Eastern Health is pleased to confirm our compliance with the Safe Patient Care Act (2015) and the 2020 amendments to the Act which provide for Nursing & Midwifery staffing levels in our wards and departments.
Under the Act, we are obliged to publish the details of wards that have varied staffing levels due to the patient types we allocate to these wards.
Our varied staffing ratio wards are as follows:
| Site | Ward | Bed Profile | Total Beds |
| Eastern Health Healesville | Healesville Ward |
5 Acute beds 10 Geriatric Evaluation Medicine beds |
15 |
Eastern Health has maternity services located at Eastern Health Box Hill and Eastern Health Angliss.
Eastern Health Angliss has 6 Birth Suites and 2 assessment rooms for outpatients being assessed by a Registered Midwife.
Eastern Health Box Hill has 6 Birth Suites and 2 assessment rooms for outpatients being assessed by a Registered Midwife.
Updated: 12 February 2024