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The John Hunter Hospital is the busiest Trauma Centre in New South Wales treating 402 severely injured (ISS >15) patients in 2004.   It is the only Major (Level 1) Trauma Service outside Metropolitan Sydney. The John Hunter  is the only combined adult and paediatric trauma centre in NSW.

Our hospital provides primary and tertiary trauma services for an extended area of the Hunter, Mid North Coast and New England Area Health Services.  (HNEAHS map).The hospital has 550 adult beds,101 paediatric beds, and offers a range of trauma-related specialty surgical services including:
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • ENT Surgery
  • General Surgery
  • Hand Surgery
  • Neurosurgery
  • Maxillofacial
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Orthopaedic Trauma
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Spinal Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery
The Hunter-New England Area Health Service covers 20% of the land size of New South Wales and contains 10% of the State’s population. The John Hunter Emergency Department treats in excess of 48 000 patients per/year  28% are admitted to the hospital and 25% of those are trauma admissions.

 

Annual Newcastle Hospitals Congress, 2 - 4 September 2009

The theme for the 2009 Annual Newcastle Hospitals Congress is Trauma Care.  Click here to access the Trauma Seminar program and registration form.