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The latest news at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.

Gold Coast students say no to violent relationships
A school-based domestic and family violence and sexual assault program running in Gold Coast schools since 2011 has shaped student attitudes that violent relationships are unacceptable.

Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ leads nation's first NED service
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ will become Australia’s leading centre for the diagnosis and intervention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder when it launches a statewide Neurodevelopment Exposure Disorder (NED) Service today.

Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ connects staff on RU OK Day
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ staff joined the national conversation on suicide by attending an RU OK? Day event on Thursday.

A Seniors Week salute to Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ's only architect
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ is renowned for the diversity of its workforce and Seniors Week 2016 (13-21 August) presented the perfect opportunity to celebrate our most senior staff member.

Bushfire season preparations call for smoke haze health awareness
Gold Coast residents are being urged to take health precautions in response to planned burns in the affected areas
The planned burns are part of City of Gold Coast’s hazard reduction in preparation for the bushfire season (September - December).
Residents living in regions affected by the hazard reduction program are advise to take the following precautions during planned burns:

Digital trial enables speedy enrolment of newborns into Medicare
Gold Coast University Hospital has successfully rolled out a digital trial to make life easier for parents by enabling automatic enrolment of their newborn into Medicare, the Medicare Safety Net and the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register.

Star power helps launch autism animation
Acclaimed Australian actor Hugo Weaving joined Health Minister Cameron Dick and Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Board Chair Ian Langdon at Gold Coast University Hospital on 19 August to launch a short animated film designed to raise awareness of the issues faced by people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Associate Professor Sandeep Bhuta appointed to prestigious Radiology role
Highly respected Neuroradiologist Dr Sandeep Bhuta will fly the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ flag when he attends the world’s largest medical meeting in an official capacity in later this year.

Robina Hospital allegations
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ refutes allegations made in Gold Coast Bulletin of 12 August. Newspaper claims that a bag of unidentified substance was ‘kept quiet’ by Queensland Health are in direct contrast to the facts which were that the hospital provided the bag to police. The online photo depicted a large quantity of ICE that bore no resemblance to the substance handed to police which equated to about 0.2 gram. All CCTV cameras were confirmed as operating to the newspaper the day before the article was printed.

GCUH surgeons share knowledge on global scale
Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) has reinforced its credentials as a leading teaching facility, with more than 30 international surgeons travelling across the globe for a two-day training course.