Canberra lung rehab wait times to drop by two years
Canberra Hospital will double its lung rehab capacity. UC will open a northside clinic serving 375 COPD patients yearly.
Canberrans waiting for lung rehab will see wait times drop by up to two years. Canberra Health Services is expanding services.
Canberra Hospital will more than double its current capacity. The University of Canberra will open a new northside clinic in coming months.
The clinic alone will treat about 375 patients yearly with chronic lung disease, mostly COPD. Physiotherapy students from UC will provide care with supervision from CHS clinical staff.
The expansion should cut hospital bed days by about 480 each year. This will save about $1.4 million annually.
- Up to two years
- Wait time reduction
- 375 with chronic lung disease
- Patients at northside clinic annually
- 480
- Hospital bed days saved yearly
- 1.4 million dollars
- Annual cost savings
Why it mattersPeople with chronic lung disease will get care sooner and closer to home. This eases pressure on hospitals. It also trains the next generation of physiotherapists.
AustraliaCanberrans with COPD and chronic lung conditions now have faster access to rehabilitation at two locations across the ACT.
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