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Country to Coast QLD Country to Coast, QLD (CCQ) supports our community members to live their healthiest lives by improving primary health care in our region.

Want practical ideas to support a healthier brain, stronger body and better wellbeing as you age?The next Healthy Ageing...
10/09/2026

Want practical ideas to support a healthier brain, stronger body and better wellbeing as you age?

The next Healthy Ageing Forum, all about Healthy Brain, Healthy Body, Healthy Life is coming up on Thursday 17 September!

Designed for older people, families and carers, the morning will explore practical ways to:
🧠 keep your mind active
💪 support strength and mobility
💬 look after emotional wellbeing
🌱 build healthy habits for later life

There’ll also be time to connect with others over morning tea.

Presented by Healthy Ageing Partnerships and supported by Country to Coast Queensland, the forum will be held on the Sunshine Coast and broadcast live to events in Gympie, Bundaberg and Yeppoon.

📅 Thursday 17 September 2026
9am to 12:30pm
Sunshine Coast Health Institute, 6 Doherty St, Birtinya
$11.90 (includes booking fee and morning tea)
Free parking via P2 on Bullwinkel Lane

Places are limited.

Grab your tickets now via https://ow.ly/24eE50ZKtCm

EveryAGE Counts
Comlink Australia
Sunshine Coast Council
Sunshine Coast Health
Sunshine Coast Health Institute

Extreme weather and disasters are already shaping health risks across our region. Round 3 of Clinical Societies brought ...
09/09/2026

Extreme weather and disasters are already shaping health risks across our region.

Round 3 of Clinical Societies brought health professionals together across 10 events to explore what this means for primary care, from heat health and continuity of care to disaster preparedness.

Our wrap-up brings together the key themes, practical resources and what’s next for Clinical Societies.

Thank you to everyone who contributed their expertise and local perspectives across the round.

Read the full wrap-up article:

🔗 https://ow.ly/7lAn50ZKtwm

Do it anyway is the theme of this year’s Women’s Health Week (7–11 September) — a reminder that looking after your healt...
08/09/2026

Do it anyway is the theme of this year’s Women’s Health Week (7–11 September) — a reminder that looking after your health doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to start.

Dr Katie Gardner, GP and CCQ Lead Clinical Editor, is encouraging women to focus on what matters most to them right now:

“As GP's, we regularly see women who are balancing work, family, caregiving responsibilities and the many other demands of daily life. In the midst of looking after everyone else, it's often your own health that gets pushed to the bottom of the list.

This Women's Health Week, I'd encourage women to focus on just one area of their wellbeing that feels most important right now, whether that's nourishing their body, being more active, prioritising quality sleep, supporting their mental health, or making time to connect with others.

The good news is that meaningful improvements in health don't have to come from dramatic changes. Small, sustainable steps can make a real difference over time. You don't need to do everything at once. Start where you are and, in the spirit of this year's theme, do it anyway.”

That first step might also be catching up on something you’ve been putting off.

If cervical screening is on your list, CCQ's Your Health. Your Way. has practical information to answer common questions and help you prepare to book: https://ow.ly/o36E50ZKtzj

In Central Queensland, you can now self-refer to the Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Service for persistent pelvic pain, suspected or diagnosed endometriosis, painful periods or menopause-related symptoms: https://ow.ly/BrqM50ZKtzk

📄 We're hiring: Senior Manager Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Want to help strengthen services, partnerships and...
28/08/2026

📄 We're hiring: Senior Manager Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs

Want to help strengthen services, partnerships and system responses across Central Queensland, Wide Bay and the Sunshine Coast?

We're looking for an experienced leader to join Country to Coast Queensland (CCQ) and help strengthen the mental health, alcohol and other drugs, and su***de prevention services available across our region.

You'll work with government, service providers, clinicians, communities and people with lived and living experience to turn evidence, data and community insights into better services and meaningful system change.

This is a chance to lead innovative programs, build strong partnerships and help create a more connected, person-centred and recovery-focused mental health system.

If you're passionate about improving mental health outcomes and ready to lead work that makes a difference across our communities, we'd love to hear from you.

📍 Based at one of our offices in Maroochydore, Bundaberg, Hervey Bay or Rockhampton
🗓️ Applications close Monday, 14 September 2026

🔗 Learn more & apply: https://ow.ly/gUuX50ZGnrU

📄 We're hiring: Deputy Director Contracts & Procurement Looking for a leadership role where your expertise can contribut...
19/08/2026

📄 We're hiring: Deputy Director Contracts & Procurement

Looking for a leadership role where your expertise can contribute to something bigger?

At Country to Coast Queensland (CCQ), our Contracts & Procurement team helps ensure investment in primary healthcare across Central Queensland, Wide Bay and the Sunshine Coast is well governed, delivers value and creates meaningful outcomes for our communities.

As Deputy Director Contracts & Procurement, you'll lead our procurement and contract management function, working across commissioning, governance, risk, funding and service delivery. You'll also lead and develop a team, strengthen processes and help shape how CCQ invests in health services across our region.

We're looking for an experienced procurement and contract management leader who enjoys working in complex environments, building strong relationships and finding better ways of doing things.

If you're ready to use your expertise to help strengthen primary healthcare and improve outcomes for communities across our region, we'd love to hear from you.

🗓️ Applications close Monday, 30 August 2026
Applications may be reviewed as received.

🔗 Learn more & apply: https://ow.ly/3Jft50ZBbFi

Practice nurses can play a powerful role in identifying cardiovascular disease risk before symptoms appear. CCQ’s Wide B...
12/08/2026

Practice nurses can play a powerful role in identifying cardiovascular disease risk before symptoms appear.

CCQ’s Wide Bay Primary Health Coordinator Ellen McDermott shared this message at the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) Festival of Nursing in Melbourne 30 July – 1 August, presenting the PHASES conference poster, Who is key to driving cardiovascular disease prevention in primary care?

The presentation highlighted how practice nurses can identify hidden risk, use data and digital tools to support earlier assessment and help patients make positive changes to their cardiovascular health.

Early PHASES insights included 460 uses of the Primary Sense CVD Risk Screening, Recall & Treatment Report across participating practices between February and May 2026, reinforcing the important role nurses can play in earlier cardiovascular disease prevention.

PHASES (Preventing Heart Attacks and Stroke Events through Surveillance) is delivered by Country to Coast Queensland in partnership with Queensland Primary Health Networks and is co-funded by the Australian and Queensland Governments.

Congratulations to Ellen and the PHASES team on sharing this work with the primary health care nursing community.

Read more: https://ow.ly/lmp050ZylgV

APNA - Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association
Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Queensland Government

When you don't have a safe place to sleep, getting healthcare or wellbeing support you need can feel impossible. This Ho...
11/08/2026

When you don't have a safe place to sleep, getting healthcare or wellbeing support you need can feel impossible.

This Homelessness Week, we're sharing the story of three mobile health responses that brought primary care directly to people experiencing homelessness and disaster displacement in Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Gympie.

Rather than asking people to navigate the health system, response teams and partners went to where people already were, delivering 153 service contacts and connecting people with medical, mental health and other support services along the way.

"The impact on patients was both tangible and meaningful... this work has been genuinely energising and reaffirmed why programs like this matter so much." — ForHealth

Because when housing is out of reach, healthcare shouldn't be.

👉 Read the full story and available impact summaries: https://c2coast.org.au/homelessness-week-primary-care-where-its-needed-most

Registrations are open for the 2026 Central Queensland GP Conference.Join GPs, practice nurses and practice managers fro...
10/08/2026

Registrations are open for the 2026 Central Queensland GP Conference.

Join GPs, practice nurses and practice managers from across the region for two days of practical education, regional health updates and opportunities to connect with colleagues and public and private health partners.

The conference will feature profession-specific learning streams covering dermatology, geriatrics, wound care, women’s health, business planning and more, followed by combined sessions for GPs and practice nurses on Sunday.

Event details:
📅 Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August 2026
📍 Rockhampton Leagues Club
⏰ Registrations close 14 August

Learn more and register: https://c2coast.org.au/events/cq-gp-conference

The conference is presented in collaboration with Hillcrest Rockhampton Private Hospital, Central Queensland Health, Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton and Country to Coast Queensland.

Explore more primary care education across the Central Queensland, Wide Bay and Sunshine Coast regions visit: https://c2coast.org.au/events-calendar

Love great design? Looking for work that makes a real difference? We're looking for a Creative Content Designer to join ...
31/07/2026

Love great design? Looking for work that makes a real difference?

We're looking for a Creative Content Designer to join the team at Country to Coast Queensland.

If you enjoy turning ideas into engaging creative, collaborating with great people and working across everything from social media and websites to campaigns, publications and video, this could be the opportunity you've been looking for.

Every project you work on will help support healthier communities across Central Queensland, Wide Bay and the Sunshine Coast.

If you've got a strong creative eye and enjoy bringing ideas to life from concept through to delivery, we'd love to hear from you.

🗓️ Applications close Sunday, 23 August 2026

🔗 Learn more & apply:
https://au.seek.com/Country-To-Coast-Qld-jobs?pos=1&jobId=93680341&type=promoted

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Almost 1 in 5 Australians aged 45 and over experience chronic pain (AIHW). For many, feeling heard and having access to ...
27/07/2026

Almost 1 in 5 Australians aged 45 and over experience chronic pain (AIHW). For many, feeling heard and having access to clear, evidence-based information can be an important part of finding a way forward.

This National Pain Week, we are sharing the story of Cindy Harris, one of 30 Community Pain Champions trained through the COMPANION pilot across Rockhampton, Bundaberg and Fraser Coast.

Community Pain Champions were equipped to take contemporary pain knowledge into their communities, encourage informed conversations and support people to consider active approaches to managing persistent pain alongside clinical care.

As Cindy explains:
“I believe that many sufferers of persistent pain feel lost, without hope and largely in a ‘too hard’ basket. I would like to think that a new way of understanding persistent pain would provide hope and direction for the future.”

For Cindy, the aim was not to promise a miracle cure, but to start honest conversations that could lead to greater understanding, connection and support.

Read Cindy’s story and learn more about the completed COMPANION pilot: https://ow.ly/Mmo150Zt2Mx

National Pain Week runs from 26 to 31 July 2026.

The COMPANION pilot was funded by CCQ through the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's PHN program and Resilient CARE. COMPANION was delivered by The University of Adelaide and Pain Revolution initiative.

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