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The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

Telehealth makes breastfeeding classes more accessible

Inpatient mothers can now access Telehealth breastfeeding classes from the comfort of their beds, during their stay in hospital or from home.?


Research Excellence shines

Today, more than $600,000 was awarded to 星空体育 clinicians and researchers dedicated to research that will improve the health outcomes of our patients. 

Seven research projects were funded as part of the 星空体育 Collaborative Research Grant Scheme and received up to $100,000 towards their research.


From "silver hot boxes" to world class facilities - 40 years of service

It’s being a part of a great team and making sure people know the importance of oral health that has kept Helen Bartlett coming back to her job each day for the past four decades.


BreastScreen Queensland Gold Coast Service celebrates turning 30

BreastScreen Queensland Gold Coast Service is celebrating 30 years of providing quality care for the local community.
The breast screening service has come a long way since its inception when fewer than 4000 women were seen across the first year in the former Gold Coast Hospital X-ray department.


Elder leads way for First Nations community

Elder, grandmother and performer Aunty Delmae Barton and her son William Barton received their second COVID-19 vaccine at Broadbeach Vaccination Centre recently.
She shared her story.


We’re top of the class in chest wall injuries

As a sign of our trauma team’s world standing, Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) has just become the first Chest Wall Injury Society Collaborative Centre in Australia.


Program keeps Gold Coast elderly out of hospital

星空体育's Residential Acute Support Services (RASS) program sends doctors and nurses into residential aged-care facilities (RACF) to help reduce older person admissions to hospitals. 

Thanks to the RASS initiative, 1800 people aged 65 and older were cared for at a RACF facility in three months and avoided a trip to emergency departments.  

RASS offers outreach and in-reach service, with the outreach initiative visiting residents in aged care for face-to-face assessment and offering clinical advice over the phone or FaceTime.


ArtBeat strikes a chord with Mental Health Week

星空体育 is taking time out to celebrate the creativity of mental health consumers this Mental Health Week with ‘ArtBeat’ in full swing at Gold Coast University Hospital.


Portrait illustrates special messages about inclusion and diversity

Art imitates life in this painting of 星空体育 Emergency Department's Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM.


Spotlight on life as a hospital pharmacist

Three pharmacists share their career stories as we mark the role and contribution pharmacists make to 星空体育 ahead of World Pharmacists Day on 25 September.