The Gold Coast Hospital provides health care from the state border of NSW to the Coomera region in Queensland as part of the Gold Coast Health Service District.  Medical, nursing, clinical and non-clinical support staff, along with volunteers, work together to deliver quality care and service to the community.

Location

Gold Coast Hospital is located at 108 Nerang Street in Southport and provides approximately 500 beds. It admits over 60 000 patients annually. The Gold Coast Hospital is a teaching hospital for Bond and Griffith Universities’ medical, nursing and allied health students.

Community Growth

Queensland is the fastest growing state in Australia – by 2016 the Gold Coast is expected to have a population of 640 000 as well as a significant tourist and transient population.

The services offered are continually expanding to manage the demands of a rapidly growing population along with advances in treatment and health technology.

Specialties

The Gold Coast Hospital is an acute general hospital offering specialties in Medical, Surgical, Emergency, Intensive Care, Cardiology, Nephrology, Renal Dialyses, Rehabilitation, Geriatrics, Oncology, Paediatrics, General Surgery, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery, Plastics, Paediatric surgery, Gynaecology, Palliative, Obstetrics, Anaesthetics and Psychiatry.

Transport

The Gold Coast Hospital is located near the Gold Coast Airport and the Brisbane Airport. Airport bus services, taxis, rental cars, limousine services provide transport from either airport to Southport. The Airtrain provides transport from Brisbane International Airport. Travel time from the Gold Coast Airport is approximately 20 minutes and approximately 1 hour 15 minutes from Brisbane. Surfside bus service provides local bus service to the Gold Coast.

The Gold Coast Hospital provides a bus shuttle service between Robina Hospital and the Carrara Health Centre.