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The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

GCUH Youth Cancer Nurse bound for Edinburgh after bursary win

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

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

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.


old Coast Health plays a vital role in training the next generation of doctors and nurses.

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.


Dr Anita Bamford-Wade with Registered Nurses Rebecca Bennett and Rajalaxmi Subbarayan

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 staff engagement

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.


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$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.


Perinatal Loss Coordinators Glenda Hondroudakis and Jo Everingham with Selena Wool who donated a cuddle cot to Gold Coast University Hospital.

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.


Crmit's story

Vaccination matters: One mother's story of her baby's whooping cough

An emotional message from a mother whose baby daughter contracted whooping cough has received a huge public reaction.


Dr Christa Bell with Graham Cooper and Marion Jones from Southport Rotary Club with the Accuvein and ECG machines purchased for the GCUH Emergency Department through the club's donation.

Southport Rotary donations purchase vital equipment

Equipment donations are making a difference to patients at Gold Coast University Hospital.