July GP update
19 Jul 2021
Changes to private outpatient physiotherapy services
Private outpatient musculoskeletal physiotherapy clinics are no longer being run at St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals following a review of services.
The Physiotherapy Team will continue to provide public musculoskeletal outpatient clinics, private inpatient services, private hydrotherapy classes, the PD Warrior program and GLAD program.
For more information, please email [email protected] or 9462 4326.
Hospital Avoidance Response Team
The innovative Hospital Avoidance Response Team (HART) at St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals is proving highly successful at reducing the re-admissions of high risk patients.
HART provides support to the hospital’s Emergency Department and inpatient teams in the assessment and management of patients with ambulatory care sensitive conditions and a history of frequent ED attendance and hospital re-admissions.
The team aim to enhance the assessment of care needs for patients and their families and carers of chronic disease, improve patient education and self-management of chronic diseases and improve the communication across the care continuum.
Ambulatory care sensitive conditions covered by HART include:
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Congestive Cardiac failure
- Type 1 or 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Cellulitis
The team liaises with key community organisations and can provide follow up home visits to encourage engagement with the care management plan.
HART comprises a clinical nurse, senior occupational therapist and senior social worker, who work together to provide inpatient and follow up care.
For more information, please contact HART on [email protected] or (08) 9462 4008.
COVID Vaccine Clinic closure
A COVID Vaccination Clinic operating within St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals has now closed.
The clinic operated from 8 March to 30 June 2021 and administered 5280 vaccinations for frontline workers and high risk members of the community (including 2,714 St John of God Health Care staff).
The clinic was established to support the vaccine roll out for hospital and other frontline workers.
Find out more about the COVID Vaccination Program.
Maternity services
St John of God Midland Public Hospital provides two maternity models of care for public patients:
- A public maternity service is provided for patients that live in the catchment area. The service includes access to single patient rooms.
- Shared care arrangements are provided with some local general practitioners, to assist with continuity of care.
Patients that meet the exclusion criteria are transferred to King Edward Memorial Hospital for care. The exclusion criteria includes:
- Triplets or more
- Co-existing malignancy (significant)
- Recognised severe respiratory syndrome
- Active TB
- Known major fetal abnormalities
- HIV
- Woman organ transplant recipient (due to medications being taken)
- No VBAC where the woman has previously had two or more caesarean sections
- Planned vaginal breech births in singleton
- MCDA twins (as unable to provide MCA monitoring)
- Major growth restriction prior to 34 weeks
- Pre-eclampsia prior to 34 weeks necessitating delivery prior to 34 weeks
- Placenta accreter
- Type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus
- Autoimmune disorder not well controlled
- New York Heart Classification > 1
- Uncorrected heart defect
- Acute mental illness (e.g. acute schizophrenic episode)
If you are interested in providing shared care maternity arrangements with the hospital, please email [email protected] to find out more information.
Note: the hospital does not provide a private maternity service. The nearby St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital provides a high quality private maternity service and view of the Swan River for patients to enjoy.