Cairns Hospital is a 676-bed hospital that provides community and specialist hospital services for Cairns and its immediate surroundings and is the major referral centre for Tropical North Queensland. It is the biggest hospital in the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service and it offers all major health specialties (medicine, surgery, women's health, paediatrics and mental health) and more than 30 sub-specialties.
Staffing information for end of March 2023
Indicators | Doctors | Nurses | Health practitioners/ professional/technical |
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Staff | 712 | 2,510 | 495 |
Change from June 2005 | +300.5% | +202.8% | +320.3% |
Performance Highlights
Emergency Department |
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Attendances | Mar '23 quarter | 21,920 |
Median wait (mins) | Mar '23 quarter | 15 |
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Elective Surgery |
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Operations | Mar '23 quarter | 1,905 |
Median wait (days) | Mar '23 quarter | 36 |
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Hospital Activity |
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Patient admissions | Mar '23 quarter | 22,380 |
Overnight admissions | Mar '23 quarter | 8,205 |
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