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Want to know more about what Gold Coast Primary Health Network has been doing to improve the health and wellbeing of the Gold Coast community? Please find out more by viewing our recent media releases below.
For all media enquiries contact the Communications Team on 07 5635 2455.
A Gold Coast general practitioner has called for greater awareness of a serious health concern for pregnant women. Deputy Chair of the Gold Coast Primary Health Network, Broadbeach GP Dr Ka-Kiu Cheung, says Australia has seen a concerning increase in syphilis cases in women over the past decade. Read the story here.
Tallai 72-year-old Giulia Greenall is participating in the Gold Coast Primary Health Network’s I Am Not Frail program. She’s doing it to keep frailty at bay and to maintain her active lifestyle. Her message to everyone is to not wait until frailty creeps in and not to be afraid of regular exercise. Read the story here.
It took Tanya McCormack eight years to get her husband Terry to take the bowel cancer screening test that is mailed to everyone over 50. Thank goodness he finally listened. Read the story here.
A fresh offering of financial assistance for Gold Coast and Scenic Rim residents affected by the destructive summer storms has been launched.
The Reconnection for Resilience Community Grants Program provides community grants of up to $5000 for local not-for-profit organisations, healthcare organisations, sporting clubs and primary care providers in the storm and flood hit areas. See the full release.
A concerted push to have the Gold Coast community protected from influenza is underway.
It continues to roll out in the wake of recent Queensland Health data revealing that 11 people have died from influenza since the beginning of this year with 700 more hospitalised from 7000 recorded cases. See the full release.
The Gold Coast’s only Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) has expanded with a dedicated new treatment area available to patients from Monday 15 April at Oxenford.
Located at the fast-growing northern end of the Gold Coast, the UCC complements the broad range of public and private hospital, emergency and general health care services available across the Gold Coast. See the full media release.
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