National Stroke Foundation

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 is based on self reported information as at June 2011 as part of the National Stroke Audit. 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	Y
Bowral Hospital	Y	N
Broken Hill Base Hospital	Y	N
Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital	Y	N
Campbelltown Hospital	Y	Y
Coffs Harbour Health Campus	Y	N
Concord Hospital	Y	Y
Dubbo Base Hospital	Y	N
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	N
Orange Base Hospital	Y	Y
Port Macquarie Base Hospital	Y	Y
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
Hospitals that admit 100 or more patients with stroke without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Albury Wodonga Health Service (Albury Campus)	N	N
Manning Rural Referral Hospital	N	N
The Northern Territory
Hospitals with stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Royal Darwin Hospital	Y	Y
Queensland
Hospitals with stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Cairns Base Hospital	Y	N
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital*	Y	N
Gold Coast Hospital	Y	Y
Greenslopes Private Hospital	Y	Y
John Flynn Private Hospital	Y	N
Nambour General Hospital	Y	Y
Princess Alexandra Hospital	Y	Y
Redcliffe Hospital	Y	Y
Rockhampton Hospital	Y	N
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital	Y	Y
The Prince Charles Hospital	Y	N
Townsville Hospital	Y	Y
Wesley Hospital	Y	Y
Hospitals that admit 100 or more patients with stroke without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Caboolture Hospital	N	N
Gympie Hospital	N	N
Logan Hospital	N	N
Mater Adults Hospital	N	N
Redland Hospital	N	N
Toowoomba Hospital	N	N
Undisclosed Hospital	N	N
South Australia
Hospitals with stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Flinders Medical Centre	Y	Y
Lyell McEwin Hospital	Y	Y
Royal Adelaide Hospital	Y	Y
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	Y	Y
Hospitals that admit 100 or more patients with stroke without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Undisclosed Hospital	N	N
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
Latrobe Regional 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 District Hamilton*	Y	Y
Western Hospital	Y	Y
Hospitals that admit 100 or more patients with stroke without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Goulburn Valley Hospital	N	Y
Northeast Health Wangaratta	N	Y
Wimmera Health Care Group	N	N
Undisclosed Hospital*	N	N
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
Hospitals that admit 100 or more patients with stroke without stroke unit care	Stroke-unit	Thrombolysis
Undisclosed Hospital	N	N
Undisclosed Hospital	N	N

Notes:

1)	The Acute Stroke Services Framework (2011) recommends all hospitals admitting 100 or more patients with stroke per year should have a stroke unit. The framework can be accessed from here.
2)	*Hospital which currently admit less than 100 patients with stroke per year.
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.

Last Updated ( Friday, 25 November 2011 )

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