2001-02 Annual Report - Sydney Local Health District - NSW ...

More documents

Recommendations

Info

S W S A H S S e c t o r sLivererpoolHealth ServiceGeneral Manager: Mr Raad Richards• The Liverpool Health Service received AustralianCouncil on Healthcare Standards accreditation for4 years in recognition of high standard of services.• The mental health service was commendedfollowing the in-depth review of the service in linewith Australian Council on Healthcare Standardsand National Standards for Mental HealthServices, and gained four-year accreditation.South Western Sydney Area Health Service Annual Report 2001/2002• Liverpool Health Service honoured its staff at itsinaugural service awards presentation. Theseawards recognised staff who had achievedcontinued service with Liverpool Health Service for10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years. More than 265staff members were recognised for their years ofservice.• Planning is underway for a new $23.7 million 50-bed in-patient mental health ward with associatedoutpatient, community and research facilities. TheProject Development Plan for the new MentalHealth Centre was completed with significantcontribution from our community through publicmeetings and representation of the ConsumerNetwork, Carers and the Community ConsultativeCommittee on the planning committee.• There were significant works and refurbishmentassociated with the Magnetic Resonance ImagingScanner to be installed later this year in therefurbished radiology area. Works have includedthe relocation of the Feto-maternal unit andantenatal clinics.• The new Positron Emission Tomography (PET)Scanner has been installed at a cost of $3.7million and is operating. The PET scannerprovides advanced diagnostic services and is onlythe second in the state.• A new ambulatory care unit has been establishedin Alex Grimson Wing at a cost of $400,000. Therenovations have enabled the co-location of thePrimary Health Support Team, Chronic andComplex Care Liaison Nurses and AmbulatoryCare. A Medical Director of Ambulatory Care hasbeen appointed and an Ambulatory CareExecutive Committee has been established.• The Paediatric ward was refurbished at a cost of$150,000. A community paediatrician wasappointed as part of the Greater WesternPaediatric Network. Paediatric Surgery developedwith establishment of additional Visiting MedicalOfficer appointments, additional lists and apaediatric anaesthetic roster.14• Increased funding to cardiology provided greaternumbers of angioplasties at Liverpool Hospitaland increased capacity for cardiaccatheterisation.• Enhancements to the emergency departmenthave provided additional nursing and medicalstaff in response to increasing demand foremergency services.• An additional ICU bed was commissioned toprovide increased capacity to meet the growingdemand arising from the continued developmentof tertiary services at Liverpool.• The service convened the Ninth Swan TraumaMeeting with seven visiting international traumaexperts.• The Ambulatory Community Paediatric Team wasestablished. This has involved recruitment of thepaediatrician, registrar, nursing staff and alliedhealth staff. The team is functioning very welland has developed good links withpaediatricians, the emergency department andgeneral practitioners. Multidisciplinaryassessment clinics have been extended to Millerand Hoxton Park Community Health Centres.• The “Wellbeing in the Valley” project wascompleted and the final report submitted toAssociate Professor Debbie Picone, DeputyDirector General Policy, NSW Health. One of themajor achievements of this project has been thedevelopment of the “Community 2168 Board”and the capacity of the partners to respondquickly to demands placed on it. This enabledthe Board to pull together a strategic plan for theexpenditure of $2.4 million dollars through thePremiers Department for projects in Miller.Health is the lead agency for two of these: TheMiller Early Childhood Sustained Home VisitingProject and the Miller Multidisciplinary DomesticViolence Family Support Team.
South Western Sydney Area Health Service Annual Report 2001/2002LivererpoolHealth Servicecontinued...• The Lurnea Adult Activity Centre was refurbished inPartnership with Liverpool City Council. TheActivity Centre has been modernised and has hada major improvements in terms of its operation.• The Branches Project has been very successful insupporting the children and families of clientsattending Jacaranda House. It has enabledJacaranda House to move forward with casemanagement and to increase communityinvolvement in the service.• There was increased work with minority non-English speaking background (NESB) communitiessuch as the Nigerian community. This has involvedprojects such as the Sun Safe project and theNigerian Women’s Health Day.• The Health Promoting Schools Program wasstrengthened. The Communication PartnersProgram is now in 23 schools. The OccupationalTherapy rograms are now in three schools, and theEarly Intervention Anxiety and Depression Programis running in primary schools.PATIENT & STAFFING STATISTICSfor the financial year ended 30 June 2002LiverpoolBED CAPACITYTotal Beds As At 30 June 587General Hospital Bed Number 557.9INPATIENT DETAILSNo. in Hospital As At 1 July 462Admissions during year 53,437Total patients treated 53,899Separations during year 53,397No. in Hospital as at 30 June 502No. Same Day Admissions 26,290% of Same Day Admissions to Total 49.2Bed Days of inpatients treated 199,528Available Bed Days 200,892OPERATIONSInpatient Operations 15,295% of operations to admissions 28.62Outpatient Operations 7,359BABIESNumber of live births 2,891Bed Days of newly born babies 6,498Adjustment for A.D.A. 8.9OUTPATIENTSOccasions of Service 647,311Adjustment for A.D.A. 177.3AVERAGESDaily Average of inpatients 528.8Adjustment for babies and186.2outpatientsAdjusted daily average (A.D.A.) 715.1Average stay of inpatients (days) 3.7Bed Occupancy rate (%) 96.1Average cost per bed day $1,160.90STAFFING DETAILSNursing 1,196.3Medical and Support Services 728.8Other 637.7Total Staff Employed as at 30 June 2,562.7Average staff numbers for 12 months 2,519.2Admissions per hospital staff 20.9Occasions of service per staff 252.6REVENUE ANALYSIS% Chargeable Patients 12.7Collection Rate (Inpatients) 105.1Debtors days outstanding (Inpatients) 14415
Page 3: South Western Sydney Area Health Se
Page 8 and 9: S W S A H S D i v i s i o n sHealth
Page 10 and 11: S W S A H S D i v i s i o n sOrgan
Page 13 and 14: M u l t i c u l t u r a l R e p o r
Page 15: S W S A H S S e c t o r sFairairfie
Page 19 and 20: S W S A H S S e c t o r sWingecarri
Page 21 and 22: South Western Sydney Area Health Se
Page 66 and 67:
South Western Sydney Area Health Se
Page 68 and 69:
Page 70 and 71:
Page 72 and 73:
C o d e o f C o n d u c tCode of Co
Page 74 and 75:
Page 76 and 77:
Page 78 and 79:
Page 80 and 81:
DIRECTORORYof ServicesArea Administ
Page 82:
show all

2001-02 Annual Report - Sydney Local Health District - NSW ...

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?