Whyalla Hospital and Health Service

Contact details

Front of Whyalla Hospital and Health ServiceFor all emergencies phone 000

Postal address: PO Box 267 Whyalla SA 5600

Whyalla Hospital and Health Service is part of the Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network. Whyalla provides a wide range of services utilising local general practitioners, resident specialists, visiting specialists and telemedicine for people in the surrounding areas.

Accident and emergency

We provide a 24-hour accident and emergency service.

When you arrive at the Whyalla Hospital accident and emergency, you will be seen by nursing staff to collect information and assess your illness or injury. We have a team of medical practitioners that can be called as required.

In a medical emergency, it is important that you do not ‘self present’ to hospital. SA Ambulance Service staff will provide advanced first-aid advice over the phone while an ambulance is on its way to you.

Private patients

At the Whyalla Hospital you can choose to be admitted as a Private Patient. Admission as a private patient has benefits for both you and the hospital. For more information please visit attending hospital as a private patient.

Patient entertainment

Bedside computers have now been installed and are fully operational for patient entertainment in 12 hospitals including Whyalla Hospital and Health Service.

The bedside entertainment services are provided by Telstra and give public patients access to a number of different entertainment options on a pre-paid basis. Private patients will receive this service free of charge.

For information on the bedside entertainment package options please go to our bedside entertainment page.

Visit Whyalla Hospital

Visitors play an important part in a patient’s hospital stay, and visitors are welcome to visit.

When visiting a loved one in hospital please note:

  • Please obtain permission to visit from the nurse.
  • All visitors to the High Dependency Unit must ring the bell and ask for permission to visit.
  • Food, sweets and drinks for patients must be checked with the nurse, as many patients are on special diets.
  • To avoid inconvenience to other patients, only two people may visit each patient at any one time.
  • Please show consideration for patients by behaving quietly, and observing restrictions on visiting,
  • Visiting children are the responsibility of their parent or adult carer and should be supervised at all times. Please keep noise to a minimum.
  • Furniture is placed to ensure rapid access to rooms in emergencies. This also means that seating for visitors is restricted.

Car parking

Parking is available onsite.

Disabled access

The building is wheelchair accessible and disabled facilities are available.

Consumer feedback

We value feedback from patients and take your concerns, suggestions and complaints seriously.  Please use the consumer feedback form to provide your feedback.

Services

Services provided at the Whyalla Hospital and Health Service include:

  • 24-hour accident and emergency services
  • general medical and specialist surgical care
  • anaesthetic, cardiac, obstetric and neonatal services
  • chemotherapy and renal dialysis services
  • regional cancer resource centre
  • rehabilitation services
  • telerehabilitation service
  • integrated mental health services
  • stroke services.

A major redevelopment of the hospital was undertaken in 2012 and 2013, with new facilities including the Regional Cancer Centre, Integrated Mental Health Inpatient Unit, specialist rehabilitation unit, new surgical services and 48 single patient rooms.

Since 2014, the Whyalla Hospital team has delivered more than 138,000 treatments, consultations, surgeries and procedures. 87,000 people in Whyalla and the surrounding area have had greater access to a range of new services closer to home, as well as providing on site accommodation for out of town patients. To learn more about the services, visit the services at Whyalla Hospital and Health Service page.

Health Advisory Council

The Whyalla Hospital and Health Service Health Advisory Council works with the community by providing advice to the hospital about local health care needs, priorities and issues. To learn more about their role, visit the Health Advisory Councils page.