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Mackay Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital And Health Service

Services Provided By Mackay Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Dental Clinic
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
The Mackay Hospital and Health Service Oral Health Team provides high quality, publicly funded services within the Mackay Hospital and Health Service.

Mackay Base Hospital
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
The Mackay Base Hospital is equipped with leading edge technology to assist us in providing the highest level of care to our communities.

Dietetics & Nutrition
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Dietetics and Nutrition As experts in nutrition, our Dietitians provide education and practical support to enable patients to make dietary choices that will maximise their health and wellbeing.

Audiometry Hearing Test
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Provides Audiology across various regions of Queensland.

Pharmacy
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At the Mackay Base Hospital we provide patient centred pharmacy services, seven days a week. Our pharmacy is not a retail pharmacy – it only provides medication on hospital prescriptions for use while ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Unit acknowledges and pays respect to the Aboriginal Traditional Owners and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, people, consumers, and ...

Hospital transport service
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Our hospital transport service We offer limited transports to and from the Mackay Base Hospital to your home. We have a duty of care and are unable to transport patients that discharge against medical ...

Community Generalist Health Service
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Community Generalist Health Service Our Community Generalist Health Team consists of a male and female health worker that are able to provide assistance.

Maternal & Infant Health Service
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Maternal and Infant Health Service Our maternal and infant health service provides support for pregnant women and their families up to 6 weeks post-birth.

Family Health
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Mackay Community Health We have Indigenous Health workers across various areas of Mackay Community Health: including Home and Community Health, Mental Health Services, Sexual Health Services and ...

Deadly Choices Program
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Deadly Choices is a program which informs participants about staying strong and healthy, maintaining healthy lifestyles and making positive lifestyle choices. The program nurtures leadership and ...

Working towards Closing the Gap
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Working towards Closing the Gap The Mackay HHS Closing the Gap Forum was held on Tuesday 29 June, 2021 and focused on highlighting the complexities of early childhood development for First Nations ...

Advance care planning
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
What is advance care planning? Advance care planning involves thinking and making choices now to guide your future health care. It is also a process of communicating your wishes. If you have strong ...

Occupational Therapy
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Occupational Therapy Our Occupational Therapists play a critical role in helping people of all ages to overcome the effects of disability caused by illness, aging or accident so that they can carry ...

Physiotherapy
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Physiotherapy Our Physiotherapists aim to restore a person’s function, maximising their mobility and health and minimising their dysfunction.

Psychology
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Psychology Our Psychologists provide assessment and intervention for patients who develop emotional, behavioural and/or cognitive issues secondary to their medical condition, illness or injury or ...

Podiatry
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Podiatry The primary aim of the Podiatry Clinic is to decrease preventable lower limb amputations, reduce hospital length of stay and improve rehabilitation outcomes in relation to foot and lower limb ...

Social Work
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Social Work Social Workers are members of the treating team and provide a broad range of generalist and specialist services including: counseling, care coordination and guidance regarding: diagnosis ...

Speech Pathology
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Speech Pathology Speech Pathologists provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management to children and adults needing help with communication and/or swallowing.

Birth Centre
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
The Mackay Birth Centre is a home-like maternity care facility. It encourages families to be involved in planning and enjoy the events of pregnancy and childbirth in a safe, personalised, comfortable ...

Bowel Cancer Screen
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in Australia and around 80 Australians die from the disease every week. The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program offers free screening ...

BreastScreen Queensland – Mackay Service
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
There are good reasons to make an appointment with us today: Your breast screen is read independently by two specially trained doctors No doctor’s referral is necessary Your appointment is one-on-one ...

Oncology
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Our Medical Oncology team provides a range of services to care for people affected by cancer and to look after the needs of their families and carers. We work in partnership with various teams ...

Cardiology (heart disease)
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Cardiology is a medical specialty that diagnoses and treats people with heart disease. We are committed to improving the heart health of our patients while providing quality and compassionate care. ...

Child Development Service
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We provide a range of services that focus on enhancing the health and wellbeing of children, young people and their caregivers. There is commitment to provide a comprehensive range of high quality and ...

School Based Youth Health Nurses
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To support and enhance the capacity of state schools with secondary students to develop structures and environments that promote the health and wellbeing of young people and to provide secondary ...

Paediatric Registrar Clinic
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General paediatric service including failure to thrive, feeding problems, developmental delays, behavioural problems, autistic features. Mandatory referral from a Health Professional.

Child Advocacy Services - Mackay base Hospital
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This service at the Mackay Base Hospital is a single point of contact for Child Protection issues and concerns within the Mackay Hospital and Health Service.

Paediatric
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Paediatrics is a branch of medicine dedicated to the treatment and specialised care of infants, children and adolescents.

Emergency Department
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An emergency department (ED) is part of a hospital that provides 24-hour emergency care to patients who need urgent medical attention. Most public hospitals in Australia have an emergency department. ...

Hospital in the home.
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Base Hospital provides Hospital in the Home care. This service operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and allows eligible patients to be treated within the comfort of their own home. The ...

Intensive Care Unit
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Our Intensive Care Unit at the Mackay Base Hospital includes 9 beds. It is a specially staffed and equipped unit in the hospital which provides 24hr care for patients with life threatening or ...

Medical Imaging
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Medical imaging, also known as radiology, is the field of medicine in which medical professionals recreate various images of parts of the body for diagnostic or treatment purposes. Medical imaging ...

Medical Services
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The Department of Medicine provides adult medical care for people with medical illnesses and investigation of undiagnosed illnesses. We provide 24/7 emergency medical cover to the Emergency Department ...

Mental Health Service
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The Division of Mental Health and AODS is comprised of 12 clinical teams across the Mackay Hospital and Health Service. The Mental Health Service is responsible for the provision of comprehensive, ...

Mental Health Inpatient Unit (MHIU)
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The Mackay Mental Health Inpatient Unit aims to provide a safe service that protects and safeguards the rights of individuals with mental health issues, whilst supporting them through their recovery.

Orthopaedics
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Orthopaedics: Orthopaedics provide clinics for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, and muscles. General adult and paediatric surgery Sport ...

Outpatient Services
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When you come to hospital for an appointment, you are known as an ‘outpatient’.

Palliative Care
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Our Palliative Care is a service dedicated to the care of patients suffering from a life threatening illness that is not responsive to curative treatments. Palliative care concentrates on a person’s ...

Pathology
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
The Pathology Team provides the hospital’s laboratory and outpatient collection centre needs. It operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with a team of scientists, lab assistants and phlebotomists ...

Communicable Disease Control
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Mackay Public Health Unit is responsible for the management of communicable diseases in our community. This includes early detection, surveillance, investigation and control of diseases contracted by ...

Immunisation
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Public Health Unit works with Vaccine Service Providers including General Practitioners, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services and Hospitals in the MHHS area. Our aim is to ...

Renal Services
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
We provide comprehensive renal services for acute and chronic kidney disease management, peritoneal dialysis, haemodialysis and education and training for home dialysis.

Sexual Health Services
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
The Mackay Sexual Health is a free and strictly confidential service that is committed to providing supportive, non-judgmental, quality clinical and counselling services.

Sexual Assault Services
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Sexual assault services are available to men and women 16 years and over, who have ever experienced sexual assault at any time in their lives.

Short stay unit
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Our Short Stay Unit is a designated area aside the Emergency Department that is designed to accommodate patients who require a short period of observation or therapy, yet do not require inpatient ...

Special care nursery
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Our 8 bed Special Care Nursery (SCN) provides holistic neonatal care to unwell and premature babies for their ongoing health care needs.

Women's Health
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The Women’s Health Unit provides inpatient or outpatient care for pregnancy, labour, postnatal care and for women undergoing gynaecological procedures.

Mackay Base Hospital
Provided by: Mackay Hospital and Health Service
The Mackay Base Hospital is equipped with leading edge technology to assist us in providing the highest level of care to our communities. Mackay Base is the first fully digital public hospital with ...

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Quick Facts About The Region

Mackay Hospital and Health Service is located in the suburb of West Mackay, the council of Mackay, the state electorate of Mackay and the federal electorate of Dawson.