Doctors among Qld hospital fraud claims

Gold Coast University Hospital is confident its emergency services won't be affected by a fraud scandal that has resulted in seven staff being stood down.

The staff - including five doctors - are all being investigated over allegations of fraudulent patient referrals believed to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Despite the controversy, the Gold Coast Health chief executive Ron Calvert doesn't believe it will affect clinical services.

"We are still providing a high-quality emergency service for anything that may crop up," Mr Calvert told reporters.

"I can't say that elective services like outpatients will not be affected by this.

"We'll do our very best to make sure that there is the minimal possible disruption to patients."

Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) confirmed it had received a notification from the hospital and was assessing the information.

"It is important to note that an assessment is not an investigation," a spokesman said.

"When the CCC receives information or a complaint it first conducts an assessment to determine whether the matter falls within the CCC's jurisdiction, whether an investigation is warranted, and, if so, which agency should be responsible."

Mr Calvert said Queensland's Health Minister Cameron Dick was satisfied with how his organisation had responded to the revelations.

"The ethical standards unit considered the issue immediately upon it being brought to their attention and decided that, because of the nature of the allegations potentially it was corruption and it had to be referred to the CCC," he said.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the allegations were disturbing.

"I was shocked, as I believe many other people were, to hear about those allegations," Ms Palaszczuk told reporters.

"I'm going to let them be investigated but it's extremely disappointing that people in this day and age would be still involved in those sorts of practices."

Ms Palaszczuk said the government would ensure adequate staffing levels were maintained for the hospital.