Gold Coast Health News
The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.
Proxima Child and Youth Mental Health Service fit-out takes shape
Fit-out works are advancing at the new Proxima Child and Youth Mental Health Service facility on the Gold Coast, bringing a purpose-built, community-based service closer to opening for families.
Behind the Build with Medical Director Aged Care Dr Ganesamoorthy Subakumar
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.
Café project supports recovery at SMHRU
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.
Health facility design for a rapidly changing world
Gold Coast Health shares lessons in designing health facilities that are flexible, future-focused and responsive to evolving models of care, drawing on experience across the Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit, H Block and Proxima.
Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit gains state recognition
Secure Mental Health Rehabilitation Unit has earned state recognition for its innovative, recovery-focused design, winning the Master Builders Queensland State Award for Health Facility over $20 million.
Staff artwork comes to life in H Block
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.
H Block welcomes first patients
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.
Gold Coast Health Launches Program to Support Families and Boost Early Childhood Wellbeing
A new Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting Program (MECSH) is assisting vulnerable families from the antenatal period up to two years old.
World Children's Day
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.
Advocacy through adversity: Michael Klim’s strongest stroke yet
Australian swimming legend Michael Klim has conquered countless challenges in the pool, but his toughest test to date falls outside the sporting arena.
