Toowong Private Hospital

Details

Name :

Toowong Private Hospital

Address  :

496 Milton Road

Town  :

Toowong

State  :

Queensland

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

4066

Phone  :

07 3721 8000

Fax  :

07 3721 8005

Web URL  :


Description

Welcome to the Toowong Private Hospital
Toowong Private Hospital is a 54 bed private acute mental health service providing a range of treatment programs across inpatient day patient and community settings The services provided are individually focused and are delivered using onetoone and group treatment approaches The Hospital is accredited by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards ACHS and is a teaching hospital of The University of Queensland

Toowong Private Hospital Today
Toowong Private Hospital is a 54 bed private acute psychiatric mental health service fully accredited by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards ACHS It is located 5km from the CBD in the Brisbane suburb of Toowong

The Hospital is a teaching hospital of The University of Queensland and offers a range of inpatient day patient programs and general acute psychiatry

The hospital is privately owned by the Kratzmann family who are committed to providing superior services and promoting mental health and well being

The Hospital is recognised for providing excellence in health care and is a leader in the private psychiatric sector


History

A Brief History of Toowong Private Hospital
Toowong Private Hospital was built in early 1975 by NA Kratzmann amp Sons Pty Ltd and opened as quotToowong Clinicquot by the then Health Minister Dr Llew Edwards on the 10th of May 1976 Dr Edwards officially opened the hospital with the theme of quotimprovements of psychiatric conditions and services in Queenslandquot

Since that time Toowong Private Hospital has continued to grow and evolve in mental health care service provision including the continued Accreditation by the Australian Council of Health Care Standards since 1997

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