About the WCH

We are the leading provider of care for children with acute and chronic conditions in South Australia, and the State's largest maternity and obstetric service. We also provide important community-based services.

In 2019/20 we had 239,397 funded outpatient attendances for women and children, across the areas of paediatric medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, neonatology, mental health and disability, rehabilitation and allied health of the Women's and Children's Hospital.

Also in 2019/20, 42,674 children presented to our Paediatric Emergency Department, and 4,846 babies were born at the hospital. There were also 31,104 inpatient separations in 2019/20.

We are highly regarded as a centre for research. As one of the State's major teaching hospitals, we work with all three South Australian universities in the training of hundreds of health professionals each year.

The Hospital forms part of the Women's and Children's Health Network, one of five health networks in South Australia.

We are committed to making your visit to the Hospital as comfortable as possible. Please visit the 'Patients and Visitors' section for more information.

The Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) is a publicly funded hospital, an agency of SA Health, and is controlled by the Minister for Health.

The WCH is led and managed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN), who reports to the WCHN Governing Board.

The structure includes both strategic and clinical leadership positions, and has been designed to ensure that the WCH is able to successfully respond to the objectives of the Government's health agenda.

More information can be found on the the Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN) web site.