Liverpool Hospital
| Liverpool Hospital | |
|---|---|
| South Western Sydney Local Health District | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Liverpool, New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°55′11″S 150°55′49″E / 33.91972°S 150.93028°ECoordinates: 33°55′11″S 150°55′49″E / 33.91972°S 150.93028°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Medicare (Public) |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Western Sydney |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 855 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1813 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Australia |
Liverpool Hospital is located in the south-western suburbs of Liverpool, New South Wales and is 50 minutes away from the Sydney CBD. It is the largest hospital in New South Wales and one of the leading trauma centres in Australia.
It has a maximum capacity of 855 beds, 23 operating rooms and 60 critical care beds, diagnostic and imaging services, emergency and trauma care, maternity, paediatric, cancer care, mental health, ambulatory care, allied health and medical and surgical services from birth to aged care.
The Hospital is the major health service for south-western Sydney, providing services to the local government area of Liverpool City Council as well as district services to residents and visitors in the area. It also provides a range of statewide services in areas such as critical care and trauma, neonatal intensive care and brain injury rehabilitation.
Liverpool Hospital sits within an education and health precinct which includes the Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Clinical Schools of the University of New South Wales and University of Western Sydney, South West Private Hospital and South Western Sydney TAFE.
It is a principal teaching hospital of the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Sydney and continues to have an active education programme for medical practitioners, nurses and health professionals, with a range of clinical placements available for students from universities around Australia.
In 2013, Liverpool Hospital celebrated two centuries of caring for the community. Liverpool Hospital’s first brick building was commissioned 200 years ago in 1813 on a portion of land beside the Georges River. It was originally run as a tent hospital for soldiers and convicts in the early 1790s, making it the second oldest hospital in Australia.
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