Contact information
- Address: 24 Hospital Road, Wentworth NSW 2648
- Phone: (03) 5027 5700
- Opening hours: 24 hours (Administration 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday)
- Visiting hours: hours may vary – please phone to check
About the facility
Wentworth Health Service is a small rural hospital and health service provides 24-hour nurse-led first aid services, and post-acute inpatient care.
The health service is a new purpose-built facility delivering improved and enhanced healthcare for Wentworth and surrounding communities. It includes a reception area and waiting room, a 19-bed Inpatient Unit, palliative care suite, dining room, family gathering room, patient gym, courtyards and community health rooms.
Services available
- 19-bed Inpatient Unit
- Primary Ambulatory Care (Community Health Services)
- Palliative Care Suite, including an inpatient room with a private terrace and an adjacent family lounge with views to the river
- Dedicated space for families which opens to a central, shared courtyard
- Gym with access to an outdoor courtyard
- Ambulance bay
- Drug and alcohol treatment services
- General medicine
- Needle and syringe program
- Outreach services
- Outdoor spaces and landscaping, including a Yarning Circle and native plants
Urgent Care Centre at Wentworth Health Centre
The Urgent Care Centre is a dedicated space at Wentworth Health Service for people to be seen and treated for a range of non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries.
The Wentworth Urgent Care Centre is open from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week. It is staffed by nurses and supported by medical officers with important diagnostic services on-site including limited pathology.
The Urgent Care Centre is equipped to treat a range of illnesses and injuries that are deemed urgent, but not life-threatening. This includes minor cuts, sprains or suspected fractures, minor infections, minor burns, rashes, insect or animal bites, cough, cold or flu, mild asthma attacks, earaches, fevers or chills.
To access the service, patients should call healthdirect on 1800 022 222. A registered nurse will assess the patient's condition and guide them to the care they need. This may include an appointment at the Wentworth Urgent Care Centre, a specialist virtual care service or escalating their care to other services like NSW Ambulance if required.
Walk-in patients presenting to the Wentworth Urgent Care Centre will also be triaged, treated or transferred to the most appropriate facility to receive the right care, at the right time.
Healthcare provided at Wentworth Urgent Care Centre is bulk-billed.
Please note the Urgent Care Centre is not an Emergency Department, GP Clinic or Commonwealth-funded Urgent Care Clinic.
For life-threatening situations always call 000.
New Wentworth Health Service Redevelopment
The Wentworth Health Service is a new $30 million facility; construction started in 2024 and was completed in 2025. It was built to replace the former 80-year-old hospital which was no longer fit-for-purpose.
It is built near the old Wentworth hospital and raised above the flood levy to maximise views of the Darling River. The design for the new facility was shaped by consultation with and feedback from key stakeholders in the Wentworth community, including Wentworth Health Service staff and the local Aboriginal community.
It is the first hospital in NSW to be 100 per cent powered by electricity.
The location of the new health service provides all inpatient bedrooms with a direct view of the beautiful Darling River, offering a therapeutic environment for patients as they receive treatment and care, as well as their families. The location is significant to local Aboriginal community, allowing connection to Country, while also supporting the wellbeing of all patients, staff and visitors to the health service.
Three art projects feature in the new health service, including a collection of artwork by local students, a Baarkindji-led community weaving piece, and a heritage display honouring the history of the former Wentworth Hospital. This display showcases vintage equipment and items collection over the years and found in the old hospital. Ten framed historical photographic reproductions are also displayed in various areas of the facility, following consultation with staff and the Wentworth Historical Society.
An architectural interpretation of the Darling River’s Red River Gums, or scar trees, is showcased at the entry to the hospital and forms part of the structural support of the entry canopy.
The old hospital will be demolished to make way for a new ambulance drop-off bay for the new facility and landscaped areas for patients and their families.