Western Australia
Provision of Aeromedical Evacuation (AME) Services to the Oil and Gas Industry in Western Australia
The largest players in the oil and gas industry in Western Australia have contracted Aspen Medical to provide complete AME services across the state. This contract, to last up to 9 years, sees Aspen Medical place a full time AME aircraft with two aircrew and medical crew, placed full time at Karratha, in Western Australia’s remote northern regions. Aspen Medical has also developed an integrated model to support the l community health economy.
Provision of Healthcare Personnel to the Australian Defence Force in Western Australia
Aspen Medical has been contracted by the Australian Department of Defence for the provision of all healthcare personnel for all Military units in Western Australia. Aspen is responsible for the provision of personnel to conduct the following services:
- Primary Health Care Services
- Specialist Medical Services, including aviation and submariners medical services
- Allied Health Services, including physiotherapy and pharmacy services
- Low Dependency Care Services
- Healthcare Administration and Records Management
- Psychology Support Services
- General Practice Dental Services
Western Australia contains key Australian Military units, including:
- Fleet Base West Health Centre, HMAS Stirling, including Submarine Underwater Medical Unit – West (SUMU-W)
- Health Services Flight (HSF), RAAF Base Pearce
- Karrakatta Barracks Dental Services
- Leeuwin Barracks Medical Services
- Campbell Barracks – Medical Centre, including the Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment
Provision of Nursing Staff for Remote WA Health Facilities
Aspen Medical has been providing a range of nursing personnel into remote West Australia(WA) in support of WA Health. These nurses have been identified, sourced, credentialed, registered in WA by Aspen Medical in support of this programme. Aspen Medical has also conducted all necessary pre-deployment training and induction, as well as coordinating all necessary logistics, such as transport, to WA, connections, and accommodation on site.
Feasibility Study into the Provision of Mobile Surgeries for Use on the Kimberley Area Health Authority
The Kimberley Health Region has been pursuing a range of options for the provision of surgery into remote regions around the Kimberley. One such option is to use mobile surgeries to increase the amount of day surgery that can be undertaken in rural and remote communities in this area. The program will allow expert surgical medical and nursing teams to fly in and provide services without the cost of infrastructure. In addition the program has the capacity to enhance the current surgical skills capacity within the region via the associated training program. There is capacity to target specific elective surgical procedures that are currently over 365 and 500 days ie ENT in addition to respond to the increasing demand for colorectal screening as part of the Commonwealth agenda. This mobile surgery programme would link directly to the WA ambulatory care framework. Aspen Medical has recently been selected by Kimberley Area Health Authority to conduct a feasibility study into the provision of mobile surgeries in support of this programme.
