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Speech Pathology Open Day at new GC University Hospital

Speech pathologists at the new Gold Coast University Hospital were excited to host a Speech Pathology Open Day on 27 February 2014. Due to ever-expanding Gold Coast speech pathology networks, we welcomed the wider speech pathology community to the new hospital as an opportunity to demonstrate the services we have to offer. Visiting speech pathologists were treated to a grand tour of the $1.7 billion hospital followed by a delicious afternoon tea. Highlights of the tour included paediatric outpatients, adult outpatients, the emergency In very exciting news , Claire Bolton, a UQ Speech Pathology graduate, was presented with a Churchill medallion at a prestigious biennial award ceremony in London in May 2014, after successfully completing her Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship. Fellowship was established shortly after Sir Winston’s death in 1965, as his national memorial and living legacy. Since then it has awarded over 4820 Travelling Fellowships. The Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships directly support British citizens who want to travel overseas to gain knowledge, experience and best practice to benefit The Winston Churchill Travelling Trust and

the hospital, especially the bedside Patient Entertainment Systems (PES). However, we were especially pleased with the enthusiastic response to the innovative research within the speech pathology service and our speech pathology rehabilitation facilities that allow for individual, group and computer-based intervention. We would be happy to provide further information about our new facilities and services to our speech pathology colleagues upon request. Makaela Steel

The new Gold Coast University Hospital

department, the allied health hub, acute speech pathology hub, rehabilitation speech pathology hub, the outpatient rehabilitation gymnasium and the inpatient rehabilitation ward, not to mention the extensive food court.

Visiting speech pathologists were particularly interested in the self-contained room in the rehabilitation ward that allows patients to practise independent living and the availability of technology across

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University of Queensland graduate Claire Bolton awarded prestigious Churchill Medallion at London award ceremony

From left: The Churchill medallion – “With opportunities comes responsibility”; attending the award ceremony was (from left) Jamie Balfour (Director General, Winston Churchill Memorial Trust), Claire Bunce, Dame Mary Peters and Claire Bolton.

As part of her Fellowship, Ms Bolton travelled to Canada and the US to investigate using music and singing within speech pathology to improve clients’ communication skills. Claire currently has a speech pathology practice on Harley Street (London) and another in Chesham (Buckinghamshire) where she is successfully collaborating with Neurologic Music Therapists.

Speaking about the Fellowship, she said,

others in their professions and communities, and society as a whole. Ms Bolton was presented with a Churchill medallion by Guest of Honour, Dame Mary Peters DBE, Olympic gold medal winning pentathlete and a 1972 Churchill Fellow herself. Dame Mary presented 113 Fellows with their medallions at a ceremony in Church House, in Central London.

“The Travelling Fellowships provide opportunities for British citizens to go abroad on a worthwhile enterprise of their own choosing, with the aim of enriching their lives through wider experience – and to bring back the benefit to others in their UK profession or community through sharing the results of their new knowledge.”

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