Overview
Quilpie Multi-Purpose Health Service (MPHS) is located in the South West Hospital and Health Service (SWHHS). The MPHS is located approximately 950 kilometres west of Brisbane and 222 kilometres from Charleville in the Far South West planning regions.
Distance to main referring Hospitals
Services
- Accident & Emergency
- General ward
- Outpatients
- X-ray
- Pharmacy (hospital use only)
- Wound management
- Flexible care places for long-term care
- Telehealth
- General Medical practice
- Palliative care
- Immunisation clinics
- Antenatal and postnatal care
Visiting Specialist
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- Social work
- Podiatry
- Dietetics and nutrition
- Dentistry
- Diabetes education
- Early intervention parenting program
- Mental health
- Immunisation clinics
- Child health
- Women’s health
- Aged care assessment
- Drug and alcohol services
- Indigenous health
- Health promotion/prevention
Home and Community Care (HACC)
- Frail aged
- People with disabilities and carers
Bed Numbers
Quilpie MPHS has:
General Practitioners
A private general practitioner (GP) is on call for the Quilpie MPHS.
Catchment population
The primary catchment for South West consists of the planning regions :
- Balonne
- Murweh
- Far South West
- Maranoa
In 2014, the estimated resident population for the catchment of Far South West planning region was 3269 people.
As at 30 June 2014, the estimated resident population for Quilpie Shire Local Government Area (LGA) was 975 persons. The estimated Indigenous population was 109 persons or 11.2 per cent of the Quilpie LGA.
Address
30 Gyrica Street,
Quilpie, QLD, 4480
PO Box 27,
Quilpie, QLD, 4480
Phone
+61 7 4656 0100
Fax
+61 7 4656 0102
Office Hours
0800 – 1700