Blackwater Multipurpose Health Service
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Blackwater provides a range of health services to the community, including emergency, inpatient, outpatient and residential aged care. |
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Telehealth services are available to link specialist staff at other hospitals via video-conferencing, which means suitable patients no longer have to travel long distances for appointments. |
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Women have access to local, weekly antenatal appointments and to the Group Practice Midwifery Service. |
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A women's health clinic is provided monthly by the Royal Flying Doctor Service and a visiting women's health nurse. |
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An active community advisory network provides opportunity for local residents to be involved in their health service. |
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Blackwater provides allied health and child health services by appointment. |
Blackwater Multipurpose Health Service
Address
41 Mackenzie Street
Blackwater QLD 4717
Postal address
PO Box 47
Blackwater QLD 4717
Phone
+61 7 4980 1800
Fax
+61 7 4980 1832
Office hours
9.00 am to 4.00 pm - Monday to Friday
Website address
Distance to main referring hospital/s
Rockhampton Hospital 200km
The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital 860km
Services
- 24 hour Accident and Emergency services
- Acute Inpatient medical services
- Palliative Care
- Emergency radiography services
- Long Stay and Respite Residential Care
Outreach and visiting services
- Child health nurse service includes home visits and a day clinic
- Mental health services - Outpatient
- Women’s health services - Outpatient
- Podiatry - Outpatient
- Physiotherapy - Outpatient
- Speech Therapists - Outpatient
- Occupational Therapists - Outpatient
- Antenatal care
- Postnatal care
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Immunisation clinic
Capital works or recent improvements
- New ambulance bay 2015
- Painting inside and outside 2014
Last updated: 2 June 2015
