Regional NSW’s Biggest Hospital Move Successfully Completed
By Sarah Waters
The new Tweed Valley Hospital in Cudgen is in full swing following the biggest hospital move in regional NSW history.
More than 120 patients were safely transferred by NSW Ambulance, and private patient transfer companies, last Tuesday, from the now closed Tweed Hospital on Powell Street in Tweed Heads.
Northern NSW Local Health District’s Director Clinical Operations Lynne Weir said the transition to the new facility was the culmination of more than 12 months of logistical planning, while the project itself had been more than six years in the making.
“This is a momentous milestone for everyone involved in the project, and of course for our patients, staff and the wider community,” Ms Weir said.
“The level of collaboration, expertise and engagement which has brought us to this point is simply outstanding.
“We are looking forward to a bright future delivering the excellent healthcare we’re known for, in our brand-new health facility,” she said.
Tweed Valley Hospital is now the major referral and teaching hospital in the Tweed-Byron region.
It will provide a wide range of inpatient, day only and outpatient services in the brand new, state of the art facility.
These services include emergency, trauma and critical care, surgical services, cancer services, women’s care and newborn services, paediatric services, renal unit, intensive care, cardiac catheter laboratory and mental health.
Meanwhile, A range of community-based and outreach health services will continue to be delivered on the old Tweed Hospital site in Tweed Heads.
The Tweed Heads Community Health Centre (THCHC) will be established, and will initially provide services such as wound clinics, women’s health services, stomal therapy, Child and Family services, Needle and Syringe Program counselling, Alcohol and Other Drug counselling and some antenatal services.
Additional community-based services may also be offered from the site in the future.
In the short term, services will continue to be provided from the exiting Community Health building – level 2 administration block, accessed from Florence Street.
BreastScreen NSW services will continue to be delivered from the current location at Powell Street.
For more information please visit here. The Tweed Valley Hospital’s new telephone number is: 02 6677 2000.
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