Wesley Hospital (Brisbane)

Wesley Hospital
Uniting Care Health
Geography
Location	Auchenflower, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Services
Beds	530+
History
Founded	1896 (old campus, southbank), moved March 1977 (Auchenflower)
Links
Website	www.uchealth.com.au/wesley
Lists	Hospitals in Australia

The Wesley Hospital is a hospital located in the suburb of Auchenflower in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.^[1]

The hospital currently has over 530 beds and offers a large range of clinical services.^[2] It is owned and operated by UnitingCare Health. The hospital recently underwent works and an extension.

The hospital is well known for its 'Kim Walters Choices Program' which supports men, women and their families who have been diagnosed with breast or gynecological cancer.^[3] This program is free.

Transport

The Wesley Hospital is accessible by bus routes which travel along Coronation Drive, and also from Auchenflower Rail Station which is situated behind the hospital.

History

The Wesley Hospital has its roots in St Helen's Hospital (Brisbane) at South Brisbane. In the late 1960s, it became clear St Helen's Hospital could not expand on its existing site. This led to the purchase of the Moorlands Estate at Auchenflower in 1971. The State Government would not allow the hospital to operate on two sites under the same name, so the new site became Wesley Hospital. Construction commenced in 1975 and the Wesley Hospital received its first patients by ambulance convoy from St Helen's on 1 March 1977.^[4]

References

1. "The Wesley Hospital". Wesley Hospital. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
2. UnitingCare Clinical Services, http://www.uchealth.com.au/wesley/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=91
3. The Wesley Hospital Kim Walters Choices Program, http://www.uchealth.com.au/choices
4. Our History, Wesley Hospital, retrieved 14 March 2011.

Coordinates: 27°28′39.3″S 152°59′51″E / 27.477583°S 152.99750°E