Simulated workplaceCAQA Lakeside Health is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
HLTCAQA LakesideSimulated workplace
Today at Lakeside
112 staff
  • Patient Records and Appointments8
  • Clinical Incident and Hazard Register8
  • Reprocessing and Steriliser Load Log8
  • Pathology Specimen Register8
Simulated workplace
Medical centre, allied health, dental, pathology and pharmacy

Health care close to home

Lakeside Health is an integrated primary care provider serving the Lake Macquarie community with general practice, practice nursing, allied health, dentistry, pathology collection and a health services pharmacy under one organisation.

Founded 2003112 staff across three sitesMain medical centre and dental clinic, Warners Bay, Lake Macquarie, New South WalesSatellite clinic, pathology collection and pharmacy, Toronto, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
112
Staff
clinicians and support staff
28,000
Active patients
seen in the last two years
3
Sites
Warners Bay, Toronto, Charlestown
23
Years operating
founded 2003
Who we are

CAQA Lakeside Health, medical centre, allied health, dental, pathology and pharmacy

Lakeside Health is an integrated primary care provider serving the Lake Macquarie community with general practice, practice nursing, allied health, dentistry, pathology collection and a health services pharmacy under one organisation. Patients see a general practitioner, have blood taken, collect a prescription and book a physiotherapy or dental appointment without leaving the group. The centre cares for about 28,000 active patients, with a strong focus on chronic disease management, older people living at home, children's health and workers in the region's mining, health and retail industries. Lakeside also provides telehealth consultations for patients who find travel difficult.

The business runs across three sites. The main centre at Warners Bay houses twelve general practitioners, the nursing team, the dental clinic with its own sterilisation room, reception and administration. The Toronto satellite clinic holds four consulting rooms, the pathology collection centre and the pharmacy. The Charlestown suite is home to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, podiatry, speech pathology and the allied health assistants who deliver group and individual programs. The centre opens from 7:30 am to 7:00 pm on weekdays and 8:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturdays, with pathology collection from 7:00 am.

Safety

Patients are identified correctly, infection is prevented, medicines are handled with care and every incident is reported and learned from.

Respect

Every patient's privacy, culture, choices and time are respected, and every colleague is treated as a professional.

Teamwork

General practice, nursing, allied health, dental, pathology and pharmacy share information and plan care together.

Accountability

Each person owns their scope of practice, their records and their part in the quality system.

What we do

Services and operations

To give every patient safe, respectful and coordinated care from a team that knows them and their community.

General practice

Consultations, preventive health checks, immunisation, chronic disease management plans, minor procedures, mental health care plans and telehealth appointments with a team of twelve general practitioners.

Practice nursing

Wound care, immunisation, health assessments for older people, chronic disease monitoring, care coordination, recall and reminder systems and triage of walk-in patients.

Allied health

Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, podiatry and speech pathology, with allied health assistants delivering exercise groups, home programs and rehabilitation under clinical supervision.

Dental

General and preventive dentistry, hygiene, radiography and minor oral surgery in a four-chair clinic with an on-site instrument reprocessing room.

Pathology collection

Venous and capillary blood collection, non-blood specimen collection and specimen preparation and despatch to the partner laboratory, with a dedicated children's collection room.

Pharmacy

Dispensing, medication packing for aged care and home care clients, imprest supply to the treatment rooms, vaccine cold chain management and medicines information for the clinical team.

Clients and partners (all fictional)
Lake Macquarie residents and familiesMerriwa Holdings employee health programCoastal Care Alliance home care clientsWattle Grove Aged Care residentsHarbourline Constructions pre-employment medicalsRegional schools and early learning centresLake Macquarie residents and familiesMerriwa Holdings employee health programCoastal Care Alliance home care clientsWattle Grove Aged Care residentsHarbourline Constructions pre-employment medicalsRegional schools and early learning centres

Notice board All notices

  • Quality Steriliser B out of service
    3 September 2026
  • Compliance Two-identifier check at every counter
    8 September 2026
  • Safety Medical emergency drill, Warners Bay
    9 September 2026

Coming up Calendar

  • 14/09New patient registration with interpreter
    2:00 pm, Reception, Warners Bay
  • 16/09Steriliser B service visit
    8:00 am, Reprocessing room, Warners Bay
  • 17/09Medical emergency drill
    1:00 pm, Waiting room, Warners Bay
  • 23/09Allied health review, post knee replacement patients
    10:30 am, Gym, Charlestown
For trainers and assessors

Mapped to the Health

Every scenario lists the current units of competency and qualifications it supports, with assessor notes and a printable evidence summary. Use it with your own assessment tools or ask CAQA for a matched kit.

Training packageHLT release 10.0
Qualifications listed12 of 56 current
Units mapped37
Documents14