Canberra Health Services

If you receive one of these calls, please hang up. Do not make any payment or provide any personal information. We do not make robocalls. We will never ask for payment over the phone. 2/2

🚨 Scammers are targeting our community again 🚨 People are receiving robocalls from a number that appears to be a Canberra Health Services phone number. They are being asked to call another number to pay a debt over the phone. 1/2

Happy #InternationalWomensDay from team CHS. From everyone in our ICU & Anaesthetic teams we’re proud to celebrate this special day for all the women who work across our health service.

Happy Sydney WorldPride from our Canberra Sexual Health Centre team 🏳‍🌈 #WorldPride #GatherAmplifyDream #TeamCHS #CanberraHealthServices

If you’ve been in any of our health care facilities, you might have noticed COVID restrictions have changed. A full list of the changes and what they mean for patients and visitors can be found here: bit.ly/3lFasR6

Clinical Professor in cancer nursing, Catherine, will be presenting results of new research about the needs and preferences for cancer care among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on 9 Feb. Register for the free online event: bit.ly/3XVLryI #WorldCancerDay

Congratulations to our staff members who have been recognised in this year's Australia Day Honours. More: bit.ly/3XEJZ48

Welcome back to campus year 3 medical students @ACT_CHS. Participating in O-week and getting ready for clinical palcements. We wish you all the best for the year ahead!

@gemkillen Hi Gem, I’m sorry to hear you’ve had a negative experience with our services. We have forwarded this to the relevant team and our Consumer Feedback Team for their awareness.

World leading work to treat and prevent cancers caused by infections will continue, thanks to a $2.8 million National Health and Medical Research Council grant recently awarded to our Senior Staff Haematologist, Mark Polizzotto. Read more: bit.ly/3V038LT

To reduce the spread of COVID-19, from Tuesday 13 December: • Only two visitors per patient at any one time. • Visitors should do a RAT test before entering. RATs are available for free at our hospitals, Walk-in Centres and health centres. More @ bit.ly/CHS-Covid

‘We’ve still got a way to go to be able to completely eradicate all cancers, but it is a dream worth chasing. One day, research will find a way.’ Congrats to Dr Yada Kanjanapan who recently won the 2022 Professor M Tattersall Heroes Award. More here: bit.ly/3irx3Po

Dickson – we’re back! Our Inner North (Dickson) Walk-in Centre has reopened its doors to service Canberra’s community, providing free health care for non-life threatening injuries and illnesses. Find out more: walkincentre.act.gov.au

Just a reminder, the ACT’s emergency departments are very busy. If you need help for a medical condition that isn’t life threatening, there a range of services that don’t involve a trip to the emergency department. For more information visit: bit.ly/urgent-care-op… 2/2

Our ED and Walk-in Centre wait times will not be available from 11.59pm on Friday 11 November for up to 48 hours, while we roll out the Digital Health Record, the ACT’s new electronic medical records system. We will let you know when wait times become available again. 1/2

If you need to visit an emergency department, please do so, but if your need for care is not urgent, please consider an alternative to free up resources in our EDs to provide emergency care. More info: bit.ly/urgent-care-op… 3/3

We will always give priority to the most urgent cases and there will be longer wait times for less urgent cases. This includes for those sicker patients who may arrive after others. 2/3

Currently both Canberra Hospital and Calvary Public Hospital emergency departments are extremely busy. We expect this to continue over the coming days as teams across the ACT public health system begin using the new Digital Health Record. 1/3

Our team is doing their best to get through the high number of calls and we appreciate your patience. 💻For people who are calling to cancel an upcoming appointment, we ask them to consider our online cancellation form at: bit.ly/cancel-appoint…

📞 Our Central Health Intake phone line is experiencing a high demand for phone calls today, resulting in much longer waits than usual, including for those who selected the call back service.