Hospitals and Nursing Posts
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The WA Country Health Service (WACHS) has a strong network of public hospitals, health services and nursing posts located across rural and remote Western Australia. Our core business is the provision of quality, accessible health services to people from large regional centres to those in small remote communities.
Our services include emergency, acute in-patient, outpatient, visiting and resident specialist, diagnostic and rehabilitative services with a strong focus on primary health and community-based models of care.
Overall the WACHS manages 57 hospitals, 21 nursing posts, and 56 health centres.
In 2003, the WACHS delivered 3,246 babies, provided 22,498 same day procedures and discharged 71,747 hospital cases with an average length of stay of 3.1 days.
A more comprehensive list of the WACHS services is included below:
Direct Patient Services
Medical Support Services
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Ambulance
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Audiology
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Medical imaging
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Occupational therapy
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Pathology
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Pharmacy |
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Dietetics and nutrition
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Physiotherapy
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Podiatry
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Social work
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Speech pathology |
Community and Support Services
Other Services
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