Calvary Emergency Department welcomes Care 24-7
We’re partnering to give you the best possible emergency care
Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital’s private emergency department operates 24 hours, seven days a week in partnership with Care 24-7, Australia’s largest privately-run emergency medical specialists.
The partnership in Hobart began in August 2024 and reflects a long-shared commitment to providing excellent private emergency care. It builds on the existing working relationship at Calvary Adelaide Hospital Emergency Department which began in 2021.
Calvary Lenah Valley Emergency Department team continues Calvary’s 80-plus-year tradition of providing the Hobart community with contemporary, safe and quality care, supported by Care 24-7’s highly regarded emergency specialists aided by world-class medical technology.
If you need emergency care, you can expect a calm, efficient and reassuring experience, no matter the time of day or night.
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About Care 24-7
Care 24-7 is Australia’s leading provider of outsourced hospital emergency departments. It is a doctor-led organisation with more than 12 years’ experience in ED operations and management. Care 24-7’s patient-centric focus is evidenced by closely monitoring patient experience measures and physician performance, with more than 92% of patients at each site saying they would recommend Care 24-7’s service.
You can learn more by visiting the Care 24-7 website.
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Emergency Doctors – Visit the Care 24-7 website to view current job vacancies or to subscribe for job alerts.
Frequently Asked Questions
A: The Calvary Lenah Valley Emergency Department caters for most types of emergency cases, including cardiac, respiratory, neurological, neurosurgical, gastrointestinal issues, abdominal, obstetrics and maternity (depending on acuity), orthopaedic conditions, sports injuries and a range of other medical and surgical conditions. Some emergencies and conditions are best catered for in a public hospital emergency department, including trauma from road accidents, acute mental health problems, acute stroke and major burns.
Q: Why should I choose the Calvary Lenah Valley Emergency Department if I need emergency medical care?
A: The southern Tasmanian community will benefit from the trusted and known quality care at Calvary Lenah Valley, combined with Care 24-7’s extensive experience in providing highly specialised emergency care and managing emergency departments in South Australia and Queensland.
A: Care 24-7 is Australia’s leading provider of specialist-led, outsourced private hospital emergency departments. They are dedicated to helping adults and children in their hour of need by treating them with care and respect, alleviating their fear and getting them back home and back into their lives more quickly. Privately owned and not government funded, specialist emergency services are provided 24 hrs, every day of the year. Care 24-7 also operates Calvary Adelaide Hospital Emergency Department (SA) and Buderim Private Hospital Emergency Centre (Qld).
A: Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital and Care 24-7 work together to ensure patient admission to hospital, if required for further surgical or medical care, is seamlessly coordinated.
A: No referral is required.
A: For Medicare card holders, the standard out-of-pocket fee for all patients aged 17 and over is $260. The presentation fee is payable on all attendances (except Workcover or DVA patients) whether you are admitted to a hospital, discharged from us or transferred to another facility and it applies to all patients (including Medicare card and private health insurance holders). Some private health fund policies include rebates for private emergency department services, so contact your health insurer to check your entitlements.
Non-Medicare entitled patients (e.g. international visitors) are liable for the full cost of all the services provided, with an out-of-pocket fee of $625, plus the full cost of all the services provided.
The fee does not include pharmacy products such as splints, crutches and discharge drugs or the fee of any specialist called by the ED doctor. Charges for these services are determined by the provider, without consultation with the ED.
Radiology (Medical Imaging) services are provided by a third party (I-MED Radiology Network). Any additional charges relating to that service are directly issued to you by I-MED Radiology Network and should be paid directly to them.
