To receive important alerts and updates from Gold Coast Primary Health Network, please submit the form below.
To receive important alerts and updates from Gold Coast Primary Health Network, please submit the form below.
Gold Coast Primary Health Network commissions a range of services including local mental health, alcohol and other drugs, suicide prevention and chronic disease services to meet different needs of people in the Gold Coast region. Our commissioned services are available at no cost to patients.
The “Turning Pain into Gain” Persistent Pain Program aims to help persistent pain sufferers become better managers of their pain through the education program, individual case management, support, goal setting and improved use of community health services.
The “Turning Pain into Gain” Persistent Pain Program aims to help persistent pain sufferers become better managers of their pain through the education program, individual case management, support, goal setting and improved use of community health services.
The program is designed so that peoples can explore a range of different strategies for living well despite pain, in the hope of leading to reduced reliance on medication for pain management, reduced requirements for emergency care and living a better quality of life.
Painwise
The service is available for a period of up to 12 months.
The initial and ongoing service assessments are held at our Varsity Lakes office.
Joyce McSwan
Program Office Suite – Corporate House
Suite 17b and 23, 155 Varsity Parade, Varsity Lakes, QLD 4227
tpigpainprogram@painwise.com.au
Phone: 0412 327 795 Fax: 07 3539 9801
Clinician Resources
Patient Resources
The pilot Wound Management Pilot in RACFs service aims to meet a gap in service delivery for older people with chronic and complex wounds who are living in RACFs.
This pilot service aims to meet a gap in service delivery for older people with chronic and complex wounds who are living in RACFs. This is achieved through a nurse led, in reach program that provides access to specialist wound advice and mentoring to support the effective assessment, care plan development and management for these patients in their usual place of residence, the RACF, thus reducing the requirement to transfer residents to hospital for additional clinical interventions.
Wound Specialist Services
Provided onsite/and via telehealth at RACFs
Phone: 07 3289 3102
Email: info@woundservice.com.au
The Chronic and Complex Wound Clinic is a dedicated wound clinic led by a wound specialist GP and Nurse Practitioner, supported by a team of highly trained nurses.
This is a dedicated wound clinic led by a wound specialist GP and Nurse Practitioner, supported by a team of highly trained nurses. They support local general practitioners and their patients to improve health outcomes for people that have chronic, complex, recurrent, and debilitating wounds that seriously impact on their quality of life.
So we can provide you with the most accurate information,
please tell us a little more about yourself