Disability Services
Services We Offer
The Sir Charles Gairdner Disability Access and Inclusion Plan 2007 – 2012 is finalised and is now available for comment by downloading from this web address or by calling (08) 9346 3454. Alternative formats are available on request.
Examples of specific services we provide
Taxis: Taxi phones are located within the hospital, and the main taxi rank is located outside B Block on Hospital Avenue.
Toilets: Universally accessible toilets are located at different points through the hospital. Some locations include: Admissions/discharges, ED, G Block (5th, 6th, 7th Floors), E Block (Ground Floor).
Baby Change facilities:
- E Block Outpatient Department Ground Floor, in the universally accessible toilet
- G Block, in the male, female and universally accessible toilets at the main entrance
Specialised telephone equipment:
A payphone TTY is located at the main entrance of G Block, next to the other telephones. Access to special telephone aids can be made available for patients for additional assistance:
- TTY
- Telephones with audio control button
- Phone holders which allow telephone receiver to be suitably positioned for a user with limited use of their arms
- Extension ringers (give a variable ring tone up to ten metres away)
TTY access into the hospital is via the Hospital Communications Department switchboard Line: +61 8 9346 3900.
Water fountains: Universally accessible water fountains are located at the front of G Block
Information brochures or documents can be made available in alternative formats such as computer disc, audiotape or Braille, on request for a person with a disability.
Department Contact Details
Colleen O’Brien-Malone
Disability Services Plan Coordinator
Occupational Therapy Department
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Hospital Avenue, Nedlands
Western Australia 6009
Phone: 61 8 9346 3454
Fax: 61 8 9346 3599
TTY Line: 61 8 9346 3900
International Contact details:
Tel: 61 8 9346 3454
Fax: 61 8 9346 3599
TTY Line: +61 8 9346 3900
Physical Location
SCGH is located at:
Hospital Avenue
Nedlands
Western Australia 6009
and can be accessed via the public transport system using the following bus routes:
99 – Circle Bus Route
97 – Shuttle between UWA and Subiaco train station
24, 25 - between Claremont and Perth
103, 104 - between Fremantle and Perth
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