Work to commence on the Clinical School and Research Institute
Gosford is on its way to becoming a world class health, research and education precinct, with work starting this week on a new $72.5M facility at Gosford Hospital. The facility…
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Free suicide prevention awareness presentation
Gosford Regional Community Services will host a free suicide prevention awareness presentation at Wyoming Community Centre on September 6. The presentation is a Living Works SafeTalk program designed to alert…
Hospital Auxiliary pre-dates the hospital it supports
Gosford Hospital Auxiliary recently celebrated 75 years of caring for the Central Coast community. This is an extraordinary milestone for Central Coast Local Health Districts (CCLHD) oldest auxiliary, which predates…
Campaign for a palliative care hospice on the Coast ramps up
The Elsie’s Retreat Project is ramping up its efforts to obtain a palliative care hospice for the Coast and recently presented NSW Minister for Health, Brad Hazzard, with a 10,000…
Homelessness service providers march to raise awareness
Major homelessness service providers on the Coast took to the streets of Gosford on August 7, in the middle of Homelessness Week (August 4-10), to highlight the issue of housing…
Gosford Private Hospital’s new owners have plans approved for $32m upgrade
Gosford Private Hospital has been sold for $200m to Barwon Investment Partners (Barwon), with former owner, Healthe Care Australia, to continue to operate the hospital on a long term 25…
$350m private hospital & medical precinct announced
A major new private hospital and health precinct is earmarked for Racecourse Rd, Gosford, and should be up and running within a few short years. A joint project by AA…
Toukley Ambulance station construction completed
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Scot MacDonald, has announced that construction on the new NSW Ambulance station at Toukley has been completed. MacDonald said the completion was a significant…
Nurses voice their concerns about patient care & safety
Staff to patient ratios were again the subject of a rally held by members of the Wyong Hospital branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association on December 6. Branch…
Gosford Hospital’s Patient Enquiry counter shut down
Gosford Hospital workers have voted to shut down the new temporary Patient Enquiry counter until continuing safety concerns are addressed. The counter closed from 7am, on December 18, after workers…
External Wall Cladding Taskforce clears Gosford Hospital
Gosford Hospital has been given a clean bill of health under the inter-agency Fire Safety and External Wall Cladding Taskforce. In response to questions from Coast Community News, Central Coast…
Woy Woy is good hospice location, says campaigner
Woy Woy should be considered as a location of a regional palliative care hospice on the Central Coast, according to a palliative care campaigner. Campaigner Ms Oana McBride said Woy…
Bowlers raise $16,000 for hospital equipment
The Peninsula’s annual Prostate Charity Bowls day has raised $16,000 for the Central Coast Local Health District. Umina Beach, Ettalong and Everglades Men’s Bowling Clubs raised the funds to go…
Relay for Life raised over $165,000 for Cancer Council
Cancer Council Central Coast’s Relay for Life event was held at the Mingara Athletics Track on November 24-25. The annual event is held at venues across NSW and sees thousands…
Wyong Hospital redevelopment plans unveiled
Designs have been unveiled for the Wyong Hospital redevelopment. Member for Terrigal, Adam Crouch, Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Scot MacDonald, and Member of the Legislative Council, Taylor Martin,…
White Ribbon Information Day held
Central Coast Council’s White Ribbon Information Day event was held in Gosford’s Kibble Park on November 30. “A giant banner bearing the number 52 was a feature of the Day….
Historic Australian first spinal surgery at Gosford
A Gosford Private Hospital Neurosurgeon has become the first surgeon in Australia to successfully implant artificial spacers into the spine. Dr Marc Coughlan specialises in minimally invasive spinal procedures, including…
CoastCanCare Wellness Program receives $80,000 boost
A program to help local cancer patients, has been given a boost from an $80,000 donation, thanks to this year’s Dry July campaign. The donation is a combination of money…
Federal Government to subsidise 150 medical student places
Federal Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, has announced that the Morrison Government will deliver an additional $3.3m in funding for student places at the Central Coast Medical School and Research…
Local mother still grieving for daughter
Ten weeks on from the death of Mischelle Rhodes, the 19-year-old who died from meningococcal disease after being discharged from Gosford Hospital, her family is continuing to seek answers. Anjini…