Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital

Private maternity hospital in Lenah Valley, TAS

Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital is a private maternity hospital in Lenah Valley, TAS. It has a neonatal intensive care unit. In a private hospital your own obstetrician leads your care, and there are separate bills for the hospital and for the doctors. It is one of 6 maternity hospitals listed in Tasmania.

At a glance

  • Type Private maternity hospital
  • Location Lenah Valley, TAS 7008
  • Neonatal intensive care Yes, this hospital has a NICU
  • Birth centre Not listed at this hospital

What private maternity care means here

In a private hospital your care is led by an obstetrician you have chosen, and they are usually the person at your birth. You will generally have a private room, and the length of stay tends to be longer than in the public system.

You choose your obstetrician first, and they admit to a particular private hospital, so in practice the doctor decides the hospital. Private health insurance with obstetric cover carries a twelve month waiting period, which is the one thing here that cannot be arranged late.

What it costs

There are two separate bills: the hospital, which your insurance mostly covers apart from your excess, and the doctors, which it does not. Obstetric, anaesthetic and paediatric fees each carry a gap that is yours to pay. Without obstetric cover the full hospital cost falls to you.

Work out your likely out-of-pocket costs.

Care models you may be able to access

  • Private obstetric care, with the obstetrician you have chosen leading your pregnancy and birth
  • A privately practising midwife with visiting rights, where the hospital allows it

Compare how the care pathways differ.

This hospital has a neonatal intensive care unit

A NICU cares for babies who are very premature or very unwell, which means a baby born here who needs that level of care can usually stay in the same place as you. Hospitals without one transfer babies who need intensive care, sometimes to another city. It is worth knowing about, and worth saying plainly that most babies never need it.

Questions worth asking

  • Do I live in your catchment, and if not, what are my options?
  • Which care models do you offer, and how early do I need to book for each?
  • Can I tour the birth suite, and when do tours run?
  • What are your rates of induction, caesarean and instrumental birth?
  • What happens if my baby needs more care than you can provide here?
  • Who will be with me during labour, and how often do staff change over?
  • What support is there for feeding and for the first days afterwards?

Other maternity hospitals nearby

6 maternity hospitals are listed in Tasmania.

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