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Supporting Health Professionals

Providing resources and information for health professionals within the Gold Coast region

Gold Coast PHN is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.

We are committed to building a healthy, connected, and resilient community and do this by working with General Practice, pharmacists, nurses, allied health professionals, residential aged care facilities, hospitals and an array of secondary care providers to keep Gold Coasters out of hospital living happier, healthier and longer in the community.

Latest News

Improving digital correspondence from Gold Coast Health

Gold Coast Health is committed to working towards improved digital correspondence. They have listened to feedback from General Practice and to help enhance their digital communications, General Practice will now see the following improvements: Endoscopy reports have been successfully converted for d...

Drugs Misuse (Dangerous Drugs) Amendment Regulation 2024

As of 23 August 2024, the Drugs Misuse (Dangerous Drugs) Amendment Regulation 2024 (Qld) (the Amending Regulation) commenced. This regulation amends the Drugs Misuse Regulation 1987 (Qld) (the Regulation). The most significant change is the classification of new drugs as ‘dangerous drugs’ under ...

Gold Coast Public Health Update – Immunisation September Hot Topics

This information has been provided by the Gold Coast Public Health Unit. If you require additional immunisation support, please contact the Gold Coast Public Health Unit on 5667 3200 or GCPHU-CDC@health.qld.gov.au. Queensland Childhood Red Book update The Personal Health Record (Red Book) | Children...

GPGC Update from Dr Nicole Langsford, September 2024

The Gold Coast GP Collaborative (GPGC) has had an incredibly busy few months. We’ve partnered with the GP Liaison Officer and Healthy North Coast NSW to address GPs’ concerns about patient discharge from hospitals. Thanks to our ongoing advocacy, Queensland Health is now working to improve their...