Mona Vale Hospital and Golf Course (6587061889)

Mona Vale Hospital is located in the suburb of Mona Vale, on the

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of metropolitan

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. It is a public hospital managed by New South Wales Health, and part of the Northern Sydney Local Health District. The hospital was incorporated on 21 November 1958 under the Public Hospitals Act 1929, and opened on 22 February 1964 by the then Minister for Health, the Hon. William Francis Sheahan. It initially accommodated 152 inpatients, with acute specialty services in

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, General Medicine, General Paediatrics,

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. The Accident and Emergency department opened shortly thereafter, on 23 March 1964. Finally, in 1975, a 43-bed Paediatric Unit was opened on Level 6, replacing a staff canteen. In October 2018 the majority of acute specialty services were transferred to the newly built, semi-private

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. As a result, Mona Vale Hospital was redeveloped to include a range of sub-acute inpatient services, including geriatric, rehabilitation and palliative Care, as well as the establishment of an outpatient

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reviews. The hospital features a 24-hour urgent care centre equivalent to a level one emergency department. A February 2020 report into the poor performance of the Northern Beaches Hospital recommended restoring the status of Mona Vale Hospital to a “Level Three” emergency department but this was rejected by the

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. In September 2020 the NSW Government confirmed its plans to demolish the main hospital building because it contained

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, despite significant local opposition. Demolition works began in 2021 and by May 2021 the main hospital building had been completely removed.

Urgent Care Centre

In 2019 the hospital's former Emergency Department was re-purposed into a 24-hour Urgent Care Centre, intended to assess and treat minor illnesses and injuries on an

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basis. It was staffed by experienced medical practitioners with backgrounds in

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and/or

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, who work alongside

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. Additionally, there are pathology and X-ray services available on-site during extended daytime hours. Patients at Mona Vale Hospital requiring further medical assessment and/or a higher level of care are traditionally transferred via

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. Since its opening in October 2018, the urgent care centre sees an average of about 50 to 80 patients daily, with about 6% of them requiring onwards transfer to other facilities. Mona Vale Urgent Care Centre 3

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Urgent Care Centre

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