The State Rehabilitation Service provides specialty rehabilitation services for people across Western Australia who have experienced complex and catastrophic injuries or illness, including:

• traumatic brain injury
• spinal cord injury
• stroke (Healthy WA) and other neurological conditions
• orthopaedic conditions
• amputation.

The 111-bed service is based at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

The service provides goal orientated specialty rehabilitation through tertiary or specialist level inpatient and outpatient clinical rehabilitation services. Its specialist areas include:

• acquired brain injury
• neurology
• services for amputees
• spinal, including the Spinal Outreach Service and State Spinal Injury Inpatient Service (Ward 1A)
• trauma and multidiagnostic rehabilitation technology (for example orthotic and prosthetics)
• school services provided by Department of Education.

Being based on the Fiona Stanley Hospital site provides rehabilitation patients with immediate access to other key services, including operating theatres, medical imaging, pathology and pharmacy.

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