A very testing Boxing Day queue in Gosford
Being a close household contact of someone with COVID-19 over Christmas has come with many challenges but I didn’t think the biggest would be getting tested. My daughter started to…
Gosford Hospital
Praising those who care for stroke patients
Forum – How nice to read such a positive story about Gosford Hospital Stroke Unit in Community Coast News November 26, 2021. How proud we should be that the Hospital…
Nurses and midwives protest ‘unsafe staffing levels’
Rain couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm of Central Coast nurses and midwives as they gathered outside Gosford Hospital on December 8 to protest unreasonable workloads and ongoing delays to resolving dangerous…
Stroke unit one of three to receive Platinum status
Gosford Hospital’s stroke unit is celebrating after being recognised with a second international award for meeting the highest standards in treatment and care. After being recognised recently with Gold status…
Health district refutes maternity staff shortage
Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) has refuted claims by Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, that the maternity unit at Gosford is under-staffed. Tesch said the number of babies born…
Gosford hospital main entry is a potential exposure site
Thursday Oct 14, 2021: Central Coast Local Health District has advised the community this morning that an area within Gosford Hospital’s Main Entry – the lounge area adjacent to the patient…
Walk-in clinic for those aged 12 and over
Central Coast Local Health District has announced it will hold a special walk-in vaccination clinic this week for anyone who has been struggling to find a local Pfizer appointment. Pfizer…
Walk-in clinic for those aged 12 and over
Central Coast Local Health District has announced it will hold a special walk-in vaccination clinic this week for anyone who has been struggling to find a local Pfizer appointment. Pfizer…
1700 people leave Gosford Emergency without treatment
Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, is calling for more staff at Gosford Hospital‘s Emergency Department, with the latest Bureau of Health Information quarterly report indicating a rise of 395.5 per…
Gosford Hospital intensive care capacity questioned
NSW Labor has called on the State Government to outline how it will safely staff an expected increase in ICU cases, with hospitalisations due to COVID-19 expected to peak in…
Hospital emergency staff stretched says Tesch
Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, has called on the NSW Government to increase health staff numbers across the Coast following a significant new report which identified a series of patient…
Young woman dies in Gosford hospital with COVID amid 27 new cases
A young woman, in her 20s who had underlying medical conditions has died at Gosford Hospital yesterday. Central Coast Local Health District confirms she had tested positive to COVID-19. Hospital…
COVID cases more than double in a week
The coronavirus pandemic took a tragic turn last Thursday when the Central Coast recorded its first COVID-19 death during the current outbreak, with the passing of a woman in her…
Vaccine rates on par with rest of state
Almost 40 per cent of the Peninsula’s population is fully vaccinated as new COVID-19 cases continue to be announced on an almost-daily basis and there is a heightened focus on…
Gosford hospital emergency foyer named an expose site
Gosford Hospital’s Emergency Department entry doors and foyer area has been identified as a COVID-19 exposure site. Though CCLHD says this alert does not affect the hospital generally, only the…
First students begin studies at Clinical School
The first students are set to begin studying at the recently completed Central Coast Clinical School. Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, said the Gosford facility will welcome 170 medicine…
Clinical School and Research Institute to open in July
The Central Coast Clinical School and Research Institute is finished at last, with the first students set to arrive on July 19. The end of construction was marked on June…
Nurses and midwives rally over staffing ratios
Nurses and midwives rallied outside Gosford Hospital and held a stop work meeting at Wyong Hospital on June 16 over the need for safe staffing and called on the NSW…
Local health district recruiting nurses
Central Coast Local Health District is in the process of recruiting 20 new nurses, a mix of Registered Nurses and Enrolled Nurses to join the team at Gosford Hospital. Each…
Palliative care unit finally opens
It has been a long push by all, but the Central Coast finally has its first dedicated in-patient palliative care unit. The 10-bed unit was officially opened by members from…