Inpatient wards

Who we are

Our inpatient wards provide care to children and young people with a broad range of medical, surgical and complex specialty conditions. Your child will be admitted when they cannot be cared for in an ambulatory, community or general hospital setting.

Your child may be admitted through the Emergency Department, as a planned admission or as a direct admission from another hospital or outpatient clinic at PCH.

We have ten inpatient wards:

Ward 1A – Oncology and Haematology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Immunology, Dermatology
Ward 1B – Burns, Plastics and Orthopaedics
Ward 2A – General Paediatrics and Complex Respiratory
Ward 2B – Long stay surgical including complex Ear, Nose, Throat and Otolaryngology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery
Ward 3A – Paediatric Critical Care
Ward 3B – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Ward 3C – Surgical Short Stay Unit
Ward 4A – Adolescent Medicine (over 12 years) and specialties
Ward 4B – Medical specialities including Neurosurgery, Neurology, Cardiothoracic surgery, Cardiology, Rehabilitation, Nephrology, Respiratory
Ward 5A – Mental Health

Read about what to expect when you are staying with us.

Accommodation for parents

There are four types of accommodation for PCH patients, families and carers.

Read about these accommodation offerings.

Location

Our inpatients wards are located on Levels 1 to 5 and are accessible via the Green Lifts.

The Surgical Short Stay Unit (SSSU) on Ward 3C is accessible via the Pink lifts. Before your child’s procedure, please enter SSSU via the Surgical Admissions entrance (turn left out of the Pink lifts). After your child’s procedure, please enter through the Ward 3C entrance (turn right out of the pink lifts).

Public access to the pink lifts is restricted between 9pm and 6am. Between these hours, parents and carers must contact security to request an escort to the ward.

Inpatient wards

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