Call for palliative care funding guarantee
Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch is calling on the NSW Government to ensure a “shameful” $150M budget cut to palliative care does not affect the delivery of services on the…
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Teddies for sick children
Members of Toukley CWA have been busy with their knitting needles and recently donated 27 knitted teddies to the paediatric in-patient unit at Gosford Hospital. “Three of our members were…
Gosford Hospital on the improve
Gosford Hospital is showing signs of improvement, in spite of the broader NSW health system continuing to face major pressures, according to the latest release of Bureau of Health Information…
New trolleys for Gosford Hospital ICU
The Ourimbah Hospital Auxiliary has donated two Rapid Response Team emergency trolleys to Gosford Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Clinical Nurse Consultant of the Rapid Response Teams, Benita Bolcina, said…
Frantastics raise $500 for Elsie’s Retreat
The Frantastics Choir raised $500 for Elsie’s Retreat at Gosford Hospital through its annual concert on August 14. Choir director Fran Kendall said some audience members arrived an hour early…
No more Gosford Hospital for me
After the Gosford Hospital make-over I had a heart event and drove into the emergency department and fortunately got a park close to the entrance. After treatment a few hours…
No free parking for Gosford Hospital
The State Opposition has blasted the NSW Government over an announcement this week that while free parking was introduced at the state’s regional and rural public hospitals on August 1,…
A big thank you to a great many locals for helping
During peak holiday season in January this year, I slipped down my very steep, and wet driveway, fracturing my ankle. Six months on, most of my post-operative care has been…
Renewed call for free parking at Gosford Hospital
The cost of parking at the region’s public hospitals has long been a bone of contention for Central Coast residents, with some frequent visitors to long-term in-patients chalking up huge…
$25,000 boost for burns fund
Gosford and Wyong hospital emergency departments have received a donation of $25,000 to buy equipment to treat burns and trauma patients from local emergency service workers who participated in the…
Nashos spread Easter joy at Gosford Hospital
Patients at Gosford Hospital received a special Easter treat on April 5 when Members of the Gosford City Sub Branch of the NSW National Servicemen’s Association and Affiliates visited the…
Info booth to mark World Parkinson’s Day
The Central Coast Parkinson’s Support Group will mark World Parkinson’s Day and Month on April 11 with an information booth in the foyer of Gosford Hospital. Plain language information will…
Making superheroes of sick children
Patients in Gosford Hospital’s paediatric ward are not only superheroes, but will also soon look like them, with the hospital set to receive its first ever batch of Supertee medical…
Burnt-out nurses set to sue State Government
Dozens of health care workers rallied outside Gosford Hospital on Thursday, March 16, as the Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) confirmed it would file a major prosecution case in the…
Special exhibition brightens hospital corridors
A a photography exhibition celebrating the joy and benefits of personal pet visits will adorn the corridors of Gosford Hospital through to April. The Pets are Family Too exhibition, run…
123 new nurses and midwives
The Central Coast health workforce has been boosted with 123 new graduate nurses and midwives beginning their careers at Gosford and Wyong hospitals this year. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central…
70 new doctors for Central Coast hospitals
The Central Coast is to gain 70 new doctors at Gosford and Wyong Hospitals. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch said the medical graduate…
Praise comes for Gosford Hospital staff under stress
Especially since the advent of COVID-19, our hospitals have been put under a lot of stress. The people who make our hospitals work deserve to be held in high esteem…
Get on your bike for Ride2Work Day
Central Coast workers are being encouraged to get on their bikes and join in Australia’s biggest celebration of commuter riding on Wednesday, October 19. National Ride2Work Day is organised by…
Coast’s hospitals still under stress
Latest data from the Bureau of Health Information reveals continuing problems at the region’s public hospitals, with spikes in Emergency Department (ED) wait times. The Bureau of Health Information’s recently…