Gold Coast Health recently opened a new Queensland-first Crisis Stabilisation Unit at Robina Hospital designed to divert patients in acute mental health crises away from emergency departments and into a comfortable, therapeutic, and home-like environment.

New and expecting mums across the Gold Coast officially have access to a clinically proven and highly successful program already operating through some of Queensland’s largest maternity hospitals.

Tara Hawking was travelling the world as a sales manager before COVID hit. She's now one of Gold Coast Public Health Unit’s contact tracers, working alongside others after a forced pandemic career change.

Hearing your GP say that you have returned an abnormal cervical screening result can be a scary moment. Now, imagine hearing that news and waiting up to 12 months for further diagnosis and treatment?

Donna Waters is helping to improve patient safety and reduce wait times by working as our first dedicated Colorectal Clinical Nurse, supporting our nurse-led surveillance program.

A new partnership between Gold Coast Health and a volunteer organisation is being described as Uber Eats with a twist.

A new music program is giving comfort to Gold Coast Health’s littlest patients and their parents.

Gold Coast Health and Griffith University research fellow Dr Jamie Ranse has been recognised by the prestigious Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma), winning one of three 2021 Emerging Nurse Researcher Awards. 

More than 27,400 Australians had a stroke for the first time in 2020 – that is one stroke every 19 minutes. Stroke is one of Australia’s biggest killers. It kills more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer.

The COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing catalysed the uptake of Telehealth for young people and clinicians.