Accommodation Review Hospital-allied Accommodation Providers As at March 2009 Executive Summary.......................................................................................5 Hospital-Allied Accommodation...................................................................6 No Allied Accommodation ............................................................................6 Accommodation Not Required .....................................................................7 Hospital-Allied Accommodation Facilities (40) ...........................................7 Non-Hospital-Allied Accommodation Facilities (29) ...................................9 Occupancy Rates – Onsite and Offsite ......................................................26 Other Information.........................................................................................27 Patient Accommodation Facility by Facility ..............................................28 Alexandra Serviced Apartments (Brisbane) ..............................................28 Alkira Lodge .................................................................................................30 Bezzina House Cancer Care Lodge............................................................32 Blue Gum Lodge ..........................................................................................34 Calvary Mater Hospital – Villa Units ...........................................................36 The Canberra Hospital Residences............................................................38 Casuarina Lodge..........................................................................................40 Chisholm Cottage ........................................................................................42 Clare Residence...........................................................................................45 Concord Repatriation General Hospital Hostel.........................................47 Ecclesbourne ...............................................................................................49 Elizabeth Hunter Lodge...............................................................................51 Hope Cottage................................................................................................53 Cancer Council March 2009 2 Isla House (Brisbane) ..................................................................................56 Jacaranda Lodge (The SAN Hospital) ........................................................58 Jean Colvin Hospital....................................................................................61 Kookaburra Cottage 1 .................................................................................63 Kookaburra Cottage 2 .................................................................................64 Leukaemia Foundation Patient Accommodation – Newcastle.................67 Leukaemia Foundation Accommodation – Waverton...............................69 Leukaemia Foundation Patient Accommodation –Westmead .................72 Lilier Lodge – Wagga Wagga ......................................................................74 Lions Cottage...............................................................................................76 Lorraine Lodge.............................................................................................78 McAuley Lodge ............................................................................................79 P.A. Apartments (Brisbane) ........................................................................81 Ronald McDonald House – Newcastle .......................................................83 Ronald McDonald House – Randwick ........................................................85 Ronald McDonald House – Wagga Wagga ................................................87 Ronald McDonald House – Westmead.......................................................89 Ron Dunbier House – Liverpool .................................................................92 Rotary Lodge – Port Macquarie..................................................................94 Royal Far West Children’s Health Scheme................................................96 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Accommodation Services ..........................98 Rusden House............................................................................................100 Shearwater Lodge – Coffs Harbour..........................................................102 Cancer Council March 2009 3 St Vincents Hospital Accommodation Services......................................104 Uncle Bob’s Yallarwah Cottages (Indigenous)........................................106 Vera Adderley Residence..........................................................................107 Non-Hospital-Allied Facilities Reported by Referring Health Professionals .............................................................................................110 Patient Accommodation Survey...............................................................114 Cancer Council March 2009 4 Executive Summary This report identified 40 hospital-allied accommodation facilities with 828 rooms and 1736 beds providing accommodation to patients from NSW attending treatment for cancer at 29 treatment centres. Three accommodation facilities and 5 treatment centres used by NSW residents are located in Brisbane. One accommodation facility and one treatment centre used by NSW residents is located in Canberra. An additional 29 commercial facilities were identified as providers of non- hospital-allied accommodation. These are listed and considered separately. The average room occupancy rate for hospital-allied facilities Monday to Friday is 79%. On-site facilities have an average room occupancy rate of 81%. Off-site facilities have an average room occupancy rate of 73%. There are fewer facilities than needed, with the largest shortfall reported in Newcastle and Central Sydney. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (including Sydney Cancer Care Centre) has the most accommodation available. However, most facilities are off-site. A new facility is planned during redevelopment currently in planning. Twelve accommodation facilities reported intentions to redevelop o Accommodation – Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (in planning) o Blue Gum Lodge (closing in 2011) o The Canberra Hospital Residences o Leukaemia Foundation Accommodation – Waverton o Leukaemia Foundation Accommodation – Westmead o McAuley House, New Lambton (in progress) o Ron Dunbier House – Liverpool o Ronald McDonald House – Wagga Wagga o Ronald McDonald House – Westmead o Royal North Shore Hospital Cancer Care Centre (in planning) o St Vincent’s Hospital Accommodation Services o Vera Adderley Residence Service users generally live in rural and regional areas (especially the Central West) and travel to accommodation facilities in Sydney and Western Sydney. In the Hunter region most patients come from the Hunter New England Area. The majority of facilities only accept patients who live more than 100kms away. Cancer Council March 2009 5 Hospital-Allied Accommodation Accommodation providers are grouped according to the hospital or treatment facility the patient is likely to be attending. Hospitals and treatment facilities with access to an accommodation facility are: • Albury Base Hospital • Armidale Hospital • Baulkham Hills Private • Calvary Mater Hospital Newcastle • The Canberra Hospital • Children’s Hospital- Westmead • Coffs Harbour Health Campus • Greenslopes Private Hospital (Brisbane) • Illawarra Cancer Care Centre • John Hunter Hospital Newcastle • Liverpool Hospital • Mater Hospital Brisbane • Mater Hospital Crows Nest • Nepean Cancer Therapy Centre • Prince of Wales Hospital (including Prince of Wales Private) • Port Macquarie Base Hospital (including Port Macquarie Private Hospital) • Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane) • Riverina Cancer Care Centre • Royal Brisbane Hospital • Royal North Shore Hospital (including Royal North Shore Private) • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Camperdown (including Sydney Cancer Centre) • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Concord • Royal Woman’s Hospital • St George Hospital (including St George Private) • St Vincent’s Hospital (including St Vincent’s Private) • Sydney Adventist Hospital (SAN) • Sydney Children’s Hospital - Randwick • Wesley Private Hospital (Brisbane) • Westmead Hospital (including Westmead Private) No Allied Accommodation Other hospitals and treatment facilities are known to generate demand for accommodation but have no hospital-allied accommodation facilities. • Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital • Bega Valley Oncology & Haematology Service • Blacktown Hospital • Broken Hill Base Hospital • Bathurst Base Hospital Cancer Council March 2009 6 • Dubbo Base Hospital • Grafton Base Hospital • Inverell Health Service • Lismore – North Coast Area Health Service • Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre • Manly Hospital • Manning Base Hospital • Moruya District Hospital • North Coast Area Health Service – Tweed Heads Oncology Unit • Orange Base Hospital • Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital • Tamworth Hospital Accommodation Not Required • Gosford Hospital and Central Coast Radiation Oncology Centre • Wyong Hospital Hospital-Allied Accommodation Facilities (40) • Alexandra Serviced Apartments • Alkira Lodge • Bezzina House Cancer Care Lodge • Blue Gum Lodge • Calvary Mater Hospital Newcastle - Villa Units • The Canberra Hospital Residences - Accommodation for Patients • Casuarina Lodge • Chisholm Cottage • Clare Residence