1. Gold Coast Medicare Local Health Careers Expo 18 October 2013

3. Medicare Locals provide local health care solutions to local needs

4. HOW? Research Analysing Data & Statistics Talking to people

5. A Day on the Gold Coast 93 women screened for breast cancer 576 people are admitted to hospital - 218 are preventable 41 people see a diabetic educator or a dietician The population increases by 30 people 4-8 12 -25 year olds seek mental health services 7098 people see a GP 108 people see a psychologist

6. 538,000 people live on the Gold Coast and 91 % state that their quality of life is good BUT… 1 in 7 smoke1 in 2 are either overweight or obese1 in 4 have high blood pressure 1 in 4 have high cholesterol 1 in 12 have diabetes1 in 15 got sunburnt last weekend1 in 7 consumed risky levels of alcohol once last week