Townsville Rehabilitation Unit

The Townsville Rehabilitation Unit works with patients following illness, injury, or surgery to help them regain cognitive and physical function.  

The service provides specialist restorative and rehabilitation programs to support patients to gain independence with daily tasks and get them back into their own homes.  

Rehabilitation can assist patients after conditions like a stroke, traumatic brain injury, amputation, spinal cord injury, neuromuscular injuries, orthopaedic injuries or reconditioning after trauma or major surgery. 

Our multidisciplinary rehabilitation team includes medical, allied health, and nursing staff.  

Clinicians involved in your care might include: 

• rehabilitation medicine specialists (doctors)
• occupational therapists
• physiotherapists
• speech therapists
• dietitians
• social workers
• psychologists
• pharmacists
• podiatrists
• nurses
• nursing and allied health assistants
• nursing, medical, or allied health students

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Inpatient rehabilitation 

Inpatient rehabilitation is provided at the custom-built Townsville Rehabilitation Unit, located in the eastern campus of Townsville University Hospital.  

The unit includes a specialist independent living unit and has communal areas for patients and their families.

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It provides post-acute rehabilitative care and restorative services for people over the age of 18 to help patients to regain functional capacity and reduce decline because of illness or injury.

Patients at the unit are encouraged to dress in the daytime and wear appropriate footwear for their therapy programs.

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Day and outpatient rehabilitation

Day rehabilitation is provided at the Townsville Rehabilitation Unit in group and individual settings.

Staff will work with you to set personal goals and develop a customised rehabilitation program to achieve these.

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Our outpatient rehabilitation clinics provide specialist assessment and management of a range of conditions.

These clinics operate through the Townsville Rehabilitation Unit and include:

• General rehabilitation
• Hypertonicity
• Amputee and prosthetics
• Pedorthotist (bootmaker)
• Spinal cord injury
• Adult concussion
• Multidisciplinary acquired brain injury review

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How to access this service

To access our rehabilitation service your GP or medical practitioner will need to send a referral letter to Townsville Hospital and Health Service rehabilitation consultant via email or through HealthPathways.

Email: {"ct":"HhkGklqwLUYtlPXDT2lo+PgQqXf5fVp0bp+vMG5BMYz4J\/repODXVmh5OVabZZV8","iv":"8b46e4f1a913f43414d54f68c4d015de","s":"282eb006ebea6f24"}

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Contact us

Inpatient unit

Phone: (07) 4433 4202

Fax: (07) 4433 4201

Outpatient clinics

Phone: (07) 4433 2620

Fax: (07) 4433 2639