Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service

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Services

Hospital and Health Service  |  Cairns Base Hospital Services  |  Community Health Services  |  Statewide and National Health Programs

Hospital and Health Service

• BreastScreen Queensland Cairns Service
• Cancer Care Unit
• Child Development Service
• Older Persons Mental Health Service
• Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme
• Perinatal Mental Health - Cairns

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Cairns Base Hospital Services

• Division of Surgery
• Drug and Alcohol Brief Intervention Team (DABIT)
• Medical 4, Oncology
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department
• Occupational Therapy Department 
• Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme, Facility Handbook, Cairns Base Hospital
• Speech Pathology 

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Community Health Services

• Community and Primary Prevention Services (CPPS)
  • Allied Health services:
    • Physiotherapy 
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Social Work
    • Speech Therapy
  • Australian Red Cross Blood Service (ARCBS) - donor centre (external service provider)
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation  - outpatient programs
  • Child and family health programs
  • The Community Hospital Interface Program (CHIP) co-located within Cairns Base Hospital
  • Child Development Service
  • Chronic disease - Quality Improvement and Care Navigation programs
  • Cardiovascular And Pulmonary Education, Rehabilitation & Self-Management (CAPERS) programs incorporating: Stroke Outreach; MS Physiotherapy 
  • Diabetes services
  • Healthy Lifestyles
  • Home Dialysis Unit services
  • Immunisation clinics
  • Mobile Women's Health Unit
  • Nutrition and healthy lifestyle programs
  • Oral Health Services
  • Parks & Displaced Persons Program
  • Refugee health services
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease prevention program
  • Sexual Health services
  • School Based Youth Health Nurses - provide adolescent health promotion services to local public secondary schools

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Statewide and National Health Programs

• Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT)
• Breastscreen  - based at the Cairns Medical Specialist Centre, 193-197 Lake Street, Cairns and also provides a mobile service
• The Early Years Centre (this facility is located at Bentley Park)
• Home and Community Care (HACC) program 
• Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme (MASS)
• The Transition Care Program (TCP) - Enquires via ACAT

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