About The Southport Private Hospital

The Southport Private Hospital provides comprehensive mental health and rehabilitation services to the Gold Coast and wider community. Owned and operated by Ramsay Health Care, Australia's largest provider of private mental health services, The Southport Private Hospital is located at the heart of the Gold Coast only minutes from the beach.

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How To Refer

The Southport Private Hospital accepts referrals from hospitals, medical specialists and general practitioners as well as self-referrals.

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Waiting period exemption for psychiatric care benefits

The Federal Government’s private health insurance reforms now allows eligible consumers an instant policy upgrade to cover a private psychiatric hospital admission without serving a waiting period*. The changes, which make it easier for policy holders to access mental health services when they need it, came into effect on 1 April 2018.
*The waiting period does not apply to upgrades where consumers have already served their 2 month waiting period on lower cover policies.

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