In July 2011, the Children Youth and Women’s Health Service became known as the Women’s and Children’s Health Network, one of the five Local Health Networks in South Australia formed under state and federal government health reforms. Each Local Health Network is supported by a Governing Council which has a key role monitoring services and providing advice on improving clinical care outcomes, with a particular focus on service integration, performance and the safety and quality.

Two of the three new floors of the Gilbert Building Redevelopment Project have now been officially opened.

The Michael Rice Centre for Haematology and Oncology, on the fifth floor, and the Breathing Space and Allan Scott Laboratory, on the sixth floor were opened on Thursday 12 April by the Federal Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek and the SA Minister for Health and Ageing John Hill.

Work on the fourth floor is in its final stages. For more click HERE.

A welcome addition to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital is the Starlight Express Room.

The Starlight Express Room provides a haven for medical-free respite for children and their families, with computer games, music, movies, crafts and other fun activities on offer to help distract children from the fact that they are in a hospital.

The Women's and Children's Hospital now  has a state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite. The new digital MRI generates clearer images and improves the diagnostic confidence for clinicians.

Our new MRI suite is the first in the Southern Hemisphere to offer an ambient lighting package, which gives children the ability to control of their own environment with a range of fun sights and sounds to help distract them while they undergo a scan.