Health Clinic
Published on 10 December, 2012
CQUniversity Rockhampton is home to the $7 million CQUniversity Health Clinic, a public access clinic with the dual aim of providing improved health care outcomes for people in Central Queensland, and skilling up the region's future health workforce.
The clinic, made possible through $6.6 million in Health Workforce Australia funding, represents the first stage in a longer term plan to greatly expand CQUniversity's clinical facilities.
A $16 million ‘stage two' is planned for construction from 2013, and will include additional clinic space as well as teaching spaces to train and educate allied health students from CQUniversity and other universities around Australia.
Health services at the clinic - in areas including Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Physiotherapy and Speech Pathology - are delivered through a partnership with Central Queensland Hospital and Health Services, a State Government initiative.
The Health Clinic also houses teaching facilities for CQUniversity's Oral Health degree program.
Service provision by the Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service team located in the CQUniversity Health Clinic is estimated to provide health care for up to 160 clients per day along with supporting the clinical placements of up to 200 students annually.