Fremantle Hospital and Health Service - our services from 2015

Fremantle Hospital and Health Service — our services from 2015

Find out what health care services we’re delivering

The South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) is changing the way health care is delivered in Perth’s southern suburbs.

These changes will increase the ability of our health services to meet the growing health needs of people living and working in the south metropolitan area and across the State.

By mid-2015, health care offered in some hospitals will increase and some services will move to other facilities.

Not every hospital in the south metropolitan area will offer every clinical service. Instead, SMHS will provide hospitals and health services with expertise to better meet your health care needs.

Fremantle Hospital

From 2015, Fremantle Hospital will be a 300-bed specialist hospital focused on providing high-quality aged care, mental health, secondary rehabilitation, planned surgery and specialist medical services.

As a specialist hospital, some services have been transitioned to other hospitals, including Emergency Department and obstetric services.

Our services will include:

^{Aged care}

^{Geriatric and rehabilitation services}

^{Critical care}

^{Intensive care unit (ICU) to support elective and
planned surgery}

^{Elective surgery}

^{General surgery, including elective and short-stay
procedures}

^{Plastic surgery (hand procedures)}

^{Vascular surgery}

^{Orthopaedic surgery, including major joint, upper
and lower limb and short-stay procedures}

^{Anaesthesiology and pain management services}

^{Ophthalmology surgery, including non-admitted
patient review and eye condition management}

^{General medical}

^{General medicine for inpatients and outpatients}

^{Endocrinology, including diabetes clinics}

^{Sexual health services}

^{Gastroenterology, including endoscopy}

^{Mental health}

^{Inpatient and community mental health services for
adults and older adults}

^{Neurology, stroke, spinal and rehabilitation}

^{Rehabilitation services}

^{Ortho-geriatric rehabilitation}

^{Other outpatient and inpatient services}

^{Pathology, radiology and pharmacy services}

Our network

We aim to deliver high-quality and safe health care to people living in Perth’s south metropolitan area.

If the services you require are not available at Fremantle Hospital, then you will be referred or transferred to another hospital or health service that can meet your needs. This may be another facility in the south metropolitan area or elsewhere in Perth, depending on your requirements.

From 2015, we will offer health care services at:

^▲ Tertiary hospitals provide the highest level of care, often treating those with serious
injuries or life-threatening conditions.

^▲ General hospitals provide various services across a range of medical specialties to meet
broader health needs.

^▲ Specialist hospitals provide specific health care services, such as mental health, aged care,
rehabilitation and elective surgery.

Our approach

Our focus is on ensuring you receive the right care, at the right time, in the right place, by the right team.

All of our hospitals and health services work together. As a result, you may receive your health care at more than one hospital or health service. For example, you may receive your initial surgery at a tertiary hospital and your follow-up care at another hospital closer to your home.

Be assured, regardless of the location, you will be referred to the right hospital or health service to meet your needs.

More information

Fremantle Hospital
www.fh.health.wa.gov.au

South metropolitan area transition of health services
www.southmetropolitan.health.wa.gov.au

Building a bigger, better health system
www.getthebiggerpicture.health.wa.gov.au

Fremantle Hospital
Alma Street Fremantle WA 6160
Postal address: PO Box 480
Fremantle WA 6959

Phone: (08) 9431 3333 (24-hours)
Fax: (08) 9431 2391

Email: fhhs.CommunityCommissioning@health.wa.gov.au

This document can be made available in alternative formats on request for a person with a disability. Please contact the South Metropolitan Health Service on (08) 9318 7500.

Information correct as at November 2014.

Publication reviewed by the SMHS Consumer Advisory Council (CAC)

Produced by South Metropolitan Health Service

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