Peninsula University Hospital (formerly Frankston Hospital) is a 454-bed public hospital located in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston in Victoria, Australia.Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health, retrieved 24 December 2016 It opened as the Frankston Community Hospital on 30 November 1941.Keck, Eliza (17 February 2015), "New Emergency Department, 92 new beds & three new wards opened at Frankston Hospital" (media release), Peninsula Health, retrieved 24 December 2016
It is the largest provider of general and speciality health care for Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula, and is the region's chief provider of acute secondary and tertiary medical and surgical services.
The hospital has specialisations in mental health, maternity (midwifery) and pediatrics. It also has one of the busiest emergency departments in Victoria with 49 beds and around 63,000 presentations a year.Dorrington, Ben (11 February 2015), "Frankston Hospital unveils state-of-the-art $81 million emergency department digs", Frankston Standard Leader, News Limited, retrieved 24 December 2016 The department was upgraded in 2015 at a cost of A$81 million.
It is one of two hospitals in the Peninsula Health network, the second being Rosebud Hospital, which together support the network's smaller specialist campuses for community health, dentistry, physical and psychiatric rehabilitation, aged (elderly) and palliative care in Frankston, Hastings, Mornington, Mount Eliza and Rosebud.
The hospital was renamed to Peninsula University Hospital in 2026, to coincide with the opening of a new clinical services tower and an ongoing partnership with Monash University.Peninsula University Hospital – A New Era for Healthcare in Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula (media release),
Services
Peninsula University Hospital provides general and speciality health care services in the following areas:
Allied Health Nutrition and Dietetic Services Occupational Therapy Physiotherapy Integrating Care Speech Pathology Services Cancer Services Breast Cancer Support Service Oncology Day Unit Radiotherapy Services
Cardiac Services Cardiac Angiography Cardiology Department Chronic Heart Failure Program Coronary Care Unit
Emergency Medicine Frankston Emergency Department Medical Assessment and Planning Unit (MAPU) Response, Assessment and Discharge (RAD) Unit
Home-based Services Hospital in the Home Midwifery Home Care Service Peninsula Post Acute Care (PENPAC)
Intensive Care Unit
Medical Services Dermatology Diabetes & Endocrinology Gastroenterology General Medicine Haematology Infectious Diseases Medical Wards Neurology Renal Medicine and Haemodialysis Respiratory Services Rheumatology Stroke Unit
Neuropsychology and Psychiatric Service
Outpatient Service
Palliative Care Services
Peninsula Amputee Program
Social Work Services
Surgical Services Anaesthetics Day Surgery Unit General Surgery Operating Theatres Short Stay Unit Surgical Wards
Women's, Children's and Adolescent Health Children's and Adolescent Health Midwifery Inpatient Services Peninsula Health Maternity Services Special Care Nursery Women's Services
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