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The HHS is accredited against the Australian Commission on Healthcare Standards and in 2017- 2018 demonstrated achievement against prescribed measures in the HHS Strategic Plan 2014-2018 (2017 Update). These included a decrease in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rate of discharge against
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opened in North Ward on 21 April 1951. The old Townsville General Hospital psychiatric service was the focus of intense scrutiny in the 1980s after it was revealed 65 people had died in the psychiatric ward. The deaths and subsequent inquest gave rise to the Burden Inquiry, Report of the National
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The Townsville HHS covers a geographic expanse extending north to Cardwell, west to Richmond, south to Home Hill, and east to Magnetic and Palm Islands. As northern Australia's only tertiary hospital and health service, the HHS services an extensive catchment stretching from Mackay in the south,
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The HHS is a major economic driver for the region with approximately one in 17 people in paid work employed by the HHS. The Townsville HHS employs 6,248 clinical and non-clinical staff who deliver person-centred care defined by quality, safety and compassion to diverse communities across North
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In 2017–2018, the Townsville HHS achieved level one performance status; one of only two HHSs to achieve this rating. Performance levels are determined by the Department of Health against key components described in the ‘Delivering a High Performing Health System for Queenslanders: Performance
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The Townsville University Hospital is the largest facility in the Townsville HHS, and is the only tertiary referral hospital in northern Australia. Townsville HHS provides public healthcare services across an extensive range of specialties in acute, community and outreach settings.
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Inquiry into the Human Rights of People with Mental Illness 1990. The North Ward hospital could not expand any further due to its urban location and was regularly reaching absolute capacity. However the heritage-listed hospital buildings, with their landmark white
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being airlifted or transported to the hospital on a daily basis. This is the third general hospital to be built in Townsville with construction completed in 2001. The next main tertiary referral hospital is the
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School of Medicine. The current Chief Executive of the Townsville HHS, which includes the Townsville University Hospital, is Kieran Keyes and the current board chair is Mr Tony Mooney AM.
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The HHS has a geographic footprint of 148,000 square kilometres and is home to a resident population of 238,614 or around 4.8 per cent of Queensland's overall population.
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north to the Torres Strait Islands, and west to the Northern Territory border. The catchment population is more than 695,000 people.
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The Townsville University Hospital currently has 775 beds. The Townsville University Hospital is the major teaching hospital of the
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medical advice, improved treat and seen-in-time rates, an increase in followers on social media and a budget surplus.
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appearance, enviable location, and water views, were retained and were turned into exclusive apartments.
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Townsville University Hospital, with Ross River bridge and the (previously) Davies Laboratory
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There have been three general hospitals in Townsville over the city's 150-year history. The
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in May 1903, it caused extensive local damage and the hospital partially collapsed. The
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Townsville Council website: A Chronological History of Townsville 1970 to 2003
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Townsville Council website: A Chronological History of Townsville 1901 to 1969
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Townsville Council website: A Chronological History of Townsville 1770 to 1900
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The Townsville HHS comprises 20 facilities across its catchment. These are:
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began construction in 1998 and opened in 2001. It is co-located with the
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Townsville University Hospital | Townsville Hospital and Health Service
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Townsville University Hospital from the Douglas Arterial Road
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Eventide Residential Aged Care Facility (Charters Towers)
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CSIRO
JCU
Douglas
Townsville
Queensland
Hospitals in Australia
tertiary care
Douglas
Townsville
Queensland
North Queensland
Mount Isa
Cape York
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Herston
Brisbane

James Cook University
Ayr
Vincent
Cardwell
Charters Towers
Home Hill
Hughenden
Ingham
Kirwan
Palm Island
Palm Island
Kirwan

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