St Andrew'S War Memorial Hospital
About St Andrew'S War Memorial Hospital
St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane. First class treatment. World class results.
St Andrew'S War Memorial Hospital Description
St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital is one of Australia's leading hospitals providing first class treatments and achieving world class results.
St Andrew’s provides the best possible care and leadership in all spheres of activity of the hospital. We have earned a reputation as a first class hospital particularly for complex clinical procedures with one of the highest patient complexities in Australia.
St Andrew’s is a world leader in patient outcomes for many of our specialties. We achieve this by attracting the best staff and medical practitioners and carefully auditing and improving on the outcomes of our treatments.
The hospital is ranked as one of Australia's top-performing hospitals by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS).
In 2010 St Andrew's completed a major $76 million redevelopment launching the hospital into a new and exciting era. As a result the hospital now comprises state-of-the-art buildings, facilities and equipment including new theatres, intensive care ward, rehabilitation facilities and wards.
A few facts about the hospital in 2010-2011:
• 23, 385 patients admitted - 9, 741 day patients and 13, 644 in-patients
• 18, 309 procedures performed - 12, 708 theatre procedures, 2, 480 endoscopic procedures and 3, 121 catheter laboratory procedures
• 11, 415 patients seen in the Emergency Centre and 3, 021 admissions
• 1, 338, 022 minutes operating
• 705 tonnes of laundry
• 233, 669 meals served
• 1. 3 million staff hours worked.
Through the work of our staff and doctors and in collaboration with St Andrew’s Medical Institute we have, and will continue to evaluate, benchmark and improve what we do to enhance the quality of our patient’s lives.
St Andrew’s demonstrates results that are statistically among the best in the world and consistently measure and exceed US, European and Australian benchmarks for patient outcomes. It is in this way we fulfill our own motivation to work in healthcare and our role as a Uniting Church organisation.
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A new art exhibition by Chrys Zantis called ‘INTERNAL LANDSCAPES – An immersive art experience on the human body’ is now open on level one! Honorary curator and Gynaecologist Dr Philip Hall said modern hospitals tend to be sterile, while St Andrew’s finds the time and space to display art throughout its corridors. "Art creates a visually engaging and positive healing environment,” Dr Hall said.
Your health and the health of your family are the most important things in the world. But there's a lot of misinformation out there – that’s why we’ve created Care to Share, a new video series sharing simple information from our passionate team. Introducing Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Dale Rimmington, who talks about treating common sports injuries!
The theme for NAIDOC week 2018, ‘Because of her we can’, celebrates the invaluable contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have made – and continue to make to our communities, our families, our rich history and our nation. At St Andrew’s, we have commenced our recognition of NAIDOC Week by installing an Indigenous Artwork Cross at the entrance to the hospital Chapel. The cross comes from Santa Teresa community of the Arrente people 85 km from Alice Springs in the McDonnell Ranges. Originally a mission, this community celebrates its rich heritage and culture. We feel very privileged to have this artwork, made on clay, here now. Colin from our Engineering Department and RAP group member installed the cross seen here with one of our hospital Chaplains, Greg.
Today is World Chocolate Day! Studies have shown that eating dark chocolate (in moderation) can improve your health and lower the risk of heart disease. Dr Mahala Hudaverdi is a Cardiologist at St Andrew's and has this to share with you.
Be breast aware - St Andrew's now offers a comprehensive and advanced breast care service for women, using the latest in breast screening technology. Book your mammogram today! Phone (07) 3831 4333
Will you help with a gift by June 30 to help us support people like Belle? Belle is a young and fit 28 yr old who suffered a debilitating stroke. She was rushed to St Andrew’s emergency. We didn’t know if Belle would be able to walk properly again but thanks to the Rehab team….she walked out of the hospital! http://standrewshospital.com.au/donate
Belle suffered a life-threatening stroke at age 28…but walked out of the rehabilitation ward six weeks later thanks to the specialist care she received at St Andrew’s. A tax deductible gift today will give hope to people like Belle who experience the trauma of a stroke. http://standrewshospital.com.au/donate
This National Reconciliation Week we’re celebrating Colin, who was a finalist in our Reconciliation Awards. Colin has been instrumental in the success of the hospital’s Reconciliation Action Plan group. He has also been a big driver of artistic projects including; the display of rock art work and totem poles here at St Andrew’s. Congratulations, Colin!
Today is National Sorry Day, a time for all Australians to reflect on the grief and trauma experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, particularly members of the Stolen Generation. It is also an opportunity to reaffirm our shared commitment to healing and reconciliation.
Let's hear it for our St Andrew's Volunteers - here are 6 members of our 91 strong team of volunteers getting together at the Helpdesk before going about their various volunteer duties including the ward trolley service, patient liaison, flower care, patient escort and Helpdesk enquiries.
Imagine a hospital without volunteers...it would be like a cake without icing! Happy National Volunteer Week and thanks to our fabulous volunteers for everything you do!
Our 60th celebrations continued on Sunday at our 60th Reunion Luncheon for Nurses. Memories were shared and stories retold, much to the delight of guests. Thanks to everyone who came along! Here are some photos - tag yourself and your friends
What a weekend of celebrations! On Saturday we held our 60 years' commemorative service event at the hospital. Thank you again to The Governor of Queensland, His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC for attending.
Check out photos from the event here:
20/05/18 Nurses & staff reunion for the 60th Anniversary celebrations for St Andrew's WMH, Brisbane.
Happy International Nurses Day to all of our wonderful nurses!
#ThrowbackThursday In the lead up to International Nurses Day this Saturday, we thought we'd take a walk down memory lane and share some of these historic photos of our nurses throughout the ages. International Nurses Day is a chance to thank our amazing nursing team for the contribution they make in caring for our patients everyday.
Tomorrow we will celebrate with a free sausage sizzle lunch for all staff.
Happy Mother's Day this Sunday to all our working mums, grand mums, single mums, two mums and foster mums! Thank you for everything you do.
Heart Week alert!
Fun fact: At least 30 minutes of physical activity a day can reduce your risk of heart disease by 35 per cent.
Australia is an inactive nation with more than half of our community not meeting the minimum daily physical activity requirements. Heart Week is a great opportunity to take stock of how much physical activity we do a day and to think about ways to build in 30 minutes a day – with the aim of reaching 60 minutes of physical activity in time.
... https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/campai gns/heartweek
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