Our values

Caboolture Hospital provides excellence in healthcare through:

• Respect
• Teamwork
• Compassion
• High Performance
• Integrity

Caboolture fast facts

In 2021, Caboolture’s 1,332 health professionals provided more than 273,000 occasions of service, including:

• more than 64,000 Emergency Department visits
• more than 157,000 specialist outpatient appointments and consultations for children and adults
• around 8,500 surgical interventions
• delivered more than 2,000 babies
• more than 41,700 inpatient admissions

Woodford Correctional Health Service

The Woodford Correctional Health Service (WCHS) aims to provide the best possible health care for people in prison. In doing so it seeks to assist people in prison to experience the best health possible, improve their well-being and future life prospects. By improving the health of people whilst in prison, it will contribute to improving the health of the wider community upon release.

The WCHS is a primary health model focused on enabling person-centred care to address specific health needs for incarcerated patients. Patients can complete a Health Service request to initiate health care and see a specific health care professional for their related needs. Referrals to each of the services is coordinated by the nursing team via a triage process and is monitored using the Hospital Based Corporate Information System (HBCIS).

Staff at the WCHS include Medical Officers (General Practitioners, Emergency Department Consultants, and Visiting Medical Officers), Nurse Practitioners (Primary Health, Mental Health, and Addiction Services) and Clinical & Registered Nurses.

The services include:

• Chronic Disease Management
• Comprehensive Care & Health Promotion
• Sexual Health & Men’s Health
• Blood Borne Virus
• Infection Control Immunisation
• Diabetes Mellitis Management
• Medication Management
• Pathology Collection
• Addiction Services
• Oral Health Dentist
• Optometrist
• Prison Mental Health (coordinated through West Moreton Health)

The WCHS is staffed 24 hours per day and responds to all medical emergencies (Code Blue). Referral to the Metro North Virtual Emergency Department (VED) can occur when service demands require the additional support. All emergency transfers are conducted via Queensland Ambulance Service and non-life-threatening transfers are via Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) transport unit.

Patients that require ongoing care are referred to Caboolture Hospital with further referrals to other Metro North hospitals (dependant on the care needs of the patient).

Staff from the WCHS work closely with Queensland Correctional Services (QCS) to ensure safe and timely treatment of patients. The WCHS also work closely with QCS Offender Development to ensure that a coordinated level of care can be provided to high risk (self-harm/ mental health) patients.