Care system Medicare Website Ipswich Hospital Number of beds 341 (2014) Founded 1860 | Hospital type Teaching Phone +61 7 3810 1111 Affiliated university University of Queensland | |
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Location DDWMHSD, Queensland, Australia Address Chelmsford Ave, Ipswich QLD 4305, Australia Hours Open today ยท Open 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hours Similar Logan Hospital, Mackay Base Hospital, Lady Cilento Children, Riverlink Shopping Centre, Toowoomba Hospital | ||
Ipswich Hospital, in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, is a medium outer metropolitan teaching hospital affiliated with University of Queensland. Administratively it is part of the Darling Downs West Moreton Health Services District.
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History
By its 150-year anniversary in 2010, Ipswich Hospital had 304 overnight beds with more than 35,000 admissions and treated approximately 49,000 people per year as one of Queensland's busiest emergency departments. The Ipswich Hospital's 150 year anniversary was celebrated with a series of events including a Gala Ball held on 26 February 2010.
The Ipswich Triage Scale developed by Dr Gerry Fitzgerald for the Ipswich Emergency Department in the 1980s, became the basis of the Australasian National Triage Scale adopted by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and the Australian Government. The system was adapted for use by Emergency systems in the United Kingdom & Canada.
In 2006, the Queensland Government announced a further expansion of Ipswich Hospital with an additional 84 beds at a cost of $122 million. A commitment has also been made to increase the pediatric services at Ipswich Hospital with an additional six beds and a dedicated pediatric emergency area at a cost of $6.7 million.
In 2008, more funding was allocated for the provision of a sixth operating theatre which would allow for an additional 500 procedures per year.
By 2010, the Australian Medical Association of Queensland reported that the waiting list for elective surgery at Ipswich Hospital had decreased by 5% and waiting for specialist outpatient appointments had dropped by 14%.
Physical components
Located on a hillside on Chelmsford Avenue in the Ipswich CBD. It serves the communities of Ipswich (on the outer urban fringe of Greater Brisbane), and the rural towns of Esk, Laidley & Boonah. There are 330 beds providing services in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Urology, ENT, Orthopaedics, Anaesthetics, Intensive Care, Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Mental Health.
The Hospital provides training at undergraduate & postgraduate levels for nursing, medical and allied health staff. The University of Queensland began a nursing course in 2004.
Located in a major growth corridor for South East Queensland conurbation, the Hospital underwent major redevelopment in 1999-2000. In 2009 Queensland Health marked the hospital for another major redevelopment concentrating on the establishment of an additional 88 inpatient beds and an expansion of its Emergency Department. Forecastes of the area's population growth rates means the beds will be full by 2013.
The future of the Hospital in its present location remains in question.