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Overview

Gosford Hospital is the principal referral hospital for the Central Coast Community.

The current redevelopment of Gosford Hospital will include the following new facilities: Emergency Department, Medical and Surgical Wards,Outpatient Clinics, ten Operating Theatres, production kitchen and education facilities. It will also include the establishment of a Peri-operative Service and an enhanced Paediatric Unit.

Interesting Statistics

Emergency department attendances	45,748
Hospital admissions	46,193
Average number of beds	484
Average length of stay	5.3
Births	2156

Figures from the 2003-2004 financial year.

Future Directions

• To implement an Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) ward.
• To plan,budget and commission activities for the Health
• Access Plan in partnership with the Division of Capital Development & Asset Management.
• To improve multidisciplinary care planning and continuity of care for women with identified obstetric risks or psychosocial vulnerabilities.
• To develop a pathway supporting trauma research and to expand the Trauma Service to provide increased support for clinicians.
• To improve cardiac rehabilitation for indigenous people on the Central Coast
• To participate in the NSW Health Access Block Improvement Program.