North West HHS
The North West Hospital and Health Service (HHS) is responsible for the delivery of public hospital and health services to a population of around 32,000 people residing in a geographical area of 300,000 kilometres within north-western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Queensland Health reports performance for the following facilities in North West HHS:
HHS information
To learn more about this HHS, visit the North West Hospital and Health Service website.
Services at this HHS
To see which health services are available at this HHS, visit the Inform My Care website.
View HHS performance by area of care
To read more about the performance of this HHS, click the links below or scroll down to read reporting about the activity at this HHS.
HHS activity
The Queensland Health Hospital Performance Framework is designed to ensure Queenslanders have access to an effective, efficient and equitable Hospital and Health System. In accordance with this framework, Queensland Health measures a range of indicators, such as patient activity, length of stay and hospital resources to evaluate and continually improve the performance of this HHS.
Activity at a glance
Queensland Health delivers close to 6 million different health services over a year. Activity across a HHS includes admitted patient services (patients that have been formally admitted and are allocated to a hospital bed) and non-admitted patient services. Non-admitted patient services, also known as ‘outpatient services’ are service events that include a range of outpatient activity mainly specialist clinic appointments, allied health services and some clinical procedures (such as clinical measurement). It does not include pathology (blood tests) or the full range of diagnostic services (such as general imaging, CT scans, MRI and PET).
The following information relates to the activity that passes through this HHS during the period.
HHS beds and bed alternatives
Queensland Health provides beds and bed alternatives for patient treatment. Patients may receive treatment in various types of beds and alternatives depending on their specific needs. Bed alternatives include Emergency department trolleys, specially equipped chairs for chemotherapy and renal dialysis treatments, stretchers in observation wards, and more.
Queensland Health reports the number of available beds and bed alternatives. For a bed or bed alternative to be reported as available, it must be situated in a suitable location for patient care and accessible to available nursing and auxiliary staff, either immediately or within 24 hours. Bed count is reported for Queensland Health's in-scope reporting facilities.