National Stroke Foundation - Australia

Stroke Unit Care

What happens for people after a stroke is different for everybody. It depends on what sort of stroke a person has had and where in the brain the stroke has happened. Different people will recover in different ways.

The care that people get after stroke is also different. Some people will be cared for in a hospital and go to another hospital for rehabilitation. Some people will go home after a very short period of time while others may need months of rehabilitation.

When someone has a stroke, the doctors and the team will need to work out what has happened (diagnosis). Then the team works with the person and his or her family to make sure the best recovery happens.

It is important to be aware of hospitals which have specialised stroke care units. The following list, provides these details.

Australian public hospitals recommended to have stroke units

Disclaimer: This information was originally based on self reported information as at June 2009 as part of the National Stroke Audit. It has since been updated by surveying all hospitals again in December 2009. Attending a hospital listed here, does not guarantee that stroke unit care or thrombolysis will be provided.

Hospital Name	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Australian Capital Territory
Hospitals with stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
The Canberra Hospital	Y	Y
New South Wales
Hospitals with stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Bankstown Hospital	Y	Y
Bathurst Base Hospital	Y	Y
Belmont Hospital*	Y	N
Blacktown Hospital	Y	N
Bowral Hospital	Y	N
Broken Hill Base Hospital	Y	N
Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital	Y	N
Campbelltown Hospital	Y	Y
Concord Hospital	Y	Y
Fairfield Hospital	Y	N
Gosford Hospital	Y	Y
Hornsby Ku-ring-Gai Hospital	Y	Y
John Hunter Hospital	Y	Y
Liverpool Hospital	Y	Y
Manly Hospital	Y	N
Nepean Hospital	Y	Y
Orange Base Hospital	Y	Y
Port Macquarie Base Hospital	Y	N
Prince of Wales Hospital	Y	Y
Royal North Shore Hospital	Y	Y
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital	Y	Y
Shoalhaven Hospital	Y	N
St George Public Hospital	Y	Y
St Vincent's Hospital	Y	Y
Tamworth Base Hospital	Y	Y
The Maitland Hospital	Y	N
The Sutherland Hospital	Y	N
Wagga Wagga Base Hospital	Y	Y
Westmead Hospital	Y	Y
Wollongong Hospital	Y	Y
Wyong Hospital	Y	Y
Category A or Category B Hospitals without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Coffs Harbour Health Campus	N	N
Dubbo Base Hospital	N	N
Lismore Base Hospital	N	N
Manning Rural Referral Hospital	N	N
Shellharbour Hospital	N	N
The Tweed Hospital	N	N
The Northern Territory
Category A or Category B Hospitals without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Royal Darwin Hospital	N	N
Queensland
Hospitals with stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Cairns Base Hospital	Y	N
Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital*	Y	N
Gold Coast Hospital	Y	Y
John Flynn Private Hospital	Y	N
Nambour General Hospital	Y	Y
Princess Alexandra Hospital	Y	Y
Redcliffe Hospital	Y	Y
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital	Y	Y
The Prince Charles Hospital	Y	N
Townsville Hospital	Y	Y
Wesley Hospital	Y	Y
Category A or Category B Hospitals without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Bundaberg Hospital	N	N
Hervey Bay Hospital	N	N
Mater Adults Hospital	N	N
Redland Hospital	N	N
Toowoomba Hospital	N	N
Undisclosed Hospital	N	N
Undisclosed Hospital	N	N
South Australia
Hospitals with stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Flinders Medical Centre	Y	Y
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	Y	Y
Royal Adelaide Hospital	Y	Y
Category A or Category B Hospitals without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Lyell McEwin Hospital	N	Y
Tasmania
Hospitals with stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Launceston General Hospital	Y	Y
Royal Hobart Hospital	Y	Y
Victoria
Hospitals with stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
The Alfred Hospital	Y	Y
The Austin Hospital	Y	Y
Ballarat Health Services - Base Hospital	Y	N
Bendigo Health Care Group	Y	Y
Box Hill Hospital	Y	Y
Central Gippsland Health Service	Y	Y
Dandenong Hospital	Y	N
Frankston Hospital	Y	Y
Monash Medical Centre	Y	Y
Royal Melbourne Hospital	Y	Y
South West Healthcare, Warrnambool	Y	Y
St Vincent's Hospital	Y	Y
The Geelong Hospital	Y	Y
The Northern Hospital	Y	N
West Gippsland Healthcare Group*	Y	Y
Western Hospital	Y	Y
Category A or Category B Hospitals without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Goulburn Valley Hospital	N	N
Mildura Base Hospital	N	N
Northeast Health Wangaratta	N	Y
Undisclosed Hospital	N	N
Undisclosed Hospital	N	Y
Western Australia
Hospitals with stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Fremantle Hospital	Y	Y
Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus	Y	Y
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital	Y	Y
Swan Kalamunda Health Service	Y	Y
Category A or Category B Hospitals without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Undisclosed Hospital	N	N

Notes:

1)	Category A and Category B Hospitals are hospitals that admit a large number of people with acute stroke each year, and have onsite access to CT scanning. All Category A and Category B hospitals are recommended to have a stroke unit. A full explanation of the category definitions is included in the Acute Stroke Services Framework 2008.
2)	All hospitals listed above are Category A or B unless identified with * which means that the hospital has a stroke unit however is not classified as a category A or B hospital.
3)	Undisclosed Hospitals were hospitals that did not want their name made public however are included to show the total number of stroke units and hospitals recommended to have stroke units across Australia.