Year-in-Review-2021-22 - Flipbook - Page 39
Canterbury Hospital
Canterbury Hospital is a metropolitan acute general hospital
which has provided care for our community since 1929.
Canterbury Hospital located in Campsie, right in
the heart of the network of hospitals and services
which make up Sydney Local Health District.
It offers emergency medicine, general surgery and
medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics,
aged care, rehabilitation, maternity and outpatient
services.
Canterbury Hospital was redeveloped in 1998 to
expand the range of services offered to include
a community health centre, Tresillian Family Care
Centre, a specialised after hours General Practice
service and drug health clinic.
In December 2020, works were completed
on a $6.5 million upgrade to the Emergency
Department.
Highlights:
• Continued to support the COVID-19 pandemic
response including caring for patients in a
dedicated COVID-19 ward; enhanced triage
and point of care testing for the Emergency
Department during the Delta and Omicron
waves; increased COVID testing for the
community with drive through and a temporary
walk-in service open 24 hours a day in peak
times; 28,000 vaccinations given at the
Canterbury Hospital Vaccination Centre; the
deployment of staff to support the response
wherever required including; Special Health
Accommodation, rpavirtual, COVID screening
clinics, Flying Squads, NSW Health Vaccination
Centre, Olympic Park, mobile vaccination
clinics, and inpatient ward support teams.
• More than 45,000 presentations to the
Emergency Department, cared for 2993 elective
surgery and 1938 emergency surgery patients,
delivered 1287 babies and Allied Health staff
provided 34,996 occasions of service.
• Continued planning for the redevelopment of
Canterbury Hospital.
• Launched Canterbury Hospital’s Aboriginal
Cultural Lounge and Aboriginal Cultural Garden
for patients and their families.
• Hosted community and staff events for
International Nurses and Midwives Day, World
No Tobacco Day, Crazy Socks 4 Docs Day and
March Arts with eight local artists creating
new works about healthcare for display at the
Hospital for patients, visitors and staff.
• Continued to implement the District’s Leading
Better Value Care initiatives including the
Osteoporosis Refracture Prevention Service
and Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program,
collaborating with orthopaedics to enhance
fracture and osteoarthritis care for people with
hip and knee problems.
• Achieved four years of HETI Accreditation
for Prevocational Training with a number of
commendations, including, excellent training
and support for junior doctors.
• Implemented the ‘Safer KIDS Project’ (SKIP)
utilising FirstNet eMR to support early
identification of child protection concerns.
• Expanded Canterbury Antenatal Postnatal
Services (CAPs) to a fourth clinic at Campsie
Child and Family Health Service.
• Achieved accreditation by the Australian
Council for Healthcare Standards in June 2022.
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