The innovative spirit of the Gold Coast Health workforce was on display at last week’s The Improvers, with 18 great ideas featured for improving patient care.

The Gold Coast Public Health Unit is responding to two cases of measles involving two members of the same family.

Gold Coast Health has won both state and national awards as part of a unique life-saving blood drive with the Australian Red Cross Blood Service

Gold Coast Health staff are encouraging community members to sign up to the national organ donor register during DonateLife Week.

The Gold Coast Public Health Unit is responding to a case of measles confirmed in a returned traveller from overseas.

A Gold Coast Health led study into the treatment of a common hand injury is set to make a significant impact to fracture patient recovery times while also helping to ease Emergency Department demand.

Gold Coast Health has been recognised as a centre of excellence for world-class healthcare with Gold Coast University Hospital and Robina Hospital being named among the world’s best hospitals.

The Gold Coast Public Health Unit has been notified of a confirmed case of measles on the Gold Coast in an overseas traveller. The individual had contact with the community while unknowingly infectious between Tuesday 02/07/2019 to Thursday 04/07/2019 whilst on the Gold Coast. The individual has now recovered and is no longer infectious.

The individual was in the following locations while infectious:

A baby boom across the Gold Coast has motivated Gold Coast Health to launch a new community-based midwifery service at Varsity Lakes to provide families with access to maternity care closer to home.

Premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) are listening to recordings of their mothers reading The Tale of Peter Rabbit on an iPod as part of a study on the effect of sound in neonatal environments.