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FACILITY PROFILE

Toowoomba and Darling Downs Health Service District - Toowoomba Hospital

Elements of this profile updated: 25/08/2008


TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public

This section - SOURCE: District Manager, 25 August 2008
REVIEW DATE: September 2008

Senior Staff:
POSITION CONTACT
Director Emergency Department Dr Malcolm Johnston-Leek
A/Director Intensive Care Services Dr Peter Bristow
Director Paediatrics Dr Brian Morris
Director Anaesthetics Dr Ken McLeod
A/Director Internal Medicine Dr Sheila Cook
A/Director Surgery Dr Evan Willingham
A/Director Orthopaedics Dr Edward Barui
Director Obstetrics & Gynaecology Dr Zvi Graubard
Director Public Medicine Dr John Hooper
Director Pathology Dr Roger Guard
Manager Acute & Community Mental Health Ms Katrina Mathies
A/Director Acute & Community Mental Health Dr Paul Cadzow
A/Nursing Director Medical & Clinical Support Mr Matthew Boyd
Nursing Director Surgical & Women's & Children's Health Ms Aileen Bradley
Nursing Director Community & Allied Health Ms Mary Abbot
Director Physiotherapy Ms Glenys Cockfield
Director Occupational Therapy Ms Vilma Girardi
Director Oral Health Dr Ross McCasker
A/Director Psychology Ms Angela O'Shea
Director Speech Pathology Ms Gai Rollings
Director Social Work Ms Yvonne Watts
A/Director Nutrition & Dietetics Ms Jennifer Shirtcliffe
Director of Medical Imaging Technology Aiden Cook
Director of Pharmacy Graham Caitens

Physical Address: Pechey Street TOOWOOMBA Qld 4350
Postal Address: Private Mail Bag 2 TOOWOOMBA Qld 4350
General Phone: +61 7 4616 6000
General Fax: +61 7 4616 6170
Zone: Southern
Office Hours: 0800 to 1700

Distance to Main Referral hospital(s):
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital 128km

Facility Services:

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, 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, renal replacement therapy. Surgical services including day of admission and day surgery services; endoscopy services; ENT head; 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 (+ sourcing of MRI and 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; Infection Control Program; Maternity Home Care Service; Oral Health; Preventative Health Programs; Sexual Assault Program; 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; SNAP Project
HACC Services Rural Allied Health Team, Home Care, HACC Assessment Services, Continence Advisory Service
Education Services Ambulatory Care, Renal Education and Liaison Unit; Rural Health Training Unit; Mental Health Education and Research Unit: medical Education Unit; District Education; Research and Library Services



Capital Works or Recent Improvements:

Refurbished inpatient and day oncology areas including a 30 bed acute medical unit with telemetry monitoring capacity



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. (%)
1993/1994 23108 12.5% 221759 12.5
1994/1995 23525 1.8% 187885 -15.3
1995/1996 26166 11.2% 190622 1.5
1996/1997 25829 -1.3% 232037 21.7
1997/1998 28739 11.3% 228216 -1.6
1998/1999 29521 2.7% 241011 5.6
1999/2000 27341 -7.4% 250293 3.9
2000/2001 26050 -4.7% 283246 13.2
2001/2002 25710 -1.3% 285641 0.8
2002/2003 27608 7.4% 297283 4.1
2003/2004 28384 2.8% 357552 20.3
2004/2005 28208 -0.6% 364431 1.9
2005/2006 28838 2.2% 398349 9.3


District Public Hospital Episodes of Care for top 10 DRGs (v5.0) - 2005/2006 :
Total Inpatients (public and private)

DRG No DRG Name Number of Episodes
L61Z Admit for Renal Dialysis 5,380
O66B ANTENATAL&OTH OBSTETRIC ADM,SD 1,374
R63Z CHEMOTHERAPY 1,112
O60B Vaginal Delivery W/O Catastrophic or Severe CC 695
O60C VAGINAL DEL SINGLE UNCOMPL 446
G44C OTHER COLONOSCOPY, SAMEDAY 368
G45B Other Gastroscopy for Non-Major Digestive Disease, Sameday 335
F74Z CHEST PAIN 329
U61A SCHIZOPHRENIA DISORDERS+MHLS 311
U60Z MENTAL HEALTH TREAT,SAMEDY-ECT 308