of Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs).

The ADCs are locked computer-controlled machines that store, dispense, and track medication, simplifying and de-risking the medication dispensing process.


Six-year-old Lyla the first plaster patient at the new Robina ED Expansion

An unfortunate fall at school led six-year-old Lyla to become the first patient to receive treatment at the new Robina ED Expansion’s plaster room.


Robina ED expands to include 20 new treatment spaces

Gold Coast residents visiting Robina Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) will be seen quicker, thanks to a $16.5 million investment in the hospital.


Baby Tillie celebrates 100 days in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Baby Tillie is one determined, strong and very brave baby. Born at just 24 weeks and two days, she reached an important milestone recently – 100 days in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

To mark the occasion, Ronald McDonald House and NICU staff organised a celebration for Tillie’s mum Ashleigh, dad Anthony, sister Kobie and loving family and friends.


Celebrating our diverse cultural landscape

Gold Coast health's Creative Health Hub in collaboration with local not-for-profit GCMAGIC is excited to explore the Gold Coast's multicultural landscape with 'The People & The Place - Gold Coast' exhibition.