Residents of Melbourne’s northern suburbs will have further access to health care and treatment, following the reopening of La Trobe Private Hospital. The hospital, located at La Trobe’s Bundoora campus, now comprises 34 beds, including four operating theatres and a four-bed High Dependency Unit. Clinical services offered at La Trobe Private include orthopaedics, general surgery, plastic surgery and urology, as well as a new radiology clinic and consulting suites.
Healthscope invested more than $25 million in the redevelopment to expand and enhance its longstanding partnership with La Trobe University, providing additional clinical education placements for La Trobe students as well as opportunities to receive professional learning experiences. Plans for the reopening of La Trobe Private Hospital were finalised in June 2021.
La Trobe University Vice Chancellor Professor Theo Farrell said the hospital will bring a range of health and education benefits to the local community while continuing to strengthen the University’s teaching, learning and research capabilities. “La Trobe Private Hospital is driving healthcare innovation, as a place where world-class health care is combined with hands-on professional training and pioneering research,” Farrell said.
Healthscope CEO Greg Horan said the redevelopment of the hospital will provide critical new healthcare services in Melbourne’s northern corridor, as well as continuing Healthscope’s work to support and develop the next generation of healthcare professionals. “It’s very exciting to see this hospital now completed and fully operational,” Horan said.
The new facilities will also enhance La Trobe’s research capabilities by strengthening its partnership with Healthscope that has already generated more than 60 publications in the past four years, many of which are co-produced with Healthscope staff and consumer representatives.
La Trobe Private Hospital’s services are complemented by its sister hospital, Northpark Private Hospital, located just minutes away. Northpark Private Hospital offers a range of services, including ophthalmology, gynaecology, ENT and general surgery, along with maternity services and an early parenting unit. The hospital has also recently opened its expanded 56-bed mental health service which includes a dedicated older person’s mental health unit.