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Elements of this profile updated: 13/04/2011
TARGET AUDIENCE: General Public
This section - SOURCE: District Chief Executive Officer, 13 April 2011
REVIEW DATE: May 2011
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| Hospital | Acute Medical, Surgical and Mental Health Services including Cardiac Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Cancer Services, Intensive Care, Transplantation, Geriatrics and Rehabilitation including Spinal Injuries and Brain Injuries Rehabilitation Unit. |
| Specialist Services - Surgical and Medical | Endocrine, Thoracic, Colorectal, ENT, Hepatobiliary, Intensive Care Unit, Transplant (Liver/Renal), Neurosurgery, Post Anaesthetic Care, Day Surgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Plastics and Facio Maxillary, Stomal Therapy, Upper GI, Urology, Vascular, Alcohol and Drug, Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Endocrine and Diabetes, Gastroenterology, General Medicine, Geriatrics, Hypertension, Haematology, Radiation Oncology (PAH and Mater Campus), Medical Oncology, Palliative Care, Immunology, Rheumatology, Vascular, Infectious Disease, Neurology, Nephrology, Respiratory, Sexual Health and Medical Imaging. |
| Allied Health Services | Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Audiology, Social Work, Dietetics, Psychology, Podiatry, Prosthetics and Orthotics, Pharmacy. |
| Support Services | Pathology including Blood Bank, Biochemistry, Cytology, Haematology, Histology, Microbiology and Morbid Anatomy, Health Information Service, Infection Control and Medical Imaging (including Nuclear Medicine). |
| Mental Health Services | Mobile Assessment and Acute Treatment Services, Acute Inpatient Unit, Continuing Care Services, Mobile Intensive Support Service, Consultation Liaison, Psychiatry and Aged Care Mental Health Services. |
| Notes | The PAH is one of three tertiary level facilities in Queensland, providing care in all major adult specialties, with the exception of obstetrics. The PAH is one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH provides an extensive range of Acute Medical, Surgical, Mental Health, Rehabilitation and Allied Health Services as well as statewide services - Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service, Queensland Amputee Limb Service, Spinal Outreach Team and a Transitional Rehabilitation Program. Refer to the PAH web site for a detailed list of all specialty services. The PAH is nationally recognised for its expertise in trauma management and is a major transplantation centre for livers, kidneys, bone, cartilage, and corneas. The PAH houses one of the major Queensland Health Pathology Services. Ancillary services includes Pastoral Care and Volunteer Services. The PAH plays a lead role in medical research, undertaking research programs with affiliated universities. The PA Research Foundation, which is situated on campus, is dedicated to fundraising to support PAH research activities. Woolloongabba is a thriving inner city suburb located only one kilometre from Brisbane's central business district. Renowned for "The Gabba", the Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba provides prime residential living, restaurants, commercial developments and close access to the popular Southbank Parklands and Dockside at Kangaroo Point. Homes in the area include heritage protected Queenslanders and post-war cottages made from weatherboard and chamferboard. Woolloongabba has excellent pubic transport facilities and has easy access north and south along the Southeast Freeway. Woolloongabba offers a modern city lifestyle in a very desirable location. |
Capital Works or Recent Improvements:
Princess Alexandra Hospital has a capital works program to ensure it is well placed to provide the best possible care to Queenslanders now and in the future. The hospital has developed a campus master plan as a practical interpretation of the hospitals strategic clinical plan, with a focus on buildings, support infrastructure and the physical environment. The master plan details the proposed physical footprint of the PAH for the next 15 years. Recently completed capital works include an expanded Emergency Department that has doubled the size of the previous facility; a roof-top helipad with elevator to ground level allowing timely transfers of critically ill patients; and a Medical Assessment and Planning Unit with 30 new inpatient beds for people requiring less than 48 hours of care. The hospital is currently building new radiation oncology and medical imaging facilities, due for completion in late 2011. This development includes the construction of three additional cancer treatment bunkers (concrete "shells" that house linear accelerator cancer treatment machines), support areas for the bunkers, increased treatment planning areas and a new molecular imaging PET/CT scan facility. In a partnership with some of Queenslands leading medical research institutions, a new Translational Research Institute (TRI) is being constructed on the PAH campus and is due to open in October 2012. The seven-storey TRI building will become a world-class research facility comprising laboratory research facilities, plus areas for research support, administration and teaching. Its aim is to enhance and accelerate the translation of medical research breakthroughs into better patient care and assist Australia in having a stronger role in global efforts to address major diseases like cancer and diabetes. The TRI is a joint venture between PAH, the University of Queensland, the Queensland University of Technology, the Mater Medical Research Institute and the Queensland Government. |
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