The latest advice on visiting our hospitals

1 November, 2022

In line with updated advice from NSW Health, changes to door screening have taken effect. NSW Health continues to focus on providing a safe health service for patients, their families and carers, and our staff, while we provide kind and compassionate care.

All visitors are required to wear a mask before entering and while inside our healthcare facilities. Children under 12 years of age are not required to wear a mask. There is a limit of 2 visitors at the bedside at any one time. Discretion can be applied in certain situations such as end of life care.

If the person you are wishing to visit is currently COVID-19 positive, your request will need to be clinically assessed and some restrictions may apply. 

If you have cold or flu-like symptoms such as a cough, fever, sore throat or runny nose, please stay at home and don’t visit a healthcare setting for at least seven (7) days, and then ensure you have a negative RAT before visiting.

As an added precaution to protect patients and staff from infection, if you think you may be a high risk for having acquired COVID-19, please avoid visiting friends and family in hospital for seven (7) days after your exposure risk.

Some hospitals may implement short-term restrictions in response to a local COVID-19 outbreak to minimise the risk of transmission and ensure the safety of patients and staff.

In the event of a local outbreak, exemptions to any restrictions will be permitted on compassionate grounds and on a case-by-case basis especially in maternity, neonatal and paediatric services and in end of life care.

High risk areas such as critical care, oncology and transplant wards will continue to undertake in-person screening of visitors before entering these highly sensitive spaces to ensure visitors are symptom-free and strictly adhere to mask wearing and any other form of PPE needed to protect compromised patients.

For the latest information about COVID-19 (Coronavirus) see the NSW Health website: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/diseases/Pages/coronavirus.aspx

Please use these entrances to our Hospitals:

St George Hospital

Entrance via Belgrave Street, Gray Street and Kensington Street

Prince of Wales Hospital

Entrance via High Street, Barker Street and Avoca Street via Bright Alliance Building

Royal Hospital for Women

Access via Prince of Wales Hospital entrance, Barker Street

Sydney / Sydney Eye Hospital

Access via main entrance of the Clinical Services Block

Sutherland Hospital                                                             

Access via main entrance, level 2                                         

Back of campus entrance, level 1

Calvary Health Care Kogarah                                                         

Entrance via side entrance only, facing Fitzgerald Ave.                 

War Memorial Hospital

Access via main entrance

Garrawarra Centre                                                               

Visitors will be screened at each Cottage entrance