A makeover of the Gold Coast University Hospital inpatient children’s ward is lifting the spirits of patients and their families thanks to a local artist and his vibrant Australiana wildlife images.

As little as 30 seconds of violent shaking can cause a baby’s death, according to Gold Coast Health’s Child Protection Advisor Dr Kerry Sullivan, a long-term paediatrician.

A school-based domestic and family violence and sexual assault program running in Gold Coast schools since 2011 has shaped student attitudes that violent relationships are unacceptable.

Gold Coast Health will become Australia’s leading centre for the diagnosis and intervention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder when it launches a statewide Neurodevelopment Exposure Disorder (NED) Service today.

Gold Coast Health staff joined the national conversation on suicide by attending an RU OK? Day event on Thursday.

Gold Coast Health is renowned for the diversity of its workforce and Seniors Week 2016 (13-21 August) presented the perfect opportunity to celebrate our most senior staff member.

Gold Coast residents are being urged to take health precautions in response to planned burns in the affected areas http://bit.ly/2bhbNWm

The planned burns are part of City of Gold Coast’s hazard reduction in preparation for the bushfire season (September - December).

Residents living in regions affected by the hazard reduction program are advise to take the following precautions during planned burns:

Gold Coast University Hospital has successfully rolled out a digital trial to make life easier for parents by enabling automatic enrolment of their newborn into Medicare, the Medicare Safety Net and the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register.

Acclaimed Australian actor Hugo Weaving joined Health Minister Cameron Dick and Gold Coast Health Board Chair Ian Langdon at Gold Coast University Hospital on 19 August to launch a short animated film designed to raise awareness of the issues faced by people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Highly respected Neuroradiologist Dr Sandeep Bhuta will fly the Gold Coast Health flag when he attends the world’s largest medical meeting in an official capacity in later this year.