Thursday Island Community Wellness Centre Profile
 | The Thursday Island Community Wellness Centre (CWC) was officially opened in 2014. The CWC was part of the State Government’s strategy aimed at improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and was funded under Rehabilitation Pathways and Chronic Disease facility programs by the Australian government. |
 | In 2015 nurse assisted ambulatory renal dialysis services commenced at the Thursday Island Wellness Centre with three haemodialysis chairs. The service will gradually build up to its full capacity with staffing for six chairs. |
 | New tele-chemotherapy programs commenced at the Thursday Island Community Wellness Centre in 2015. Low risk cancer patients no longer need to travel to Cairns for chemotherapy. Nurses can now administer chemotherapy locally while being guided via video link by medical oncologists and chemotherapy nurses in Cairns. |
 | Financial assistance is available through the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme to eligible patients who need to travel to other hospitals for procedures and tests not available locally. |
 | Telehealth services are available for linking with other facilities via video-conference for patients. |
Address
Street address: Thursday Island Hospital precinct, 163 Douglas Street, THURSDAY ISLAND QLD 4875
Postal address: PO Box 391, THURSDAY ISLAND QLD 4875
Phone
+61 7 4030 6111
Fax
+61 7 4030 6101
Office Hours
8am – 5pm Monday to Friday
Hospitals within the HHS
- Thursday Island Hospital (same precinct)
- Bamaga Hospital (1 hour by sea, 39km)
HHS website
Visit Torres and Cape HHS website
Services
Medical services
- GP Practice with triage room, three GP consulting rooms and two treatment rooms
- Specialist clinics for 15 different visiting services
Rehabilitation and Allied Health services
- Podiatrist
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational therapists
- Allied Health co-worker
Primary Health Care Outreach services
- CNC Ophthalmology
- Telehealth coordinator
- Chronic disease team
- Quality lifestyle team
- Women’s health
Projects
- Prescription medication and Closing the Gap program
- Saibai Project
- Tackling Tobacco Project
Renal/Chemotherapy services
- Renal dialysis
- Tele-chemotherapy
Public Health
- Environmental health
Last updated: 20 March 2020
