Public and Private Patients

You may choose to be a public or private patient at the WCH.

Public Patients

Australian residents who decide to be a public patient are entitled to free treatment under Medicare.  Your treatment will be carried out by doctors nominated by the Hospital, under the direction of an appropriate specialist. After discharge your care will be carried out in a WCH Outpatient Clinic or you will be referred to your local general practitioner.

Private Patients

If you choose to be treated as a private patient, you will be treated by a specialist of your own choice, provided the specialist is on the staff of the WCH and agrees to treat you as a private patient. After discharge your care will be carried out in either a WCH Outpatient Clinic or the specialist's private rooms, or you will be referred to your local general practitioner.

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