{"id":498,"date":"2017-07-20T00:33:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T00:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ciss\/about-us"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:59:29","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/about-us","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-three-fourth fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:75%;width:calc(75% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.75 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">About us<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><b><i>Community and Oral Health provides accessible, culturally safe and compassionate care to patients in their home, at our oral health clinics and mobile dental vans, community and residential facilities, and bedded services.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>We are committed to delivering convenient care in the community which provides a safe alternative to hospital treatment, and helps people avoid being re-admitted to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>We support people with longer-term complex medical conditions to improve their overall health and wellbeing, dental hygiene and independence in the community.<\/p>\n<p>The community and oral health services we deliver include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Residential aged care at two nursing homes at Brighton and Kippa Ring<\/li>\n<li>Oral health care across multiple adult, adolescent and children\u2019s clinics and mobile sites<\/li>\n<li>Community-based, home visiting and bedded rehabilitation services<\/li>\n<li>Palliative care in the home<\/li>\n<li>Complex chronic disease and healthy aging care at our community facilities or in the home<\/li>\n<li>Care in the home<\/li>\n<li>Transitional bedded and community-based services for people returning home or entering a nursing home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our patients and residents receive great care from our highly trained, multidisciplinary teams of medical, nursing, specialist oral health and allied health staff with the skills and experience to treat a complex range of health conditions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/cohservoverview.pdf\">Service Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Our team<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Meet our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/about-us\/executive-team\"><u>executive team<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2>Fast facts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, we supported:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>More than 7,800 clients by providing post-hospital care and support including:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>nursing and functional assessments<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>occupational therapy<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>physiotherapy<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>nutrition support<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>wound management.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>About 700 people requiring intensive therapy following a serious trauma incident such as a car accident.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>More than 1,800 older people who had to undertake low-intensive therapy to enhance their general function and independence following discharge from a hospital.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>More than 1,600 patients were able to be treated safely at home through the Hospital in the Home service.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>Close to 550 elderly people who no longer required care in a hospital and needed support to move into a nursing home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\n\n<li>About 500 people who received short-term care following hospital to help them complete their recovery and get back home.<\/li>\n\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>--><\/p>\n<\/div><script>\n\tjQuery(window).load(function() {\n\t\tif (window.matchMedia(\"(min-width: 1024px)\").matches) {\n            \/\/ wide screen - 4 columns\n            var height = 0;\n            jQuery(\".circle-title\").each(function() {\n                if (height < jQuery(this).height() ) {\n                    height = jQuery(this).height();\n                }\n            });\n            jQuery(\".circle-title\").height(height);\n    \t}\n\t\tif (window.matchMedia(\"(min-width: 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\twidth: 30px;\n    }\n\n}\n<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1 hidden-element element-hidden\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#05214d;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:36px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"reading-box-additional\">\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2645 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 241px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 241\/330;padding: 15px;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/reconciliation-action-plan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"330\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Key Actions <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commit to establishing at least two formal partnerships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to improve our services to Indigenous Australians by May 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural governance committee to review the cultural appropriateness of CISS policies and programs by September 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Increase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff representation levels from five per cent, by one per cent per year until 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Provide scholarships to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees to access further training and qualifications by September 2018\/2019.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure all staff have attended a face to face cultural practice program training session by May 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View the<a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/06\/reconciliation-action-plan.pdf\"> Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Watch our video<\/h3>\n<p>This video provides an overview of the plan and the celebratory event.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/276154456?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-2\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#05214d;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:36px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:1px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><div class=\"reading-box-additional\">\n<h3>Community and Oral Health Year in Review 2025<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right wp-image-10609 size-full alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/02\/coh-service-snapshot-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 283px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 283\/400;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each year, Community and Oral Health (COH) connects tens of thousands of people to community-based health care needed following their hospital stay.<\/p>\n<p>COH provides more than 250,000 patient appointments or visits in the home,<br \/>\nat our oral health clinics, health facilities, mobile dental vans and bedded services, as well as to residents at our residential aged and disability care facilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/02\/coh-service-snapshot-2025.pdf\">Find out more about recent successes.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-one-fourth fusion-column-last rhs-col\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:25%;width:calc(25% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.25 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last contact-us\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:10px;--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p> <div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-square button-large button-darkgreen  button-full-width\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/contact-us\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Contact us<\/span><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"fusion-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-square button-large button-darkgreen  button-full-width\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/contact-us#feedback\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Feedback<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column 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hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"192\" title=\"fnhe-statement-artwork\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/11\/fnhe-statement-artwork.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-6122 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/11\/fnhe-statement-artwork-200x64.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/11\/fnhe-statement-artwork-400x128.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2021\/11\/fnhe-statement-artwork.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/192;\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left fnhe-statement\" style=\"--awb-hover-accent-color:#a0ce4e;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:transparent;--awb-item-margin-bottom:40px;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-none\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.4rem!important;\">Statement of Commitment<\/h3>\n<p>Metro North Health, in partnership with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Organisations that comprise the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health regional network, has committed to an urgent and rapid acceleration of action to achieve First Nations Health Equity in South East Queensland by 2031.<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-aligncenter\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/fnhe-statement-commitment.pdf\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Read the Statement<\/span><\/a><\/div><style>\n.fnhe-statement { padding:15px; 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data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2020\/02\/nextcare-spotlight.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4378 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-1 fusion-content-boxes-2 content-boxes-icon-with-title content-left side_panel\" style=\"--awb-hover-accent-color:#a0ce4e;--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:transparent;--awb-item-margin-bottom:40px;\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon icon-hover-animation-none\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<h2>Our performance<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/10\/comm-health-perf-dashboard.pdf\">Community Health performance dashboard<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><div 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