| Health Facilities in the Area The Wingecarribee Health Service is composed of the Bowral and District Hospital and Wingecarribee Health Centre. It services the population of the Wingecarribee Shire incorporating the major towns of Mittagong, Bowral, Moss Vale, Robertson, and Bundanoon, and many outlying villages.
Bowral District Hospital (BDH)
The hospital is a 92 bed acute care facility. It provides a wide range of clinical services to the population of the Wingecarribee Shire and attracts some patients from the surrounding areas.
The main clinical building is named Milton Park General after the former home of the Horden Family (of department store fame) in recognition of their long time charitable contribution to the service.
On the bottom floor is located the 24 bed Level 2 Maternity Unit. The unit offers a complete range of care and facilities for pregnant women. Located within the unit is a birthing centre designed to offer the mother a more relaxed alternative to routine confinement. Staffing is provided by registered midwives and enrolled nurses.
The first floor of Milton Park General contains 32 medical and surgical beds which accommodate patients for most routine operative procedures and care for common medical disorders and includes 2 beds designated for Mental Health patients. Staffing is maintained by registered nurses and enrolled nurses.
Located on the top floor is the High Dependency Unit of 8 beds. It offers closer observation of patients needing Coronary care surveillance, those at risk and those patients who would benefit from closer observation. Staffing is with registered and enrolled nurses.
Adjacent to the High Dependency unit is the Operating Rooms Suite and Central Supply unit. The operating room suite contains two operating rooms and a recovery area that can accommodate four recovering people at any one time.
The central sterile supply area assists in the maintenance of the stock of the sterile goods and material used within the hospital. Clinical staffing is by registered and enrolled nurses with the assistance of non - clinical staff in the sterilizing department.
Yeoman Ward built in the 1930’s is located on the ground floor attached to the eastern end of the administration block. It was formerly a Nightingale Ward and today contains 10 childrens ward beds and 7 short stay / day only beds. Staffing is by registered and enrolled nurses. A paediatric outreach program is offered through the Yeoman Ward.
Emergency Unit, consisting of 10 beds is a newly opened purpose built, spacious and highly functional unit. Staffed by registered nurses the unit offers 24 hour care for the management of individuals presenting with acute illness or following an accident.
Cardiac Assessment Unit is located in the Watson Unit with other allied health services. Originally built as an isolation ward today it offers cardiac performance assessment and cardiac rehabilitation services. It is staffed by registered and enrolled nurses.
Bowral Health Centre
This large and modern centre houses the Community Health and Mental Health Teams. Southern Highlands Private Hospital Southern Highlands Private Hospital is an acute medical and surgical hospital, owned and operated by one of Australia’s pre-eminent private hospital operators, Ramsay Heatlh Care.
A 70 bed private hospital co-located with Bowral and District Public Hospital, Southern Highlands Private Hospital provides an extensive range of on-site medical, surgical and support services for the community of the Southern Highlands and beyond.
Our Hospital prides itself on the expertise of the doctors, nurses and support staff who are part of Southern Highlands Private Hospital, and the high quality of services. Due to our focus on continuous quality improvement and our compliance with world-class hospital standards, Southern Highlands Private Hospital has achieved the four year accreditation award from the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards. Southern Highlands Private Hospital is built on one hectare of land in the heart of Bowral, the centre of the beautiful and peaceful Southern Highlands and is 1½ hours from Sydney and Canberra and 55 minutes from the South Coast.
Medical cover after hours 7 days a week is provided.
Primary health nurses and early childhood nurses are in reasonable supply and work closely with GPs and practice nurses. Public sector allied health services are generally underprovided due mainly to recruiting difficulties. This particularly applies to physiotherapy, podiatry and dietetic services.
Allied Health Services
These services are reasonably well supplied in the private sector. However public sector services are in short supply as explained above.
Mental Health Service
This service has been under-resourced in the past, mainly due to recruiting difficulties. However the Service is now fully manned and is providing a generally satisfactory service. Pockets of under provision of services remain, mainly in regard to psychology services. In–patient mental health services are still a problem area.
three private nursing homes which generally meet the need; one dementia facility; two hostels and self care facilities. Disability facilities
There are two boarding houses catering for intellectually handicapped persons
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