Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital
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Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital is
teaching hospital A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...
with tertiary affiliations to the
University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...
,
University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD), also known as Sydney University, or informally Sydney Uni, is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and is one of the country's si ...
and
Western Sydney University Western Sydney University, formerly the University of Western Sydney, is an Australian multi-campus university in the Greater Western region of Sydney, Australia. The university in its current form was founded in 1989 as a federated network ...
providing a wide range of general medical and surgical services and sub-specialty services to the Bankstown/Canterbury community. It is part of
South Western Sydney Local Health District South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...
.


History

It was built next to the former Bankstown Hospital which opened in 1957,History of Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital
South Western Sydney Local Health District This was later demolished. It became part of the South Western Sydney Local Health District in January 2011 following National Health Reform replacing the former
Sydney South West Area Health Service Sydney South West Area Health Service, abbreviated SSWAHS and known by the corporate name Sydney South West Health, was an area health service charged with the provision of public health services in central and south-western Sydney. It was formed ...


See also

*
List of hospitals in Australia This is a list of hospitals in Australia. Australian Capital Territory Public * Calvary Public Hospital – Bruce * The Canberra Hospital – Garran * Queen Elizabeth II Family Centre – Curtin * University of Canberra Hospital – Belcon ...


References


External links


South Western Sydney Local Health District website
Hospital buildings completed in 1996 Hospitals in Sydney Bankstown, New South Wales Hospitals established in 1996 1996 establishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-struct-stub