Clinical Operations
A PROFILE OF THE CENTRAL CLUSTER
Cluster Director, Clinical Operations - Central Cluster: |
Ms Jeanette Sheridan |
Telephone: |
(02) 9881 8243 |
Facsimile: |
(02 9881 8991 |
Location: |
Administration Building 2148 |
Postal address: |
As above |
The Central Cluster encompasses the Blacktown and Hawkesbury LGAs; a geographic area of about 3,047 sq kms. A population of 317,437 reside within the boundaries of the Blacktown (256,364) and Hawkesbury (61,073) LGA. In some parts of the Blacktown LGA the Aboriginal population is higher than the state average, there are pockets of low socio-economic disadvantage and there are more children 0-4 than in other LGAs in the SWAHS. A similar picture is apparent in the Hawkesbury LGA however in general this LGA has a more affluent resident population than in the Blacktown LGA.
In relation to the burden of disease, in the Central Cluster the level of cardiovascular disease (stroke), motor vehicle injury, lung cancer, diabetes and obesity is higher than the state average.
The Central Cluster comprises three hospital facilities, Blacktown / Mt Druitt and Hawkesbury Hospital , with a total combined bed base of 661 ; and four Clinical Networks, Aged Care and Chronic and Complex Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine, Pharmacy and Allied Health, Acute Interventional Medicine and Teaching and Research. A summary of the services that make up each Network is provided below.
In 2004/05 there were a total of 2,421FTE staff, excluding Hawkesbury Hospital staff, employed to work in the Central Cluster.
Links with Hawkesbury Hospital are for functional purposes only.
Distribution of beds are as follows: Hawkesbury = 127, Blacktown = 339 and Mt Druitt = 195
Table 3: Cluster / Clinical Network / Clinical Departments
Central Cluster |
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Clinical Network |
Clinical Department |
Acute Interventional Medicine |
Renal and Urology Medicine |
Gastroenterology and Hepatology |
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Respiratory and Sleep Medicine |
|
Aged Care and Chronic and Complex Medicine |
Aged Care |
Chronic and Complex Medicine |
|
Rehabilitation Medicine, Pharmacy and Allied Health |
Rehabilitation Medicine |
Pharmacy |
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Allied Health |
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Nepean Human Research Ethics Committee Westmead Human Research Ethics Committee |
Table 4: Facilities Managed by Central Cluster
Facility |
Hawkesbury * Managed under a Service Agreement |
Blacktown |
MtDruitt |
