Sydney South West AHS
Sydney South West AHS (SSWAHS) has five operating sectors, which provide publicly funded hospital and community based health services. Those sectors are - Bankstown Health Services, Fairfield Health Service, Liverpool Health Service, Macarthur Health Service and Wingecarribee Health Service.
Major hospitals are located at Bankstown (Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital), Fairfield, Liverpool, Campbelltown and Bowral. Both Campbelltown and Camden hospitals are operated by Macarthur Health Service and Bowral Hospital is operated by Wingecarribee Health Service. Liverpool Hospital is the major tertiary referral centre for South Western Sydney. The Area administration is also centred on the Liverpool Hospital campus.
The hospitals with Paediatric beds include Bankstown, Bowral, Campbelltown, Fairfield and Liverpool.
As well there are facilities for the aged at Picton (Queen Victoria Memorial) and Camden (Carrington Centennial). Karitane's services for mothers and babies are centred at Fairfield. Braeside Hospital provides services in rehabilitation, geriatrics and palliative care and is sited at Fairfield. SWSAHS is at the forefront in regards to technology, teaching and facilities, with several world-renowned services such as the Liverpool Trauma Service.
SWSAHS also delivers community based services throughout the region, many of them from community health centres. The trend toward non-hospital health care is growing with ambulatory care services caring for a variety of patients in their homes.
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