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…
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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…
Dud trip to weekend booster clinic
Re: Residents over 50 urged to get fourth COVID jab Travelled by train from Woy Woy to Gosford then taxi Gosford Hospital only to be told Sunday walk-in clinic closed….
Labor MPs raise concerns over declining hospital performance
Labor MPs on the Central Coast have raised concerns over declining performance at Gosford and Wyong hospitals following the latest Quarterly Report from the Bureau of Health Information (BHI). Data…
CWA spreads the love at Gosford Hospital
As Woy Woy CWA celebrates its 90th birthday this year, two members decided to pay a surprise visit to Gosford Hospital last week. Two baby baskets, one for a boy…
Family Room needs more volunteers
In the wake of National Volunteer Week (May 16-22), Ronald McDonald House Charities is putting out the call for more volunteers for its Family Room at Gosford, which is operating…
Coast health workers at breaking point
HEALTH – Dozens of health workers at Gosford Hospital walked off the job for two hours at 10am on April 7, joining industrial action held across the state as the…
Concerns over Ettalong ambulance station relocation ‘unfounded’
With recent statistics showing increases in ambulance and emergency department wait times at Gosford Hospital, Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said she was concerned the replacement of the Ettalong ambulance…
Health District CEO defends Gosford Hospital wait times
Central Coast Local Health District has hit back at claims by Gosford state MP Liesl Tesch that patients are being forced to wait longer for care at Gosford Hospital. Tesch…
Umina Bowling club raises funds for cancer patients
Umina Beach Men’s Bowling Club has donated $5,000 to Gosford Hospital’s Cancer Unit to help purchase surgical equipment for local cancer patients. The club presented the cheque to Central Coast…
Elective surgery to return but no local blueprint available
The Ministry of Health and Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) have refused to comment on the capacity for local hospitals to return to elective surgery this month despite the…
Nurses run ragged at Gosford Hospital say Tesch and Reid
Nurses at Gosford Hospital are overstretched and patients are likely to suffer, according to State Member for Gosford Liesl Tesch and candidate for the Federal seat of Robertson Dr Gordon…
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…
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…