St Kilda Day Hospital
📍 Elwood
Community hospital · founded 1904 · non-profit foundation
About
St Kilda Day Hospital is a modern hospital in the heart of St Kilda, providing the most up-to-date procedural methods combined with experienced, compassionate staff to ensure the highest standard of care for all patients. The hospital has a full size operating theatre with general anaesthetic facilities and a fully equipped recovery room.They are dedicated to maintaining their reputation for excellence, providing safe, dignified and supportive care for all patients. The doctors and staff of St Kilda Day Hospital uphold this principle that patients who seek treatment at the hospital will do so under circumstances which are safe and supportive of them as individuals. Their commitment to the National Safety and Quality Health Services Standard ensures this goal.The results of their Clinical Indicators for transfers to hospital, and patients experiencing adverse events during care delivery were both 0% in 2021. In addition, they had 0% pressure injuries, healthcare associated infections, and falls for the year. This confirms the high standard of care and professionalism at St Kilda Day Hospital.They are proudly accredited with Global Mark, having passed the last accreditation in July 2022. In addition, they have confirmed a DHHS licence through a recent inspection audit in March 2022. At St Kilda Day Hospital, they are dedicated to maintaining high standards of infection control. All staff must complete training and certification in Hand Hygiene and annual infection control education.
- Legal name
- St Kilda Day Hospital
- Governance
- Board of directors · CEO appointed annually
- Employees
- 4,000
Capacity
Annual volume
Emergency capabilities
- Trauma centre — Level III
- Stroke: Primary Stroke Centre
- Door-to-balloon: 62 min (AHA target ≤ 90)
- Door-to-needle (stroke): 32 min
Subspecialty centres
Transplant programmes
- Cornea
All departments
- Internal Medicine
- Surgery
- Emergency
Quality metrics
| Metric | Value | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Risk-adjusted 30d mortality | 4.1% | EU avg 3.0% |
| HAI rate per 1000 patient-days | 3.6 | EU avg 1.8 |
| 30d readmission rate | 24% | EU avg 14% |
| Patient satisfaction (HCAHPS-like) | -10% | EU avg 76% |
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Patient experience
- Room categories
- ward · semi-private · private
- Meals
- standard · halal · kosher · vegan · gluten-free · pediatric
- Chaplaincy
- Christian · Muslim · Jewish
- Private bathroom
- private + suite rooms
- Wi-Fi
- Free in all rooms
Awards & rankings
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Top hospital — Elwood
EuroClinics Patient Choice · 2025
Services
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