The Tweed Heads community will benefit from a range of community-based and outreach health services to be delivered under one roof on the site of the current Tweed Hospital, after hospital services transfer to the Tweed Valley Hospital later this year.
The Tweed Heads Community Health Centre (THCHC) will be located at Powell Street, on the western side of the existing Tweed Hospital campus.
The Community Health Centre will provide a range of health services including community health nursing, wound clinics, aged care assessments, dementia outreach, a specialist palliative care service, chronic disease management, stomal therapy, breast care clinics, men’s health and women’s health services, as well as staff offices and administration.
Acting NNSWLHD Chief Executive Lynne Weir said the facility would enable residents in and around Tweed Heads to continue to access out-of-hospital services easily and closer to home.
‘We know many people who access our community-based services live in the Tweed Heads area, and this facility will enable us to continue delivering services to meet the health needs of the local community,’ Ms Weir said.
‘Having these services within easy reach of existing transport and housing will make it easier for residents to receive ongoing community-based care for chronic conditions, as well as services such as wound clinics and breast care.’
BreastScreen NSW services will continue to be delivered from the current location at Powell Street and will be co-located with the THCHC.
Minor refurbishment works will be completed before the Tweed Heads Community Health Centre formally opens and further information about the new Centre will be provided in the coming months.
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