Health Northern Local Health District Mona Vale provIDing healthcare into the future

“Mona Vale Hospital will continue to have a vital role in providing healthcare services to the Northern Beaches community.” DR ANDY RATCHFORD, DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY

Mona Vale Hospital Urgent Care Centre and geriatric evaluation and management units

Mona Vale Hospital’s role will transform care unit and a 10-bed Palliative Care Unit – operating theatres than both Manly and into a high-level rehabilitation and which has never been available in this way Mona Vale combined. sub-acute hospital where more on the Northern Beaches. Bringing the acute services of the two than 250 staff will deliver in-patient The new Northern Beaches Hospital will hospitals together at the new hospital rehabilitation and aged healthcare enable patients with serious medical means the staff will be able to perform services, along with palliative care, conditions, previously taken by ambulance more complex major surgical procedures community health and an Urgent Care to Royal North Shore Hospital, to receive and treat sicker patients closer to home Centre - for the treatment of minor healthcare at the new, closer hospital. injuries and illnesses. than possible before. More health services closer The Urgent Care Centre will be a free Babies born prematurely at 32 weeks walk-in service open 24/7 and staffed by to home at the new hospital will have access to high-level maternity current Mona Vale Hospital Emergency Northern Beaches residents will be able to care and a special care nursery and Department clinicians. Patients needing receive more specialised healthcare closer the community will have access to more complex care will be looked after to home as the new hospital will have the interventional cardiology services to and safely transferred to the new Northern latest imaging and diagnostic equipment, diagnose and treat heart conditions. Beaches Hospital. such as MRI, and high-level pathology. None of these services have previously New specialist services will also be provided It will have almost twice the number been provided at Manly or Mona Vale on the Mona Vale Hospital site with the of emergency and intensive care Hospitals and there is the ability to add construction of a dedicated 10-bed aged beds and three times the number of further healthcare services into the future.

Mona Vale Hospital will remain in public ownership and the new services and infrastructure are part of the largest investment in Future healthcare healthcare on the Northern Beaches in decades. services at What’s at Northern Beaches Hospital? Mona Vale Hospital

›› 488 beds, with room to ›› 14 operating theatres ›› Medical imaging, Mona Vale Hospital will continue to have expand in the future ›› Birthing, paediatric, renal, pharmacy and a vital role in providing healthcare services ›› 50-bed Emergency cancer care and mental pathology facilities and will integrate with those delivered at Department health services ›› Onsite education centre for the new hospital and the community health ›› 20-bed intensive ›› Medical centre staff training centres. These healthcare services include: care unit ›› Outpatient services ›› 1,400-space car park ›› 24/7 Urgent Care Centre ›› 56-bed inpatient rehabilitation Additional healthcare on the Northern Beaches and assessment ›› 10-bed inpatient and outpatient Available now at Mona Vale Hospital Available when new hospital opens palliative care ›› 10-bed inpatient geriatric evaluation Emergency bays 17 50 and management Operating theatres 3 14 ›› 4-chair dental clinic ›› Radiology, pathology and pharmacy Intensive care beds 5 20 ›› Hydrotherapy Maternity beds 12 40 ›› Paediatric occupational therapy ›› Paediatric speech pathology Mental health beds 0 61 ›› Paediatric physiotherapy ›› Community adult, youth and child mental health ›› Adult musculoskeletal physiotherapy ›› Acute post-acute care ›› Podiatry clinic ›› Diabetes clinic ›› Community drug and alcohol services ›› Early childhood services ›› Community service ›› Chronic disease community rehabilitation services ›› Carer support services ›› Community aged care/rehabilitation service ›› Continence service ›› Dietetics ›› Outreach maternity antenatal clinic ›› Cardiac rehabilitation ›› Ambulance station For serious or life-threatening conditions, call triple zero (000) ›› Helipad