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FACILITY PROFILE

Cairns and Hinterland Health Service District - Babinda Hospital

Elements of this profile updated: 11/04/2008


TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public

This section - SOURCE: District Manager, 11 April 2008
REVIEW DATE: May 2008

Senior Staff:
POSITION CONTACT
Director of Nursing Ms Jill Harper

Physical Address: 128 Munro Street, BABINDA Qld 4861
Postal Address: PO Box 160, BABINDA Qld 4861
General Phone: +61 7 4067 8200
General Fax: +61 7 4067 1641
Zone: Northern
Office Hours: 0830 to 1700

Distance to Main Referral hospital(s):
Cairns Base Hospital 60km
The Townsville Hospital 287km

Facility Services:

Hospital Accident & Emergency; Acute Medical; Restorative Care Services; Palliative Care; Emergency in-hospital Respite Care; Pharmacy; Radiography; Physiotherapy - limited inpatient physiotherapy (16 hours per fortnight).
Community Health Nursing Services Including Ongoing Needs Assessment and referral to appropriate services, Continence Assessment & support, processing of MASS applications for equipment & participation in Health Promotion Programs.
Outreach Services ATSI Health Service - outreach service from Chronic Disease Program (HGGW); Chronic Disease Management support with - outreach from Innisfail; Aged Care Assessment - outreach service from Innisfail; Community Mental Health - outreach service from Innisfail; Alcohol and Drug - outreach from Innisfail; Speech Pathology - outreach from Innisfail; Social Work - outreach service from Innisfail; Occupational therapy - outreach service from Innisfail; Child Health - outreach service from Innisfail.
Visiting Specialist Services Psychiatry (intermittent)
Community Health & Child Health Services School/Child Health Screening & Immunisation Clinics; Parent Education; Aged Care Assessment; Mental Health Promotion; Community Mental Health - Adult, Child and Adolescent; Diabetic Education; HACC Assessment; Home Help; School Based Youth Health; Nutrition; ATSI Health Service - outreached from the Healthier Great Green Way Team); Diabetes Clinic - (outreach service from Innisfail); Women's Health - (visiting service from Cairns); Breast Screening - (visiting service from Cairns).



Capital Works or Recent Improvements:

Re-roof Admin block following Cyclone Larry.

Refurbishment of 3 bathrooms for long stay aged clients.

Construction of 3x2 self contained staff units.



Measured Quality For The Facility:

Please refer to the Quality Measurement Management Action Reports for details.

This section - SOURCE: Health Information Centre
REVIEW DATE: March 2008

Patient Activity:

  Admitted Yr-Yr Var. (%) Non-Adm. Activity Yr-Yr Var. (%)
1993/1994 685 9.6% 11254 4.0
1994/1995 688 0.4% 13969 24.1
1995/1996 547 -20.5% 16380 17.3
1996/1997 703 28.5% 15125 -7.7
1997/1998 647 -8.0% 15059 -0.4
1998/1999 545 -15.8% 16447 9.2
1999/2000 479 -12.1% 12568 -23.6
2000/2001 575 20.0% 11325 -9.9
2001/2002 510 -11.3% 10791 -4.7
2002/2003 545 6.9% 10547 -2.3
2003/2004 476 -12.7% 11454 8.6
2004/2005 465 -2.3% 11857 3.5


District Public Hospital Episodes of Care for top 10 DRGs (V5.0) 2005/2006 :
Total Inpatients (public and private)

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