North West Private Hospital
Private maternity hospital in Burnie, TAS
North West Private Hospital is a private maternity hospital in Burnie, TAS. 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 Burnie, TAS 7320
- Neonatal intensive care Not listed at this hospital
- 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.
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
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
- North West Regional Hospital, Burnie public, about 0 km
- Mersey Community Hospital, Latrobe public, about 48 km
- Launceston General Hospital, Launceston public, about 112 km
- Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital, Lenah Valley private, about 232 km
- Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart public, about 235 km
- Bass Coast Health, Wonthaggi public, about 274 km
6 maternity hospitals are listed in Tasmania.