Northern Beaches Hospital

Northern Beaches Hospital
Northern Sydney Local Health District Healthscope
Main Entrance of Northern Beaches Hospital
Geography
Location	Frenchs Forest, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	33.750751°S 151.232880°E / -33.750751; 151.232880
Organisation
Care system	Medicare (Australia) Private
Funding	Public For-profit
Type	District General
Network	NSW Health Healthscope
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	488
Helipads
Helipad	(ICAO: YXNL)
Number Length Surface ft m 1 concrete
History
Opened	30 October 2018
Links
Website	www.northernbeacheshospital.com.au

Northern Beaches Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Main foyer of Northern Beaches Hospital

Atrium of Northern Beaches Hospital

The Northern Beaches Hospital is a district general hospital in Frenchs Forest, located in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

History

In May 2013 the State Government announced the Northern Beaches Hospital would be built in Frenchs Forest. Upon its completion it became the primary Hospital for the Northern Beaches, with Manly Hospital to close and Mona Vale Hospital to be downgraded.^[1] It is operated by Healthscope.^[2] In December 2014, Leighton Contractors were selected to build the hospital.^[3] The hospital opened on 30 October 2018.

As part of the project, a series of road enhancements were made to the adjoining Forest Way, Wakehurst Parkway and Warringah Road by a Ferrovial/York Civil joint venture.^[4] Upgrades were completed in mid-2020.

The hospital is both a private and public hospital, and it is expected that 40% of beds will be reserved for private patients.

Northern Beaches Hospital played an integral role in the COVID-19 response in NSW by operating a 7-day/week COVID-19 testing clinic, busy emergency department, and admitted unwell patients into the intensive care unit. In early 2022, over 60 ward beds were dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The hospital was one of the first in Sydney to allow visitors to once again visit patients.

References

1. World Class Hospital for Northern Beaches Archived 20 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Minister for Health 2 May 2013
2. Union fears Northern Beaches private hospital plan will prioritise profits over patients ABC News 29 October 2014
3. Leighton signs Northern Beaches Hospital contract CPB Contractors
4. Northern Beaches Hospital road upgrade project Road & Maritime Services