Terrey Hills private hospital: Opening date for $98m, 85-bed acute care facility set for December
The opening date has been revealed for a new $98m, 85-bed ‘acute care’ private hospital on the northern beaches. See what it means for your healthcare.
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A highly anticipated $98m private hospital on the northern beaches will admit its
first patients next month.
Wyvern Private Hospital at Terrey Hills, which has been under construction since March 2022, confirmed it is set to receive accreditation from NSW Health to begin operating on December 2.
Although the hospital will have 85-beds, it won’t be at full capacity until some time next year.
Hospital chief executive officer Carol Bryant said the facility, which will officially be opened by independent federal MP for Mackellar Dr Sophie Scamps on December 6, will “ramp up slowly”.
“We’ll have a quieter period over Christmas then we’ll look to really grow when we re-open in January,” Ms Bryant.
While the hospital is still looking to recruit more nurses and administrative personnel, it has enough staff ready for the first patients.
“We will, as we grow, need to recruit more people,” Ms Bryant said.
There will eventually be around 150 staff including about 22 doctors and 69 nurses.
The hospital site, owned by Australian Unity, was given planning permission eight years ago. In February 2022, Wyvern Health signed a 30-year lease and major works agreement with Australian Unity’s Healthcare Property Trust to develop and operate the facility that features three main buildings built in a bushland setting.
When fully operational, the hospital in Myoora Rd will have a wide range of medical and surgical services including eight operating theatres, a cardiac catherterisation lab, 56 surgical inpatient beds, 20 rehab beds and nine beds in its intensive care unit.
It will also have “clinical support units” including radiology — equipped with CT, MRI, X-ray and ultrasound imaging — pathology, pharmacy, 148-space car park and 15 consulting suites.
A hydrotherapy pool and gym for physiotherapy and rehabilitation have been fitted out along with a cafe. The buildings feature floor to ceiling windows with bushland views, while a rooftop garden has been created to help reduce patient stress.
Wyvern describes it as an “acute care” hospital that would focus on spinal surgery, neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, vascular surgery, interventional cardiology, pain management and ophthalmology.
Ms Bryant said the hospital would cater to the northern beaches’ ageing population with orthopaedics and spinal neurosurgery “being our main activity”.
“We’ve got a large group of doctors already wanting to work here in those areas,” she said.
“And we’ll have general and plastic surgery as well as a pain management team.
“It’s really positioned to meet the needs of the local area. It’s easy to find and has great doctors from the area.
“We’re really positive about the future. It’s all falling into place.”
Last year Wyvern Health’s chair and founder, neurosurgeon Bill Sears, said it was critical that people in northern Sydney, many of whom were ageing, had access to what he described as world-class private medical and surgical facilities and healthcare services.
“They’ll be in a facility where those who are caring for them have got what they need to care for them properly,” Dr Sears said.
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