Hollywood Private Hospital (Hollywood) is an acute care hospital located in Nedlands, Western Australia. Hollywood is Western Australia's largest private hospital, with more than 900 licensed beds. The hospital is part of Ramsay Health Care Group and has more than 800 accredited specialists working across a wide range of disciplines including cardiology, gastroenterology, general medicine, general surgery, oncology, orthopaedics, palliative care, psychiatry, rehabilitation and urology. Hollywood employs over 2,000 people and has 75,000 patient admissions each year.
Specialties
Hollywood offers a wide range of comprehensive specialties, including
aged care and rehabilitation,
bariatric/obesity surgery,
cardiology,
cardiology – interventional,
colorectal surgery,
dermatology,
ear nose and throat,
endocrinology,
gastroenterology,
general medicine,
general surgery,
gynaecological oncology,
gynaecology,
haematology,
infectious diseases,
neurology,
neurosurgery,
nuclear medicine,
oncology,
orthopaedics,
paediatric surgery,
pain medicine,
palliative care,
plastic and reconstructive surgery,
psychiatry,
rehabilitation,
renal medicine,
respiratory,
rheumatology,
urology and
vascular surgery.
History
1942 - 110 Military Hospital
1947 - Repatriation General Hospital, Hollywood; Jean Elsie Ferguson, matron
1994 - Purchased by the Ramsay Health Care Group and commenced operations as Hollywood Private Hospital on 24 February 1994
2021 - Opening of the new Sylvia Perry Wing containing the Martin O’Meara, Lawrence McCarthy, and Arthur Bagot Wards. The Emergency Department also opened.
Building
The hospital contains four wings: the Anne Leach Wing, Marjorie Brislee Wing, Vivian Bullwinkel Wing and the Sylvia Perry Wing.
All wards and units are named after Western Australians who were awarded the Victoria Cross and George Cross: