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Westmead Hospital
Western Sydney Local Health District
Westmead Hospital
Map
Geography
LocationCnr Hawkesbury Road and Darcy Road, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°48′16″S 150°59′19″E / 33.8045°S 150.9886°E / -33.8045; 150.9886
Organisation
Care systemMedicare (Australia)
FundingPublic hospital
TypeDistrict General
Teaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Sydney
NetworkNSW Health
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Major Trauma Centre
Beds958[1]
Helipads
HelipadICAO: YWST and YXWS
Number Length Surface
ft m
1 concrete
2 concrete
History
Opened1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Links
WebsiteWestmead Hospital

Westmead Hospital is a major teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia. Opened on 10 November 1978, the 975-bed hospital forms part of the Western Sydney Local Health District,[2] and is a teaching hospital of Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney.

The hospital serves a population of 1.85m people and is located on one of the largest health and hospital campuses in Australia.[3] In 2016/17, Westmead Hospital provided more than 1.5m occasions of care to outpatients, in addition to approximately 107,000 inpatients. Annually, there are over 21,000 medical operations, almost 5,800 births, and more than 75,000 presentations to emergency department.[4]

Westmead Hospital is located on the junction of Darcy and Hawkesbury Roads in Westmead and provides a full range of tertiary medical and dental services except for paediatrics which is serviced by the adjacent Children's Hospital at Westmead, relocated from Camperdown to Westmead in 1995. The Hospital includes a large Dental Clinical School and extensive clinical pathology and medical research facilities. From 1995 to 2017 the statewide NETS (NSW), the Newborn and paediatric Emergency Transport Service was hosted at Westmead Hospital, prior to moving to make way for a new acute services block for the hospital.

Located nearby are the Cumberland Hospital (providing outpatient and inpatient psychiatric care) and Westmead Private Hospital, a division of Ramsay Health Care.

  1. ^ "2017-2018 Year in Review". NSW Health - Western Sydney Local Health District. 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Local Health Networks". Health Services. NSW Health. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Westmead Hospital". Hospitals and Health Services. Sydney West Area Health Service, NSW Health. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Western Sydney Local Heath District: 2016/17 Year in Review". NSW Health. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

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