Upcoming Events

More than 830,000 women and girls are affected by endometriosis in Australia - a chronic, debilitating condition impacting the quality of life. This web conference will provide insight into the Canberra Endometriosis Centre which is a multi-disciplinary service and provides ongoing support to individuals and their families through diagnosis, treatment and long-term management.

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability of childhood and infants born very premature, or with significant neurological concerns in the neonatal period are considered high risk. Join Dr Atul Malhotra from Monash Children’s Hospital to discuss the international best evidence for diagnosis and treatment and the implementation of this evidence into practice in Australia.

Establishing feeding is lengthy and babies with nasogastric tubes can remain in the hospital for multiple weeks. In August 2020 the Gold Coast University Hospital became the first hospital in Queensland to offer their Neonatal Early Discharge Service (NEDS), a hospital in the home service for pre term babies with tube feeds. Join Peter Schmidt, Director of Neonatology to discuss how their service plays an important role in bringing families back together after difficult times.

Why did we need Community Maternity Hubs & MGP at Logan QLD? Join Michelle O'Connor, Midwifery Unit Manager MGP to hear about the implementation and growth of their midwifery continuity co-designed model - how it was done, the outcomes and where to now?