Westmead Hospital

Westmead Hospital is a major 975 bed tertiary hospital in Sydney, Australia, Opened in 1978, it is now the major hospital in the Sydney West Area Health Service. It is located on Hawkesbury Road in Westmead, providing a full range of tertiary medical and dental services except for paediatrics which is serviced by the adjacent Children's Hospital at Westmead. It is a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney.

Westmead Hospital is the base for the adult medical retrieval sevice NRMA CareFlight. Its aircraft and trained medical and operational crews respond quickly and effectively to emergencies threatening the life, health and safety of people caused through medical emergency, illness, natural disaster, accidents or mishap. See also Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter.