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Neil Ballment knew he had to do something about his health. At almost 100kgs and having led a sedentary, often stressful, career as a lawyer, Neil didn’t want to become another heart attack statistic. “Five years into retirement, you look at your belly and think ‘that’s not good’. I’d be...
A team of researchers from Monash University is conducting a study to improve understanding of how social activities benefit health and wellbeing later in life. They are recruiting people aged 65+ living in Residential Aged Care Homes or receiving government subsidised Home Care packages to complete...
Gold Coast Public Health Unit (GCPHU) advises that over the school holidays they received several notifications of pertussis every day indicating that pertussis continued to circulate in the community. Since school has returned, numbers of confirmed cases have further increased over the past few wee...
Disaster financial assistance is available to eligible residents affected by the severe storms and rainfall on the Gold Coast and Scenic Rim. Learn more about guidelines and eligibility, and how to apply for a grant or assistance below: Business loans to assist primary producers, small businesses an...
Closing date: 1 January 2024, but applications will be reviewed as they are submitted Gold Coast Health are recruiting consumers for a project that aims to look closely at the mental health services provided by Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service to First Nations people. They want to know ho...
Cervical screening involves a simple test to check for human papillomavirus (HPV) – a common infection that causes almost all cervical cancers – before it has the chance to develop into abnormal or cancerous cells. Changes to the National Cervical Screening Program mean that all eligible screene...
About the Gold Coast Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Where is the Gold Coast Medicare Urgent Care Clinic? The Gold Coast Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) is located at Our Medical Gold Coast, 2 Leo Graham Way, Oxenford. The UCC operates separately from the general practice and is open from 8am until 10...
From 1 November 2023, there will be new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) bulk-billing items with higher incentive payments. These payments are triple the amount of existing standard bulk-billing incentive payments. Doctors can use these for the following types of consultations: All face-to-face gene...
The Gold Coast Public Health Unit advises that there has been a resurgence of pertussis in our community recently. This has mostly been in school aged children, but there have been cases where vulnerable infants under six months of age have been affected. They remind clinicians that pertussis PCR sh...
With spring temperatures rising and the heat of summer months approaching, the Gold Coast is anticipating thunderstorms and the consequent risk of power failures. Vaccine service providers must be prepared to avoid loss of vaccines. If your vaccine refrigerator loses power, your vaccines may need to...
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