Information for Doctors
Mercy Hospital Mount Lawley is an acute secondary level not-for-profit private Hospital located five kilometres from the Central Business District of Perth.
The hospital is licensed to accommodate 244 patients, and includes eight operating rooms, six birthing suites, a state-of- the art endoscopy suite and day surgery unit, a special nursing unit, a level 2 nursery and public restorative and mental health aged care.
The Hospital provides a wide range of elective surgical and medical services including general surgery and day surgery, bariatric surgery, orthopaedics, urology, ear, nose & throat, plastic & reconstructive surgery, gynaecology, oral surgery.
The Hospital has a long tradition of obstetric services which continues with the modern facilities of the Mercy Family Birthing Unit.
The general wards are beautifully appointed and patients recover in a home-like atmosphere of single or shared rooms. The majority of patient accommodation has extensive views of Perth and the Swan River.
The wards include:
- Ground Floor
10-bed Endoscopy Unit with 2 Procedure Rooms - 1st Floor
20-bed Day Surgery Unit. 8 Operating Rooms with state-of-the-art equipment - 2nd Floor
6 Delivery Suites. Level 2 Special Care Nursery. 30 bed Ante and Post-natal ward - 3rd Floor
4-bed Special Nursing Unit. General Wards - 4th Floor
General Ward
Mercy Family Birthing Unit
The Mercy Family Birthing Unit offers a combination of intimate, home-style accommodation, personalised attention and modern clinical facilities.
Services include:
- All private rooms are appointed with a double bed enabling partners to stay
- Level 2 Special Care Nursery
- Modern Birthing Suites
- Lactation Consultancy Service.
- Ante-natal Services
- Childbirth Education and Parenting Classes
Special Nursing Unit
A four-bed Special Nursing Unit is located on the third floor of the hospital. It is a very functional facility for patients who require close observation. Patient types usually admitted to the unit include:
- Total Knee, Hip or Shoulder Replacements
- Iliazarov Frames
- Major Bowel Surgery
- Radical Prostatectomies
- Complex Gastric Surgery and
- Nephrectomies
Surgical facilities
The Hospital has eight fully equipped operating rooms with the latest instrumentation and technology for numerous specialised surgical procedures.
These include general surgical procedures, orthopaedics and advanced arthroscopic work, gynaecological and obstetric, paediatric, ear, nose and throat, urologic, bariatrics, maxillofacial, cosmetic/plastic & reconstructive and oral.
Highly experienced staff service all areas in the operating complex, and are available on call for 24-hour coverage.
Mercy Restorative Unit
Located on the hospital campus, the Mercy Restorative Unit is a public 24-bed facility run in conjunction with Royal Perth Hospital. It incorporates a day hospital for out-patients requiring ongoing medical assessment and/or rehabilitative therapy.
Clinical management is provided by the Royal Perth Hospital Department of Geriatric Medicine.
The Unit provides care for public patients with the medical management provided by the Inner City Geriatric Service of Royal Perth Hospital.
For referral information and enquiries, please contact the Receptionist on (08) 9370 9900 or fax referrals to the Aged Care Assessment Team on (08) 9370 9905.
Ursula Frayne Unit
The Ursula Frayne Unit provides public in-patient services for older people with mental health problems.
The 12-bed Unit has been established to service the inner Perth metropolitan area, and incorporates in-patient rehabilitation, aged care assessment and the Royal Perth Hospital Department of Geriatric Medicine.
Royal Perth Hospital provides the Clinical Management.
For referral information and enquiries, please contact the Receptionist on (08) 9370 9505 or fax referrals to (08) 9370 9601.
Quality Accreditation
Mercy Hospital Mount Lawley is fully accredited to the Australian Council of Healthcare Standards.
Clinician Accreditation
For more information on the Hospital and services or to enquire on becoming accredited to Mercy Hospital Mount Lawley please email Sue Gray at sgray@mercycare.com.au.