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
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…
Nashos bring Easter cheer to children’s ward
Patients, family members and staff at Gosford Hospital’s Children’s Ward received a special Easter treat on March 31, when Members of the Gosford City Sub Branch of the NSW National…
Doctor calls for better communication
Local emergency doctor, Dr Ash Bowden, is encouraging more medical professionals on the Central Coast to join the #HelloMyNameIs badge campaign, an initiative aimed at improving communication between staff and patients.
The Weekly News 5@5
This is Coast Community News 5@5 March 12, 2021. Topics this week: Central Coast Council Administrator Strikes – Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch Strikes Back – and the Administrator Returns…
Ideas hub is helping streamline hospital services
An old ward at Gosford Hospital is now home to a new Ideas Hub, a space for health experts and local businesses to tackle healthcare challenges in local hospitals through…
Hospital staff and patients welcome back volunteers
Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) has welcomed volunteers back into Wyong and Gosford Hospitals. Volunteers were given the greenlight to recommence duties following further easing of COVID-19 restrictions across…
68 medical graduates join CCLHD
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, has welcomed 68 medical graduates to Central Coast Local Health District, part of the 2021 annual intake of…
Free Mental Health Op Shops for unexpected admissions
Delivering dignity, that’s what Central Coast Health’s (CCH) two new Mental Health Op Shops aim to do. These safe spaces have been set up at Wyong and Gosford Hospitals to…
Brandon spearheads art project to brighten the kids’ ward
Year Three Kariong Public School student, Brandon Keele, has brightened the lives of sick children by donating a series of paintings to the Pediatric Ward at Gosford Hospital. The brightly…
Maternity unit at Wyong Hospital remains closed
With the maternity unit at Wyong Hospital to remain closed until at least early next year, Central Coast Labor MPs rallied with members of the NSW Nursing and Midwifery Association…
Elsie’s Retreat expected to be completed by March 2021
Construction of Elsie’s Retreat, the Coast’s first dedicated in-patient palliative care unit, is poised to begin. On December 3, Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, confirmed that construction…
Huge thanks to medical staff
Forum – I just lost my son Chris to prostate cancer. He was my last child and he joins his late sister, Louise Lee, and his brother, Adrian. May I…
Pay rise was signed, sealed but not delivered
Nurses and midwives were out in force on Wednesday, November 4, protesting the State Government’s latest public sector wage rises as they rallied outside Gosford Hospital. NSW Nurses and Midwives’…
Early signs point to positive impact of PACER program
Early signs are that thenew PACER partnership between police and health services on the Central Coast is already having an impact since it was introduced just over a month ago….