{"id":100,"date":"2015-02-09T00:36:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T00:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/2015\/02\/09\/new-service-supports-indigenous-patients-rbwh\/"},"modified":"2015-02-09T00:36:47","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T00:36:47","slug":"new-service-supports-indigenous-patients-rbwh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/news\/new-service-supports-indigenous-patients-rbwh","title":{"rendered":"New service supports indigenous patients at RBWH"},"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-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--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_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>New service supports indigenous patients at RBWH<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Aunty-Janey-patient.jpg\" alt=\"Aunty Janey patient\" width=\"350\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Aunty-Janey-patient-200x124.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Aunty-Janey-patient-242x150.jpg 242w, https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Aunty-Janey-patient-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/07\/Aunty-Janey-patient.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>A new service is providing comfort and support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients at Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital (RBWH).<\/p>\n<p>The dedicated after-hours service was launched by Metro North Hospital and Health Service (MNHHS) in October 2014, and is being accessed by hundreds of patients each month. There are future plans to expand to The Prince Charles Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>After Hours Team Leader at RBWH, Aunty Janet Layton, said the team extends the support provided by the Weekday Indigenous Hospital Liaison Service and the Regional and Remote Indigenous Patient Journey Care Coordinators at the RBWH.<\/p>\n<p>The team works closely with the RBWH Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit for high-risk patients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe visit the Emergency Department morning and afternoon to check on patients who may need our support or to assist clinical staff to help patients,\u201d Aunty Janet said. \u201cHelping relatives is very important and means that medical staff can focus on the patient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Support is also given to patients following their discharge from hospital, providing them with access to community support services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s making our people feel as comfortable as possible, keeping them connected with their community and ensuring they don\u2019t feel they have to go home until they are fully recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director of the Metro North Aboriginal &amp; Torres Strait Islander Health Unit, Angela Scotney, said the new services form part of the existing Indigenous Hospital Liaison Service at RBWH, The Prince Charles Hospital, Caboolture and Redcliffe hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach month the Indigenous hospital liaison officers see an average of 500 patients for a variety of health conditions including acute and chronic illnesses,\u201d Ms Scotney said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe After Hours team at the RBWH is particularly important as many patients come from outside of Brisbane and they don\u2019t have family support here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aboriginal &amp; Torres Strait Islander communities and patients can access the service by contacting the RBWH IHLO After Hours Service, Monday and Friday 12pm to 8.30pm, and on weekends 10am to 6.30pm. After Hours Service hours, (07)&nbsp;3647&nbsp;4183. Weekday Service, (07)&nbsp;36464154. Email: IHLO_Referrals_MNHHS@health.qld.gov.au<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new service is providing comfort and support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients at Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital (RBWH).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}