New Rehab Services!! - Wangaratta Private Hospital

Wangaratta Private Hospital
134-150 Templeton Street Wangaratta Vic 3677
03 5723 0900
Issue 1
December 2015
New Rehab Services!!
Quality care close to home with the support of loved ones
Rehabilitation services have now
commenced at Wangaratta Private Hospital,
offering high quality private rehabilitation
services closer to home for patients residing
in Northeast Victoria. The purpose of the
Wangaratta Private Hospital Rehabilitation
Unit is to provide treatment to patients
requiring specialist rehabilitation with the
clinical treatment goal of improving the
functional status of a patient to enable
them to return to independent living within
optimal time frames.
The Rehabilitation service features 6
private rooms, skilled specialists, advanced
equipment and experienced staff. Allied
health teams work collaboratively with
the rehabilitation physician to tailor
inpatient (overnight) programs aimed at
optimising recovery from orthopaedic
(upper and lower limbs), musculoskeletal,
reconditioning, cardiac and neurological
(non-stroke) conditions.
Wangaratta Private Hospital CEO, Mrs
Sheryl Keir reported that Ramsay Health
Care has developed a reputation for the
delivery of rehabilitation services across
Australia. Wangaratta Private Hospital
has utilised the knowledge and expertise
of our Ramsay Rehabilitation facilities,
coupled with the expertise of current and
recently employed nursing, allied health
and a specialist rehabilitation physician to
develop programs. Education and training,
data collection, regulations, policies and
quality activities have been developed in
order to provide a range of Best Practice
Rehabilitation Programs to suit the needs of
our patients.
Dr Penelope Smith welcomes the opening
of the Rehabilitation Unit situated with
the Wangaratta Private Hospital. “This 6
bed unit will admit patients referred to this
service whose goals are improving mobility
and function post surgery or acute illness.
Dr Penelope Smith
Rehabilitation Physician
Dr Penelope Smith is a Rehabilitation Physician with
extensive experience in orthopaedic and neurorehabilitation. Her special interests are management of
disability post stroke and other acquired brain injury, and
post spinal surgery.
Many patients are living in the Community suffering
chronic disability related to a range of conditions such
as multiple sclerosis, past polio, spina bifida and cerebral
palsy that often present a number of quality of life issues.
These issues can often be ameliorated by rehabilitative
strategies offered by a team of rehabilitation
professionals.
Dr Smith has worked across a range of healthcare facilities
in metropolitan Melbourne and, since moving to the area
in 2012 has been appointed as Clinical Director Sub-Acute
Services at Northeast Health Wangaratta. Dr Smith offers
outpatient consultations in Wangaratta.
Co-location of
this unit within
the Hospital
allows the
patient continued
medical and
surgical specialist
oversight
during their
rehabilitation
phase providing
patients the very
best of care in all
aspects of their health
management”.
Referrals to the new Rehabilitation
service at Wangaratta Private Hospital
can be made by contacting the Manager
of Rehabilitation Services, or forwarding
completed referrals to Wangaratta Private
Hospital on fax 03 5722 2679.
Electronic
Discharge Summary
Wangaratta Private Hospital is excited to announce the
implementation of an electronic discharge summary process, set
to roll out in early 2016. The Electronic Discharge Summaries
(EDS) will allow the swift transmission of patient information
post discharge to your practice via your secure messaging
provider directly into your medical software. The summaries are
computer generated, so they will be legible and provide a detailed
documentation of your patient’s admission, the treatment that
they received and the outcome of that treatment. We ask for your
patience during this roll out and the initial implementation stages.
As the EDS is rolled out, we encourage all GPs and Practice
Managers to provide us with feedback on enhancements that
would improve the form further.
For more information or to update your practice’s provider details
please contact Emma Clark, GP Liaison on 0428 393 249 or
clarke@ramsayhealth.com.au.
Please turn over
Dr Robert Krones and Dr Judith Krones have relocated
After nine years consulting on site at Wangaratta Private Hospital, Dr Robert Krones & Dr Judith Krones have
relocated to their new facilities at 19 Green Street Wangaratta. The purpose built Green Street Specialists
contains additional consulting rooms which will assist with the increased demand for services in their practice.
Green Street Specialists can be contacted on 03 5722 3747.
ENT SURGEON profiles
Mr Anthony Guiney MBBS, FRACS
Specialty interest in nasal and sinus surgery, rhinoplasty, paediatric ENT
Anthony was the Former Head of Unit Royal Melbourne Hospital Otolaryngology, Head and
Neck Unit.
Anthony has been providing ENT services to Essendon and the surrounding North West area
of Melbourne for 20 years, while maintaining a regional practice in Euroa during this time.
Anthony has commenced consulting in Wangaratta and is now operating at Wangaratta
Private Hospital on a monthly basis.
For all appointments please call Essendon ENT on 03 9375 2099.
Mr Dan Gordon B.Med, MS (ORL), FRACS
Specialty interest in rhinology and paediatric disorders.
Dan obtained his primary medical degree from the University of Newcastle and a Masters of
Surgery from Sydney University. He commenced his accredited specialist training in ENT and
Head and Neck Surgery in 2010 through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
As an ENT trainee he has worked throughout many of the main metropolitan hospitals
including Austin Health, Monash Medical, The Alfred and The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear
Hospital. During the last year Dan has been consulting and operating in Wangaratta and
Albury as a locum ENT surgeon for Mr Gerard Fogarty and Dr Eliza Tweddle.
For all appointment please call the Albury rooms on 02 6023 1511.
Christmas Operating Hours
Wangaratta Private Hospital will keep its doors open for admissions over the Christmas
period. Requests for admission can be directed to the Manager of Acute Care, or the After
Hours Manager on 57230 950 at any time during the festive season.
The theatre department will be closed between the 24th December 2015 and 4th January 2016.
GP Education:
SAVE THE
DATE!
MEDICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Are you aware of who our current Medical Advisory
Council members are for each craft group?
COMMITTEE MEMBER
SPECIALTY
Dr Des Burke (chairperson)
Anaesthetist
Mr Peter Thomas
General Surgeon
Mr Mike Falkenberg
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Dr Verena Veth
Physician
Mr Mark Forbes
Urologist
Dr Penny Smith
Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr Yik Lim Urogynaecologist
Dr Fraser Barry
Anaesthetist
Topic to be advised.
Dr Andrew Kingston
General Practice
Where: Quality Hotel Wangaratta Gateway – Bogong Room
Dr Teong Saw
Pathologist
Dr James Mullins
Radiologist
Dr Nicholas Karunaratne
Ophthalmologist
Invitation
coming soon!
Thursday 25th February 2016