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FACILITY PROFILE

Cape York Health Service District - Lockhart River Primary Health Care Centre

Elements of this profile updated: 05/03/2008


TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public

This section - SOURCE: District Manager, 05 March 2008
REVIEW DATE: April 2008

Senior Staff:
POSITION CONTACT
Director of Nursing Lynn Layton

Physical Address: LOCKHART RIVER QLD 4871
Postal Address: C/- Post Office LOCKHART RIVER QLD 4871
General Phone: +61 7 4060 7155
General Fax: +61 7 4060 7140
Zone: Northern
Office Hours: 0800 to 1700 Mon to Fri

Distance to Main Referral hospital(s):
The Townsville Hospital 1200km
Cairns Base Hospital 800km

Facility Services:

Hospital 24 hour Accident & Emergency; Primary Health Care; Aged Care; Child and Adolescent health; Family relationships; Health promotion; Injury prevention.
Visiting Services Royal Flying Doctor Services; Child Health; Obstetrician and Gynaecologist; Occupational Therapist; Chest (Thoracic) Specialist; Nutritionist/Dietitian Services; Ophthalmologist; Public Health; Environmental Health; Alcohol and Drug and STD teams visit the Cape Sector communities on an ad hoc basis; Sexual Health; Physician; Paediatrician; Mental Health; Dental Services; Women's Health; Optometrist; QAS; Family Health; Radiographer.
Outreach Services (provided from Weipa) Sexual Health; Alcohol and Drug; Mental Health; Women's Health; Visiting services
Services provided by RFDS Emergency Evacuation General Practice (weekly); Child Health (weekly); Dental (monthly and long visits twice yearly); Psychologist; Women's health (3 monthly)
Visiting Services (provided by Cairns Base Hospital) Physician (3 monthly), Optometry (3 monthly), Paediatrician (3 monthly), Orthopaedics (3 monthly), Thoracic (3 monthly), Chest Clinic (3 monthly), Obstetrics and Gynaecology (3 monthly)
Community Health Services Antenatal Clinics; Nutrition Health Visits; School/Child Health Screen; Women's Health Clinics; Diabetic Care; Chronic Disease Program.



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: March 2008

Patient Activity:

  Admitted Yr-Yr Var. (%) Non-Adm. Activity Yr-Yr Var. (%)
1993/1994 62 -4.6% 13763 10.6
1994/1995 26 -58.1% 16150 17.3
1995/1996 7 -73.1% 16435 1.8
1996/1997 0 -100.0% 21601 31.4
1997/1998 101 0.0% 17158 -20.6
1998/1999 165 63.4% 18810 9.6
1999/2000 49 -70.3% 16139 -14.2
2000/2001 58 18.4% 13383 -17.1
2001/2002 120 106.9% 13893 3.8
2002/2003 138 15.0% 14854 6.9
2003/2004 42 -69.6% 11637 -21.7
2004/2005 40 -4.8% 13330 14.5
2005/2006 77 -4.8% 13330 14.5


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
K62C MISC METABOLIC DISRD A<75-CSCC 6
I74C INJ FRARM,WR,HND,FOOT A<75-CC 5
O66B Antenatal & Other Obstetric Admission, Sameday 5
J65B TRAUMA TO SKN,SUB TIS&BST A<70 4
X60C Injuries Age <65 4
G68B GASTROENTERITIS A<10 - CC 3
U60Z MENTAL HEALTH TREAT,SAMEDY-ECT 3
T63B VIRAL ILLNESS A<60 -CC 2
B72B NRVS SYS INF EX VRL MNGTS-CSCC 2
B61B SPINAL CORD COND+/-OR PR -CSCC 2
K60B DIABETES - CSCC 2
E70B WHOOPNG CGH &ACTE BRNCHIO-CC 2
I75C INJ SH,ARM,ELB,KN,LEG A<65-CC 2
B76B SEIZURE - CSCC 2
H64B DISORDERS OF BILIARY TRACT -CC 2
G67B OESPHS, GASTR&MIS DIG A>9-CSCC 2
E69B BRNCHTS&ASTHMA A>49/+CC 2
G66B Abdominal Pain or Mesenteric Adenitis W/O CC 2
L67C Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses W/O Catastrophic or Severe CC 2