COUCH welcomes GP

COUCH welcomes GP

COUCH welcomes GP in new era of service delivery Meet Dr Helen Hobson   For the first time a general practitioner will be based at COUCH Cancer Wellness Centre and will begin consultations from June 9, focussing on helping patients transition from oncology to...
COUCH Roundtable 2025

COUCH Roundtable 2025

A ROADMAP turbo-charging clinical services at Cairns’ cancer centre in a bid to become a self-sustaining care hub has been released. The business plan was requested by the Labor Party and LNP and has been sent to the Federal Minister for Health Mark Butler and key...
Georgia’s Story

Georgia’s Story

St Monica’s College student Georgia Barrett is a softly spoken, determined 16 year old with an eye on a future career in nursing or medicine. She has a maturity beyond her years acknowledging that family, positivity and social connections are the most important things...
Willem’s Story

Willem’s Story

By Jennifer Spilsbury November 18, 2024A 70th birthday trip to Europe should have been a joyous occasion for Speewah man Willem Van Vliet, instead it marked the beginning of a fight for life.  Willem, now 71, began experiencing changes in his bowel and bladder habits...
Robert’s Story

Robert’s Story

  By Jennifer Spilsbury November 16, 2024   The healing tentacles of COUCH Wellness Centre are long and powerful, you just have to ask Robert Soderberg.  A prostate cancer diagnosis late last year hit the 69-year-old for six, consuming him and wife, Cathy, with...