It was advice from someone important in her life that prompted Kim to start a career in social work – despite not knowing what it was.

The Gold Coast Health Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) is taking Expression of Interest (EOI) for a female lay member, which is a voluntary position.

“Younger is better. Parents should get on to any potential hearing issues as soon as possible,” she said.

Several Gold Coast Health Emergency Department (ED) staff have been recognised for their humanitarian work in the Philippines, in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

“The kids were telling me for ages, ‘you are going deaf Dad’ and they used to call me ‘Hey’ because that’s what I said all of the time,” Patrick said.

A Queensland Advancing Clinical Research Fellowship of almost $145,000 will help Dr Peter Snelling complete a research project which explores the benefits of point-of-care ultrasound for children with broken arms.

A new stop for BreastScreen Queensland’s mobile service will help boost access to free breast cancer screening for women from Nerang and surrounding areas.

With conversations about health dominated by COVID-19 for the past 12 months, Gold Coast Health Clinical Nurse Consultant Debbie Royal says World Cancer Day (4 February 2021) is a good time to stop and remember that other health battles continue.

Gold Coast Health dietitian Rumbi Mutsekwa spent as long as she could avoiding doing a PhD, but the task eventually caught up with her.

“My mum died in hospital but I was able to care for my dad at home for end of life – I had absolutely no idea what I was doing,” she said.