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Cover image: Inaugural Chief Medical Information Officer for St John of God Health Care Alexius Julian.
Excellence

Excellence in care is fundamental to St John of God Health Care’s Mission. It is a guiding principle of our Vision and embraced in our number one strategic priority ‘To be a recognised leader in the Australian health sector for the provision of high quality care.’

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People

St John of God Health Care invites people from all faith traditions to be part of this Catholic healing ministry and to see their role as making a worthwhile contribution to themselves and their communities.

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Community

We have been part of life within our communities from the time our founding Sisters of St John of God arrived from Ireland in the late nineteenth century.

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Governance

St John of God Health Care Inc. is an incorporated association, the members of which are the directors of St John of God Australia Ltd, a civil and canon law entity established in 2004 to sponsor the ministry that was previously sponsored by the Sisters of St John of God.

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St John of God Health Care Annual Report 2016-17

St John of God Health Care is a leading provider of high quality healthcare services that include hospitals, home nursing, disability and outreach services throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region.

The theme of this year’s Annual Report, ‘For tomorrow, today’ captures the innovation needed in response to the many factors now impacting St John of God Health Care and the broader health sector, including the growing cost of delivering health care with an ageing population and a rise in chronic disease.

Eva Skira

Foreword

In April 2017, Pope Francis gave an address to a group gathered in Vancouver for a TED conference on the theme ‘The Future You’, from his home in the Vatican City.
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Tony Howarth

Chairman’s Report

In 2016-17, St John of God Health Care continued to invest in expanding our services and facilities for the benefit of the communities we serve. As expected and foreshadowed in last year’s report, this was against a challenging financial backdrop.
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Dr Michael Stanford

Group CEO’s report

2016-17 was a very significant year for us, it being the first full year of our Midland Public and Private Hospitals and the first full year of our responsibility for the Hawkesbury District Health Service.
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Fast Facts

Established in 1895 in Western Australia by the sisters of St John of God
Employed 13,315 caregivers
Australia’s largest Catholic not-for-profit private hospital group
Treated 352,981 overnight and same day patients, and delivered 12,585 babies
Revenue of more than $1.6 billion
Committed $66 million, including partnership funding, to Social Justice initiatives reaching out to people experiencing disadvantage
Home nursing services in Victoria and Western Australia delivered 113,000 episodes of care
23 facilities comprising 3,208 beds located in Western Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and New Zealand
Australia’s third largest private hospital operator