List of burn centres in Australia explained

While many hospitals in Australia have the capability to treat burns, there are currently 13 designated burns units across Australia.^[1] Most states have one centre for adults and another for children; all units are located in a state/territorial capital city.

Australian Capital Territory

The ACT (Canberra) currently has no designated burns unit; patients with severe burns are usually transferred to Concord Repatriation General Hospital or The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in New South Wales.^[2]

New South Wales

• Concord Repatriation General Hospital
• Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards
• The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

Northern Territory

• Royal Darwin Hospital

Patients with severe burns are also transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital^[3] or Women's and Children's Hospital^[4] in South Australia.

Queensland

• Royal Brisbane Hospital
• Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane^[5] (since the closure of the Royal Children's Hospital, Herston)

South Australia

• Royal Adelaide Hospital
• Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide

Victoria

• The Alfred, Melbourne
• Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

Tasmania

• Royal Hobart Hospital

Western Australia

• Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch
• Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands

Notes and References

1. http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/traumaepi/burnsreg.html Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand
2. http://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/162634/Burns_Transfer_Guidelines_2013-14_-_web.pdf
3. Web site: Welcome | Burns Unit | Royal Adelaide Hospital . 2014-04-19 . 2014-04-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140419204845/http://www.rah.sa.gov.au/burns/ . dead .
4. Web site: Burns.
5. Web site: Burns (Pegg Leditschke Children's Burns Centre) | Service Detail | CHQ. 18 October 2018.