b'Hospital Joel with Sarah, Nurse Unit Manager & Jason, Clinical NurseThe Home of Excellent Patient CareYou would do anything for thisstaff and specialists are focused on helping patients hospital. Theyve been so wonderful!achieve positive health outcomes through the delivery of personalised care and professional clinical excellence. HelenMary, Family Member Q&A with Joel Reading, Canossa Private Hospital is the home of excellent patientOur Hospital: Director of Hospital care. A small, specialist hospital in the western suburbs ofHolistic & compassionate care ServicesBrisbane, Canossa Private Hospitals mission is to not onlySkilled specialistsmeet the physical needs of our patients but to also care forFlexible visiting hours What does the hospital strive to achieve? all our staffthe clinicians, the housekeeping staff, the our patients holistically. Rooms with views We strive to achieve the best health outcomes we canadministration supporthave all stepped up to ensure the Services at Canossa Private Hospital include day surgery,Nutritious meals for our patients. Whether that is restoring a patientshospital is a busy, vibrant hub of activity which continued general medicine, oncology, palliative care and rehabilitationPastoral care own physical capacity via the provision of rehabilitationto deliver first class care to our patients. A bit of a can do support. Our warm and attentive nurses, allied healthservices through to surgical procedures. About 80% ofattitude and teamwork has gotten us through despite the our inpatients come to us with significant loss of capacitychallenges thrown at us.following a fractured bone, a stroke or cardiac event. OurHow would you describe your staff?role is to improve their functionality and mobility, so they are capable of supporting themselves and returning to theirOur staff at Canossa Private Hospital are dedicated to our Sister Daisy Thomas Helen-Mary & Sally purpose and prepared to address the challenges of the last lives. Its rewarding to see that personal functionality and independence returned to a person after a significantyear. They are a fantastic team of caring professionals!health event.What does the future look like?What challenges have the last Its been a year of working on consolidating for our future. 12 months presented? Commissioning an unused ward, working on our financial The commissioning of an additional ward and without models and seeking additional funding to ensure that we a doubt managing the impacts of COVID. have a secure source of clinical work to perform and the associated revenue for the future. Im particularly keen to Proudest moment? fully utilise our fullservice capacity and secure longerterm If there was a single moment, it would be the way ouragreements with our funders. Weve had some considerable wonderful team has risen to the COVID challenges. Its beensuccess in this space, and we look forward to continuing to a tough year, with staff having to wear PPE for extendedraise the profile of Canossa Private Hospital.periods and many team members working additional shifts to keep our services functioning when our own staff contracted COVID. Regardless of whats happening with COVID, patients still need care and we have had to adapt to continue to deliver that care. Im so proud of the way Annual Report 2022 P37'