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Dr Serge Macanovic (Serge) fled his homeland during the siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War as a child – and has settled on the northern Gold Coast after perseverance and a commitment to becoming well educated saw him study in the halls of Cambridge. Away from medicine, he’s mastered feats in n...
Ahead of a new Medicare Mental Health Centre opening at Pimpama on the northern Gold Coast, members of the public can visit Community Access Points locally and connect in with relevant local mental health services. Both immediate help and non-urgent assistance is available if you, or a person you kn...
Gold Coast Primary Health Network (GCPHN) is proud to recognise and celebrate National NAIDOC Week, held annually across Australia in the first week of July. Our vision for reconciliation is that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have equal access to high quality primary health care and ...
Resources for Gold Coast GPs: Bowel Cancer Awareness Month Have you seen our Bowel Cancer Screening clinical audit materials? These aim for GPs to outline the key components of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP), focusing on issuing AAM Kits. Includes a total of 11 CPD points, appro...
Symptoms Symptoms usually start suddenly and can get worse over time. Early symptoms include: fever severe headache muscle pains weakness sore throat. This is followed by: vomiting diarrhoea abdominal pain rash. Later stages can involve bleeding, including: blood in vomit and stools bleeding from th...
This year’s Symposium – an annual event brought together by GCPHN – was one to remember. Speakers from organisations such as Gold Coast Health, ChemoPro Aged Care, Queensland Ambulance Service, the Residential Aged Care Facility Support Service, Australian Frailty Network and Australian Digita...
We commission a range of services co-designed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services, providers and community members across the Gold Coast. Our work includes conducting health promotion and quality improvement activities to boost immunisation, cancer screening, chronic disease manageme...
Gold Coast-based Indigenous Health Project Officer Paul Roberts, a Widjabul Wia-bal man from Bundjalung Country, tells us about the groundbreaking Kalwun Integrated Team Care (ITC) program that provides better access to coordinated, multidisciplinary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pe...
“In launching a regional Disaster Preparedness initiative, we are showing our commitment to delivering a person-centred approach to emergency preparedness across key parts of South-East Queensland,” said Kellie Trigger, Director, Health Intelligence Planning and Engagement at GCPHN. Disasters do...
Loneliness and social isolation affect one in three Australian adults and two in five young people, with evidence showing the health impact is worse than smoking 15 cigarettes a day. You may already be doing a lot to connect your patients to relevant support they need – but are you considering how...
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