South Pacific Private Hospital

Name :

South Pacific Private Hospital

Address  :

24 Beach Street

Town  :

Curl Curl

State  :

New South Wales

Country  :

AUSTRALIA

Post Code:

2096

Phone  :

02 9905 3667

Fax  :

02 9905 9696

Web URL  :


Description

About South Pacific Private
Australias Leading Treatment Centre
South Pacific Private is a 34 bed livein facility specialising in the comprehensive treatment of people with addictions and emotional disorders

Overlooking Sydneys Curl Curl Beach South Pacific Private offers a unique opportunity to experience compassion respect and support in a warm caring and homely environment while dealing with the wide range of challenging issues that prompt people to seek our help

South Pacific Private is a registered Acute Care Psychiatric Hospital fully licensed with the NSW Department of Health

South Pacific Private is accredited by the Australian Council on Health Care Standards ACHS achieving all accreditation criteria evidencing quality care and best practice

All programs are facilitated by a team of expert experienced and caring staff who include psychiatrists psychologists registered nurses with psychiatric training therapists and allied health workers trained in a diverse range of modalities

Our range of programs while working within a structured framework are tailored to the individual needs of each client

South Pacific Private programs are supported by Private Health Funds Depending on your level of private health cover and the fund contract status with us there may be some excess or copayment liability


History

History of South Pacific Private
The story of South Pacific Private began centuries ago as the multigenerational disease of alcoholism weaved its way down through the generations of the families of the founders Lorraine and Bill Wood

Through their own therapeutic journey of addiction and despair Bill and Lorraine eventually found health healing and hope through a residential program at a world renown treatment centre in the desert of Arizona in the USA called The Meadows

The profound impact that this program had on their lives was such that they became deeply motivated to found a similar facility here in Australia where the need was great and treatment centres of this type as yet unknown

Pat and Pia Mellody founders of The Meadows program generously shared their program to assist Bill and Lorraine in opening South Pacific Private Hospital in 1993 on Sydneys beautiful northern beaches They continued to supported South Pacific Private with expertise and advise through the crucial early years

Over the years SPPH as it became known grew and developed South Pacific attained full accreditation with the Australian Council of Healthcare standards EQuIP program in 1994 and were the first psychiatric hospital in NSW to achieve second tier default accreditation status in 2001

In 2005 we chose to change our name from South Pacific Private Hospital to
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