About us

Austin Health is proud and excited to usher in a new era in elective surgery treatment in Victoria. The Surgery Centre will be a facility like no other, where patient-centred care will be delivered by a unique group of Professionals whose skill and efficiency will instil confidence and well-being, in brand new surrounds, which have been designed with safety and harmony in mind.

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Based at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, The Surgery Centre will offer a radical departure from the traditional model of elective surgery health care. It will separate short stay elective surgery from emergency surgery and complex elective work.

At The Surgery Centre patients will get their surgery on the day it is booked, and the care provided will be excellent. We will attract the best surgeons, nurses and staff who work to the highest standards.  We will be dynamic and confident enough to be questioned and will challenge ourselves to deliver the best health care available.

Once the centre is completed, it will have the capacity to treat up to an additional 5000 patients waiting for surgical and endoscopic procedures each yerar It is expected that the centre will provide surgical treatment options for endoscopic and surgical waiting list patients from Austin Health’s waiting lists. Low to medium acuity patients who require day surgery or an inpatient bed of up to 72 hours will be the target cohort.

The centre complements the recent redevelopment of the Surgery and Endoscopy Centre at the Austin Hospital.  At present, Austin Health treats 20,000 patients through the Surgery and Endoscopy Centre each year. With the new stand alone centre at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, we will increase the number of patients treated and significantly improve patient access to elective surgery.

The Surgery Centre Inpatient Unit will open early Monday morning and will close Friday afternoon. We will not operate on weekends or public holidays.

The Operating Suite will run two lists per Theatre and Endoscopy suite each day of the week, except Fridays when there will be morning lists only.

• four operating theatres which have been refurbished and modernised, and will contain new, up to date surgical equipment
• two endoscopy suites
• a spacious 8-10 bay recovery unit
• a 12 bed short-stay ward where the warm, natural colours chosen promote comfort and well-being
• diagnostics

Procedures will be performed by respected practitioners from multiple specialities including: endoscopy; urology; breast surgery; general surgery; vascular surgery; orthopaedic surgery; brachytherapy; gynaecology; plastics and opthamology.