| Heywood Rural Health
is a small rural public hospital and aged care facility,  which
provides a range of bed based, primary care and allied care
services to the Heywood Community.
Heywood Rural Health is a registered public hospital under
the Health Services Act (1988) and is named in Schedule 1
of the Act as a Victorian Public Hospital.
The Hospital is governed by a (Volunteer) Board of Management
who are appointed on a triennial basis by the Governor In
Council (Victorian Minister for Health).
Heywood Rural Health employs approximately
100 people:
Our workforce is made up of mostly part time & casual
staff.
The equivalent full time (eft) number of staff is usually
between 50 & 60.
The Senior Staff at Heywood Rural Health
include a:
Chief Executive Officer.
Manager of Primary Care & Nursing Services (Director
of Nursing).
Finance Officer (Part Time from Portland District Health).
Nursing Unit Manager.
Manager - Gleneig Outreach Primary Health Service.
Maintenance Officer.
Domestic Services Supervisor.
Nurse Unit Manager - District Nursing Service.
Operating budget of approximately $4.8
million dollars (2005/2006):
Salaries & Salaries related expenses: $3.7 million.
Other Non-Salaries type expenses: $1.1 million.
The main segments of the Hospital's
business includes:
Aged Care (High Care Nursing Home & Low Care Hostel
45 beds).
Acute Care (Non-complex medical conditions 5 bed wing).
Accident & Emergency Services (Limited On-Call provided
by GP's).
A range of Primary Care & other Community based services.
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Some Key Statistical
throughput data for 2005/2006:
Acute inpatient bed days: 864
Number of acute patients treated: 106
High Care Nursing Home Bed days: 4,311
Low Care Hostel Bed Days: 11,061
Daily average of acute + aged persons in care 05/06:
44.48
Accident & Emergency Attendances (all): 576
Primary Care services: 785
Allied Health Service attendances: 531
District Nursing Service attendances: 3,154
Community Bus Kilometres: 23,567
Meals on Wheels delivered: 8,278
Continuous provision of Community Aged care Packages: 12
CACPS
Gleneig Outreach Primary Health Service attendances: 3,446
Area/Population/Demographics:
Heywood is located in the Glenelg Shire which covers an area
of approximately 600,000 hectares.
The majority of the Shire’s population of 22,000
people live in the main centres of Portland, Heywood and
Casterton.
The SLA (Statistical Local Area) of Heywood has a population
of 6,022 (1996 ABS).
The population of the Heywood catchment area is becoming
increasingly older.
The local area has a significant Koori population. The
Lake Condah Koori mission is situated close to Heywood and
the Winda-Mara Aboriginal Co-operative is also located in
Heywood. 
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