Royal Women's Hospital

The Royal Women's Hospital
The Royal Women's Hospital
	The Royal Women's Hospital in Parkville
Geography
Location	20 Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	37°47′55″S 144°57′18″E / 37.7987°S 144.9551°E
Organisation
Care system	Public Medicare (AU)
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Specialist
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	200
Speciality	Women’s health, Maternity, Gynaecology, Neonatal
History
Opened	1856
Links
Website	www.thewomens.org.au
Lists	Hospitals in Australia

The Royal Women's Hospital, located in the Melbourne suburb of Parkville, is Australia's oldest specialist women's hospital. It offers a full range of services in maternity, gynaecology, neonatal care, women's cancers and women's health.^[1] It also offers complementary services such as social work, physiotherapy, dietetics, genetic counselling and pastoral care. Specialist clinics in endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain, menopause symptoms after cancer, and infertility^[2] are also available. It is a major teaching hospital of over 200 beds with links to the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University. Co-located in the same building is the Frances Perry Private Hospital, a 69-bed private hospital for women.