Sandringham Hospital

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000
E: contactus@alfred.org.au
W: Visit website www.alfredhealth.org.au/sandringham

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: The service is only available to in-patients.

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: In patient services only

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000

Today's opening hours:
24 hours
Open now

Opening times:

Monday: 24 hours
Tuesday: 24 hours
Wednesday: 24 hours
Thursday: 24 hours
Friday: 24 hours
Saturday: 24 hours
Sunday: 24 hours

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: Sandringham Hospital's General Medical Unit provides care for many types of patients, this is generally split into two groups Acute Medicine & Sub-Acute Medicine.

Our Acute medical team is supported by Physicians, Registrars, Interns and Nursing care team and covers diagnosis such as

Cardiac: heart failure, Heart attacks
respiratory: infections and chronic diseases
Diabetes
Kidney disease: Renal failure, infections
Delirium
Falls
Electrolyte imbalance
Our Sub-Acute medical team is also supported by Physicians, Registrars, Interns and Nursing care team and covers diagnosis such as

fractures eg. hips, humerus, pelvis
post cardiac event
post exaserpation of respiratory disease / infection
frail, elderly patients
recovering from acute illness
Referrals are made by your GP or via the Emergency Department.

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1470

Today's opening hours:
24 hours
Open now

Opening times:

Monday: 24 hours
Tuesday: 24 hours
Wednesday: 24 hours
Thursday: 24 hours
Friday: 24 hours
Saturday: 24 hours
Sunday: 24 hours

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Fees and Bulk Billing

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: The Paediatric service at Sandringham Hospital is designed to support our Maternity, Special Care Nursery, Emergency Department and a limited number of surgeries that are performed on children under 16 years of age.

There is no dedicated paediatric ward and as such limited paediatric patients are admitted.

Paediatric patients can also be seen in our Outpatient clinic by way of referral from the Maternity ward, Special Care Nursery, Emergency Department or from your GP via a faxed referral to 9076 1583.

Referrals may include a range of paediatric conditions including developmental and behavioural problems. The service has close links with Alfred CYMHS (child and youth mental health services) located at Moorabbin.

Alfred Health works within the Vulnerable babies, children and young people at risk of harm: Best practice framework for acute health services.

This is a Department of Health initiative to improve responses to these vulnerable children and coordinate a consistent response across Public Hospitals, with the aim of providing the best and most appropriate range of services for each child at risk and their family

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: Sandringham Hospital provides over 1000 obstetric deliveries per year, Outpatient Clinics, emergency services in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and a minimum of 4 Gynaecology operating lists per week. A team of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, registrars, HMOs and GP Obstetricians support the Unit.

Types of Gynaecological Surgery
D&C
LLETZ
Hysteroscopy
Laparoscopy
Laparoscopy Sterilisation
Cone Biopsy
Endometrial Ablation
Hysterectomy
Urogynaecological
Low to medium risk Obstetrics
Referrals
Gynaecology referrals can be made by your GP and faxed or posted to 'Family Medical Obstetrics Clinic' for an Outpatient appointment. A referral can also be made direct from the Emergency Department for urgent cases.

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - midday

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: Description of Service
Types of Surgery
Joint replacements
Fractures eg Neck or Femur
Other fractures requiring GAMP/ORIF
Upper Limb
Foot/Ankle/Knee
Referral process
Elective Surgery: Obtain a referral from your GP and fax or post to Outpatient Clinic for an appointment. The referral must include GP's Provider No.

Emergency: A referral will be provided by the registrar from the Emergency Department then forward to the Outpatient Clinic on your behalf.

Fracture Clinic: For emergency and post-operative patients, this clinic is held on a Monday morning excluding public holidays.

Referrals to the Orthopaedic Clinic in general may facilitate earlier surgery

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1247

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: The Sandringham Hospital Collection Centre provides inpatient and outpatient collection services and Bulk Billed collections for private patients of General Practitioners and Specialists

The Sandringham laboratory provides basic testing in Haematology, Biochemistry and Blood Bank.

Laboratory staff are also responsible for the point of care testing devices in the Sandringham Emergency Department, which are available after hours for testing in critically ill patients.

All other tests are sent to The Alfred's laboratory.

General Enquiries and Results

During Laboratory hours: 9076 1247
Results After Hours: 9076 3888

Services Provided
Consultation
For clinical or further laboratory information, please contact us. We are happy to assist with investigative or management problems.

Outpatient Rooms Opening Hours
Monday-Thursday 08:00-17:00
Friday: 08:00-15:30

Inpatient Collection Rounds
Monday-Friday 07:00-13:00
Saturday 07:00-10:00

Collection staff also perform ECGs on request
A domiciliary service is available for patients with limited mobility

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 2pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 2pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 2pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 2pm
Friday: 8:30am - 2pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: The Breastfeeding Support Service aims to provide information and support to those who are experiencing difficulties breastfeeding, establishing their lactation or mothers who may just require additional support in breastfeeding.

We offer a balanced approach in a supportive environment.

The service is available to babies from newborn up to three months old.

The service is also available to women birthing at Sandringham Hospital, who may wish to see a lactation consultant antenatally (for example, discuss previous breastfeeding experiences and prepare for their next baby)

Our service provides the attention needed offering 1 lactation consultant to 2-3 mothers assisting in the following areas:

Discuss any feeding or lactation concerns the mother may have.
Observe the baby breastfeeding preferably for two feeds.
Develop a feeding plan with the mother.
Assess and discuss if further follow-up is required.
The Breastfeeding support service is free and available for mothers who have birthed at Sandringham Hospital or their baby has been admitted to Sandringham Hospital's Special care nursery.

Unfortunately a fee does apply for mothers who have birthed elsewhere. Currently $70 for an initial visit and $50 for a second visit (this may be claimable through private health funds, please consult your health fund). Mothers attend from 9am to 2.00pm.and lunch is provided.

Making an Appointment

To make an appointment please contact the Breastfeeding Support Service by leaving a message on 9076 1570. Mothers are encouraged to refer themselves alternately they can be referred by their partner, mother midwife, doctor or maternal and child health nurse.

Please bring the following items to your appointment:

Medicare card/Health care card/Private health fund card
Child health record book
A good supply of nappies, wipes & clothes for your baby
All needs for baby's feeds - this may include breast pump attachments
Something for baby to sleep in eg. pram
Any referral letters or list of medications
Due to space restraints and privacy issues, partners and siblings unfortunately can not be accommodated.

Please arrive via the main entrance at 8.45am and see reception where you will be directed to admissions briefly, then follow the green line to Breastfeeding Support Service.

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: Sandringham Hospital offers a range of Womens & Children's Health services including a small, friendly, 14 bed Maternity unit, 4 Birthing Suites and a level two Special Care Nursery.

These services support families from the surrounding community areas including cities of Kingston, Port Phillip, Glen Eira and Bayside.

We care for 'low to moderate risk' women during pregnancy, labour and birth, post natal and provide a home visiting service.

A Breastfeeding Support Service is available to mothers & babies between the ages of newborn to 3 months who are having feeding difficulties.

The unit also provides antenatal classes held by the midwives and physiotherapists and postnatal exercise classes held by the physiotherapists.

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: The Radiology Department at Sandringham Hospital provides a comprehensive range of bulk billed radiology services to Bayside and Melbourne patients, both as in-patients and privately referred walk-in outpatients. It is one of the few Melbourne bulk billed radiology services.

The Outpatient service is open five days a week with provision for emergency cases. Services are provided to In-patients and the Emergency Department. Referrals from private GP's and Specialists are encouraged and bulk billed (for a majority of exams). Waiting lists for private radiology referrals are extremely short.

The Department has three modern General X-ray rooms (one with fluoroscopy), three Ultrasound rooms, (one fitted for Echo Cardiac Stress tests). The department also boasts new reduced dose digital Mammography and new CT Scanning systems. It has two ward mobiles and two mobile Image Intensifiers in the operating theatres.

Last year the department performed over 34,000 examinations across a wide range of diagnostic, interventional and therapeutic procedures. Despite this, the department still has enough capacity to rapidly meet the needs of private referrers, with almost all exams being bulk billed.

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - midday

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: Orthopaedic Pre-admission.

This clinic operates on a Wednesday, staff attending the clinic include Anaesthetic, Registered Nurses, Medical staff and Allied Health Team members.

Sandringham booking office will request patients having elective surgery to attend this clinic, not all patients having surgery are required to attend.

The clinic pre-admits patients to ensure they are fit for surgery at Sandringham Hospital. Investigations are performed, a discharge plan is discussed and the patient is seen by the medical staff, nursing staff and Allied Health.

Any concerns the patient has are discussed at this time.

Orthopaedic Outpatient Clinic

Outpatient clinics operate two half days a week on a Monday and Friday morning and on alternate Thursday mornings.

Patients who wish to be seen by a specialist must first obtain a referral from their GP or if they have been seen by the Emergency Department one will be provided.

Once a referral is received by the clinic it is assessed (triaged) by the specialists and an appropriate appointment is made (this may take some time depending on the nature of the problem).

You will receive a letter confirming when an appointment has been made for you. Please refer to the Sandringham Outpatient Information sheet for details on what to bring to your appointment.

Post operative patients are also seen in these clinics.

Patients are seen in the clinic according to appointment time
NOT arrival time.
It may appear that other patients are being seen before you. We have more than one team of doctors working in clinic at any given time.

Patients are seen according to the appointment schedule of the doctor they are seeing

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000
E: alfredhealth@alfred.org.au

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: IThe department provides a service to inpatients referred from the orthopaedic, general medical, general surgical wards, sub-acute (rehab) beds and to the Emergency Department and the short stay unit.

Evening antenatal education classes and postnatal education classes are provided to patients who are booked into the hospitals maternity ward.

An outpatient service is provided to acute orthopaedic patients referrals as above

There is a physiotherapist at weekends for limited hours for priority inpatients and referrals from the Emergency Department or short stay unit.

The Appliance department is available for the hire or sale of equipment to hospital inpatients.

n patient services only

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1553

Today's opening hours:
Closed now

Opening times:

Monday: 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday: 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday: 8:30am - 5pm
Friday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: At Sandringham Hospital, the Speech Pathology service is available to patients across all units of the hospital.

The Speech Pathology Department services adult inpatients with a range of difficulties including disorders of swallowing, communication, voice and cognition.

A variety of neurological and structural impairments result in the need for speech pathology input.

These impairments may include stroke, head injury, cerebral anoxia, brain tumour, encephalitis and other forms of damage to the brain.

Progressive neurological disorders (such as Dementia and Parkinson's Disease) and head and neck cancer can also result in swallowing and/or communication disorders.

The Speech Pathology Department consists of 2 part-time clinicians who are responsible for providing a range of services including:

Speech and language assessments
Assessment and management of swallowing disorders, including videofluoroscopy procedures (x-ray of swallowing)
Cognitive/communication assessment and therapy
Provision of alternative communication devices and strategies
Education and counselling to family and carers
Referral to other external agencies as appropriate.
Who do we care for?

The clinical units serviced within Sandringham Hospital include:

General Medicine
General Surgery
Orthopaedics
Sub acute
In addition to the units based at Sandringham Hospital, our Department has established links with rehabilitation and community care.

The department also provides an outpatient videofluoroscopy service to patients from Bentleigh Bayside Community Health (Doctor Referral required).

PLEASE NOTE- FOR PAEDIATRIC CLIENTS WITHIN THE ALFRED HEALTH CATCHMENT AREA ANY ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO CAULFIELD COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICE, BENTLEIGH BAYSIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH OR THE DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION

Address:
193 Bluff Road, SANDRINGHAM, VIC, 3191

Contact:

Ph: 03 9076 1000

Today's opening hours:
8:30am - 5pm
Closed now

Opening times:

Saturday: 8:30am - 5pm
Sunday: 8:30am - 5pm

Public holidays: View holiday hours Hide holiday hours

Billing:
Other Option

Wheelchair access:
Yes

Additional Information: The Sandringham Dialysis Unit (S.D.U) provides haemodialysis for patients with end stage renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy.

The unit is a satellite unit of Alfred Health and therefore has very close links with the renal unit at The Alfred.

We have patients referred from many major hospitals however the majority of patients are from The Alfred and Monash Hospital.

The unit has twelve dialysis positions with two shifts per day. We care for 48 patients.

It is the aim of the staff at S.D.U to provide a welcoming, nurturing and safe environment. All staff have a wealth of experience in the field of renal nursing and have undertaken training from all major hospitals in Victoria and overseas.

We promote primary nursing within the unit, which enhances and facilitates holistic, optimal care for our patients.

A Renal Consultant visits the unit on a weekly basis providing assessment and treatment direction for the patients if required.

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