Our acute medical services enable GPs to easily refer patients to our hospital so they can access our leading private hospital care and avoid public hospital wait times.
You can refer patients directly to the following acute services at St John of God Subiaco Hospital:
Acute cardiac service
St John of God Subiaco Hospital’s acute cardiac service offers 24/7 cardiac care for privately insured patients experiencing acute cardiac symptoms including:
- cardiac arrhythmia (such as bradycardia)
- presyncope/syncope
- suspected heart failure
- pacemaker/cardiac device issues.
Please note that patients with STEMIs are not currently accepted through this service.
Patients who meet our admission criteria are admitted directly into our Coronary Care Unit, where they are cared for by the hospital’s leading cardiologists and specialist nurses.
This service is delivered in collaboration with Western Cardiology.
To admit a patient directly to our centre, please call 0411 707 017.
Download a flyer about the service here.
Acute Medical Unit (AMU)
For fast hospital admission, acutely unwell patients with private hospital cover can now be referred to the Acute Medical Unit (AMU).
This service is available seven days a week between 8.00 am to 8.00 pm, and is led by on-call physicians, resident medical officers and our highly experienced nurses.
The following clinical exclusions apply:
- patients awaiting care placement
- acute abdominal pain
- GI bleed
- patients requiring companions for wandering or aggression
- potential stroke
- dialysis
- dyscopia
- anyone who has had major primary surgery elsewhere in the last 10 days.
Please call 1800 782 443 to access this service.