Our Services - Allied & Oral Health
Allied Health Services
Allied Health services include: Pharmacy, Diagnostic Imaging Services, Medical Records Service, Physiotherapy and Optometry.
The Justice Health Pharmacy services wards and clinics in correctional centres (except Junee), Juvenile Justice centres and police cells. Pharmacy aims to provide a clinical based service facilitating the most effective, safe and economical use of drug therapy with the aim of optimising patient care in Justice Health. Pharmacists are employed at the Long Bay and Silverwater complexes and are responsible for dispensing self-medication to eligible inmates (at those complexes) and providing support services for health professionals. Medications for inmates on discharge, leave or for dose administration aids are also provided by pharmacists at the Long Bay Correctional Complex.
Justice Health provides an in house Diagnostic Imaging service in the Metropolitan area of Sydney and selected regional locations to inmates of the NSW correctional system. General Diagnostic Imaging Service including orthopantomogram's are available at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre at Silverwater, Long Bay Hospital 2, Parklea and the Mid North Cost Correctional Centre. Mobile Ultrasound services are available in Long Bay and future expansion into the Metropolitan Area are planned. Films from these centres are sent to the Prince of Wales Diagnostic Imaging Department for viewing and reporting. An x-ray unit at Goulburn Correctional Centre is operated in conjunction with Goulburn Base Hospital. Inmates not accommodated at any of these correctional centres are escorted to local diagnostic imaging facilities under a local arrangement.
The Physiotherapy Service for Justice Health is located at the Outpatients Department (Long Bay Hospital Area 2) on the Long Bay Correctional Complex and provides treatment for a broad based caseload of both acute and chronic patients. Physiotherapy is also a part of the Orthopaedic and Pain Management Clinics, which are offered on the Long Bay Complex, and liaises with Physiotherapy Departments and other relevant clinics at Public Hospitals to provide those services Justice Health is unable to offer on site. There are no onsite physiotherapy services provided at other correctional centres. Inmates in remote centres may be referred for physiotherapy treatment at a local hospital rather than be transferred to Long Bay. Services for female inmates are arranged through Westmead, Nepean or Auburn Hospitals. Orthotic services are provided through a service agreement with the Orthotics Department at Prince of Wales.
Medical Records is committed to providing a quality service by ensuring the efficient and accurate delivery of information. In addition to the management of medical records the service also manages case management and psychology files for the Department of Corrective Services. At all times the service is dedicated to maintaining the confidentiality and security of the information contained within these records.
The Medical Records service aims for continuous quality improvement by reviewing work practices, policies, procedures and customer feedback.
The Records Service consists of:
- Joint Records Centre, Silverwater Correctional Complex.
- Medical Appointments Unit, The Cottage, Long Bay Correctional Complex.
- Medical Record Clerical Support in the following centres/clinics;
MMTC Radiography, Long Bay Hospital, Special Purpose Centre (SPC), Malabar Special Programs Centre (MSPC), Metropolitan Medical Transit Centre (MMTC), Metropolitan Remand & Reception Centre (MRRC), Silverwater, Mulawa, Emu Plains, Parramatta, Grafton, Cessnock, Bathurst, John Morony I & II, Parklea, Lithgow, Kirkconnell, Dilwynnia, Goulburn and Mid-North Coast (Kempsey).
The Records Service also oversees the Medical Appointments Unit located at the Long Bay Complex. This unit is responsible for making specialist and diagnostic appointments for inmates. These appointments may be internal appointments, within Justice Health or external appointments, with other health agencies. This unit also coordinates the preparation of psychiatric reports as requested by legal agencies.
Justice Health provides Optometry services to inmates via local providers through a contract arrangement with Vision Care NSW. Currently we have optometry services to the following centres: Brewarrina, Ivanhoe, Tamworth, Kempsey, Grafton, Berrima, Glen Innes, Cooma, Long Bay, Bathurst, Kirkconnell, Oberon, Mannus, Emu Plains, Goulburn, John Morony I & II, Lithgow, MRRC, Mulawa, Parklea, Parramatta and Silverwater. Providers for St. Helliers, Cessnock, Broken Hill still have to be confirmed.
Oral Health Services
The vast majority of dental services are provided to clients at their centre of classification, with a small proportion being arranged through private dentists. The level of service is approximately equivalent to that provided in the community, the focus being routine and emergency treatment including: diagnostic services; preventative dentistry; periodontics; minor oral surgery; restorative services; restricted endodontic services and prosthodontics services.
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