Gold Coast Health News
The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

Service committed to development of graduate nurses
Gold Coast Health is using the latest technology and clinical simulations to foster the talents of the next generation of nurses and midwives.

Collaboration to help personalise treatment for cancer patients
An aim to ‘personalise’ specific treatment for cancer patients, enabling them to get the most effective drug the first time, is the aim of cutting-edge research at Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) and Griffith University.

GCUH Youth Cancer Nurse bound for Edinburgh after bursary win
Youth Cancer Nurse Consultant Anita Cox will travel to the 1st Global Youth Cancer Congress in Edinburgh in December after being awarded a $5000 bursary from the Leukaemia Foundation and charity Team Adem.

When the surf is up, so are bodysurfing injuries
Bodysurfers are much more likely to suffer neck injuries than surfers, a leading Gold Coast Health neurosurgeon says.

Midwifery Group Practice celebrates 10 years
Twelve Gold Coast Health midwives use the Birth Centre in Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) to deliver the successful model of care to more than 450 women a year.

Student numbers continue to rise at Gold Coast Health
Gold Coast Health is opening its wards, clinics and theatres to more than 600 medical and nursing students each week as part of its commitment to training the clinicians of tomorrow.

Nursing influx driving surge in health sector employment
In this article from The Courier Mail’s CareerOne lift-out, reporter Melanie Burgess discovers the health staff now in demand in southeast Queensland.

Mental health project to improve staff engagement and patient care
Gold Coast Health is rolling out an intensive project aimed at better engaging its mental health staff and improving care for some of its most vulnerable patients.

$10.5 million funding boost to ensure faster care
Patients with back pain and neurological concerns are among the thousands of Gold Coasters set to benefit from a $10.5 million State Government funding boost.

Cuddle cot helps ease burden of child loss
Selena Wool is drawing on her experience of losing a child during pregnancy to help Gold Coast families in their own time of need.