The Women’s and Children’s Hospital provides state of the art health care for women and children in Adelaide and South Australia.
It is the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions and SA’s largest maternity and obstetric service. It also provides important community-based services.
Each year, more than 30,000 people are admitted and about 5000 babies are born at the hospital. In addition more than 250,000 people come to the hospital as outpatients.
The hospital has 295 beds. The hospital’s paediatric and adolescent wards cater for all paediatric specialties. Women’s wards provide antenatal, gynaecology, neonatal and postnatal care.
Emergency Department
The Women’s and Children’s Hospital’s Paediatric Emergency Department is open 24-hours, seven days a week and is located on the ground floor of the hospital.
The Paediatric Emergency Department is a level 1 major trauma centre for children in South Australia. Level 1 trauma centres provide a 24-hour full spectrum of care for the most critically injured patients.
The Child and Adolescent Virtual Urgent Care Service is a virtual assessment option, giving parents and carers access to timely medical care, potentially reducing the need to visit the Emergency Department.
