NEWS ARCHIVE

2010

"Your DonateLife Message"

• 8 December 2010
  A new DonateLife initiative has been launched this month aimed at making it easier for Australians to share their wishes regarding organ and tissue donation.

Greenslopes wins Private Hospital Innovative Practice Awards

• 16 July 2010
  Greenslopes Private Hospital was recognised at the recent Private Hospital Association of Queensland (PHAQ) Conference winning 1st and 3rd place in the HESTA/PHAQ Innovative Practice Award.

Greenslopes performs first robotic partial nephrectomy in Queensland

• 16 July 2010
  A Greenslopes Private Hospital Urologist has performed the first robotically assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in the treatment of kidney cancer in Queensland.

Greenslopes supporting Veterans’ Health Week

• 16 July 2010
  Greenslopes Private Hospital is proudly supporting Veterans’ Health Week being held between Monday 19 to Sunday 25 July 2010.

Out with “Outpatients” & in with the new Specialty Clinics

• 16 July 2010
  Over the last few years we have seen many changes in the “outpatients department” at Greenslopes Private Hospital.

Greenslopes Specialist Gynaecology

• 16 July 2010
  Dr Russell Land has built a very successful specialist gynaecology practice at Greenslopes Private Hospital over the past four years.

Integrated Lung Cancer Service

• 16 July 2010
  At Greenslopes Private Hospital we have a dedicated team of specialists providing a personalised and integrated service for the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

Sleep Centre recognised for quality of service

• 16 July 2010
  Greenslopes Sleep Investigation Centre is only one of two private clinics in Queensland to receive Accreditation with the Australasian Sleep Association.

EC Docs feature on 60 Minutes in Kokoda Research

• 9 June 2010
  Two of our very own emergency physicians were featured on 60 minutes in early June, when the national investigative news program followed their quest to solve a medical mystery.

Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation True Blue Gala Dinner

• 15 May 2010
  A big thank you to so many people for helping support the GMRF’s 5th Birthday True Blue Gala Dinner on Saturday 8 May at the Brisbane Stamford Plaza.

UQ Clinical School project delivers first class facility for nursing students

• 8 April 2010
  We are delighted that the first stage of the UQ Clinical School Development has been completed with the UQ School of Nursing commencing their semester on 1 March in the new facility located at the top of the campus.

Taking clinical teaching to a new level

• 8 April 2010
  Professor Darrell Crawford, Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at Greenslopes Private Hospital has been appointed Head, Discipline of Medicine for the University of Queensland Medical School.

Medical students welcomed

• 8 April 2010
  Greenslopes Clinical School welcomed the new cohort of 3rd and 4th year University of Queensland medical students with a morning tea on Friday 22 January 2010.

Patients benefit from new pre-operative weight loss program

• 8 April 2010
  Dr Kellee Slater, Hepatobiliary & General Surgeon, is offering a new service to obese patients requiring elective and semi-elective surgery at Greenslopes Private Hospital.

Expansion of Preadmission Clinic

• 8 April 2010
  Greenslopes Private Hospital has recently expanded its preadmission clinic in line with Ramsay Health Care’s initiative to standardise the process across all its hospitals.

Multi-award winning workplace

• 8 April 2010
  Greenslopes Private Hospital has once again been recognised for its health and wellbeing strategies when it was announced the winner of two outstanding national HR Awards in the space of a few weeks.

New programs for cancer patients

• 30 March 2010
  Patients undergoing cancer treatment at GPH now have access to a range of group and individual wellness programs including relaxation, meditation, yoga, tai chi, exercise physiology, dietetics and massage therapy.

Greenslopes Endorsed Enrolled Nurse Program

• 30 March 2010
  We are excited to announce that in February the second group of the Student EEN Program graduated from their course. What a milestone!

 

2009

Queensland cardiologist performs first stroke prevention procedure in Queensland

• 25 November 2009
  Cardiologist, Dr Karen Phillips has successfully performed a breakthrough procedure at Greenslopes Private Hospital that will help prevent thousands of Queenslanders from suffering a stroke.

Greenslopes Picks up AHRI Award

• 18 November 2009
  Greenslopes Private Hospital has picked up the AHRI (Australian Human Resources Institute) National Award for Health & Wellbeing.

Award winning workplace health and wellbeing strategies

• 29 October 2009
  Greenslopes Private Hospital has taken out the award for "Best Health and Wellbeing Strategy" for the third time at the national HR Leadership Awards in Melbourne in October.

UQ clinical school development underway

• 28 September 2009
  The agreement between Greenslopes Private Hospital and The University of Queensland has been finalised for the $14 million redevelopment of the Greenslopes Private Hospital University of Queensland Clinical School.

Leading the way in cancer care

• 28 September 2009
  Over the last few years we have witnessed an expansion of cancer services at Greenslopes Private Hospital with leading oncologists, surgeons and physicians with an interest in cancer moving to the campus. This along with the growing demand for services in South East Queensland provided the basis for the development of the new day cancer facility.

Greenslopes introduces new the Breast Care Nurse service

• 28 September 2009
  Supporting patients & their families through their treatment for breast cancer.

Robot notches up more than 150 radical prostatectomies

• 20 September 2009
  Urologists at Greenslopes Private Hospital have recently performed the 150th radical prostatectomy using the da Vinci Surgical System. GPH was the first hospital in Queensland to operate with the robot in late December 2008.

“Little Miracles” Baby Party

• 20 September 2009
  Fertility centre Assisted Conception Australia ACA) celebrated its first birthday with a party for ‘’miracle babies” conceived since its launch on 25 July 2008.

Docs conquer Kokoda Challenge

• 20 September 2009
  Dr Dan Rowe, Plastic Surgeon, Greenslopes Private Hospital joined team mates Jaeme Zwart (Cairns Private Hospital), Mark Goves and Tony Hurd to take the challenge

A spectacular night in the Orient

• 16 September 2009
  Close to 400 guests including staff, doctors, third party providers and suppliers gathered at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on Saturday 12 September for Greenslopes Private Hospital’s Gala Ball.

New non-invasive technique for measuring liver fibrosis

• 23 March 2009
  Patients at Greenslopes Private Hospital now have access to a non-invasive and painless technique for measuring the degree of liver fibrosis.

 

2008

First robotic surgery for prostate cancer in Queensland

• 22 December 2008
  Greenslopes Private Hospital is the first hospital in Queensland to operate using the da Vinci Surgical System