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FACILITY PROFILE

Cairns Health Service District - Cairns Base Hospital

Elements of this profile updated: 14/03/2008


TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public

This section - SOURCE: District Manager, 14 March 2008
REVIEW DATE: April 2008

Senior Staff:
POSITION CONTACT
District Manager Angela Beckett
Clinical CEO Professor Michael Humphrey
District Director of Nursing Glynda Summers
A/Director of Medical Services Wayne McDonald
A/District Director of Corporate Services Deborah Stoffell
Executive Director of Allied Health Patsy Bjerregaard

Physical Address: Cairns Base Hospital, The Esplanade, CAIRNS QLD 4870
Postal Address: PO Box 902, CAIRNS QLD 4870
General Phone: +61 7 4050 6333
General Fax: +61 7 4031 1168
Zone: Northern
Office Hours: 0800 to 1700

Distance to Main Referral hospital(s):
The Townsville Hospital 344km
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital 1800km

Facility Services:

Hospital 24 hour Acute Care Services in Medical, Surgical, Peri-operative, Obstetric/Gynaecology, SCBU, Child and Youth Health, Rehabilitation Unit, Integrated Mental Health, Emergency Medicine, Aged Care, Oncology, Integrated Mental Health, & Intensive Care.
Surgical General surgery, orthopaedics, vascular surgery, ENT, urology (limited), oral surgery, wound management, ophthalmology (limited), plastic corrective surgery & pain service.
Medical General medicine, cardiology, cardiac rehabilitation, renal services, diabetes, gastroenterology, respiratory, haematology, aged care, neurology, rheumatology, endocrinology, medical oncology, obstetrics, gynaecology, continence advisory, genetic counselling, neonatal, paediatrics, emergency medicine, mental health, sexual health, ATODS, oral health, investigative services include medical imaging, pathology, respiratory studies, neurological studies, cardiac investigations and cardiac angiography.
Specialist Services Cardiology, emergency medicine, endocrinology, ENT surgery, infectious diseases, Intensive Care, gastroenterology, geriatrics, neurology, obstetrics, gynaecology, oncology, ophthalmology, oral surgery, orthopaedics, paediatrics, pathology, psychiatry, rheumatology, renal medicine, general surgery, thoracic medicine, urology, vascular surgery, radiology.
Clinics Available Reflect above specialities plus paediatric ophthalmology, radiation oncology, neurosurgery, orthopaedic oncology, paediatric cardiology, paediatric dermatology, paediatric surgery, cystic fibrosis, renal transplant, scoliosis, amputee, diabetes, sleep clinic, genetics, haematology, & metabolic clinics.
Allied Health Services Dietetics, Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Pharmacy, Psychology, Clinical Measurement Services: neuro scientist, respiratory scientist, cardiac scientist & sleep technician, Child Development Unit: multidisciplinary allied health team comprising occupational therapist, physiotherapist and speech therapist, Radiologists, oral health dental services.
Outreach Services Obstetric/Gynaecology, Anaesthetics, Orthopaedic, General Surgery, General Medicine, Thoracic Medicine, Paediatrics, Mental Health, Geriatrics, Dental. Provided to Far Northern region.
Other Aged Services Geriatric Services Unit.
Other Services Sexual Health, Alcohol & Drug, Dental, Hep C.
Notes Investigative services include medical imaging, pathology, cardiac investigations and outreach specialist services provided to Far North Region.



Capital Works or Recent Improvements:

Nil



Measured Quality For The Facility:

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

This section - SOURCE: Health Information Centre
REVIEW DATE:

Patient Activity:

  Admitted Yr-Yr Var. (%) Non-Adm. Activity Yr-Yr Var. (%)
2004/2005 37220 3.5% 360541 1.5
2005/2006 41392 11.2% 409202 13.5


District Public Hospital Episodes of Care for top 10 DRGs (v5.0) 2004/2005 :
Total Inpatients (public and private)

DRG No DRG Name Number of Episodes
L61Z ADMIT FOR RENAL DIALYSIS 11,173
R63Z CHEMOTHERAPY 2,113
O66B ANTENATAL & OTH OBSTETRIC ADM, SD 1,959
O60B Vaginal Delivery - CSCC 973
O01C CAESAREAN DELIVERY - CSCC 527
F74Z CHEST PAIN 482
G44C OTHER COLONOSCOPY, SAMEDAY 430
O66A ANTENATAL & OTH OBSTETRIC ADM 417
V62B ALCOHOL USE DSRD & DEPENDNC + SD 415
V62B ALCOHOL USE DSRD & DEPENDNC + SD 415