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Elements of this profile updated: 31/08/2010
TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public
This section - SOURCE: District Chief Executive Officer, 31 August 2010
REVIEW DATE: September 2010
| The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital | 128km |
| Hospital | Ambulatory care (including Emergency Department, Specialist Outpatient services, Day Procedures Unit, Dialysis and Oncology services). Acute Inpatient care including Medical, Surgical, Orthopaedic, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Special Care Nursery, Intensive and Coronary Care, and Theatre. Rehabilitation care including slow stream rehabilitation, Aged Care and Palliative Care. |
| Specialist Services | Acute medical services including general medicine, emergency medicine, endocrinology; gastroenterology; obstetrics and gynaecology; oncology, paediatrics; respiratory medicine; renal medicine; haemodialysis, home dialysis, peritoneal dialysis. Surgical services including day of admission and day surgery services; endoscopy services; ENT; faciomaxillary surgery; gynaecology; major orthopaedic pre-admission service; orthopaedic surgery; perioperative services. Specialty services including stomal therapy and wound management. Anaesthetic services including acute pain service. |
| Medical Support | Clinical measurement including ECG; EEG; stress testing; Health Information Service; Infection Control; Medical imaging - 24 hour emergency imaging, CT, General X-ray, Angiography, Ultrasound, Echocardiography, Pathology including Biochemistry; Cytology; Haematology; Histology; Microbiology; Pharmacy; Red Cross Blood bank. |
| Community Health | Aged Care Assessment Team; Alcohol Tobacco and other Drugs Services; Breast screening; Community Aged Care Service; Cervical Cancer Prevention; Child Youth and Family Health service including Developmental Assessment Clinic; Communicable diseases; Community health; Home Care Services; Home medical aids scheme; Indigenous health; Maternity Home Care Service; Oral Health; Preventative Health Programmes; Sexual Assault Programme; Sexual Assault Programme; School-based health Nurse. |
| Allied Health Services | Dietetics; Occupational therapy; Physiotherapy; Podiatry; Psychology; Rural Allied health services; Speech pathology; Social work. |
| Other Services | Health Promotion; Outreach Support; Pastoral Care; Sub-Acute Non-Acute Patient (SNAP) Project |
| HACC Services | Rural Allied Health Team, Home Care, Home and Community Care (HACC) Assessment Services, Continence Advisory Service |
| Education Services | Ambulatory Care, Rural Health Training Unit; Mental Health Education and Research Unit: Medical Education Unit; Learning Services |
Capital Works or Recent Improvements:
New Oncology Outpatients Department. |
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