List of burn centres in Australia

While many hospitals in Australia have the capability to treat burns, there are currently 13 designated burns units across Australia.[1] Most states have one centre for adults and another for children; all units are located in a state/territorial capital city.

## Australian Capital Territory

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The ACT (Canberra) currently has no designated burns unit; patients with severe burns are usually transferred to Concord Repatriation General Hospital or The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in New South Wales.[2]

## New South Wales

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* Concord Repatriation General Hospital
* Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards
* The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

## Northern Territory

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* Royal Darwin Hospital

Patients with severe burns are also transferred to Royal Adelaide Hospital[3] or Women's and Children's Hospital[4] in South Australia.

## Queensland

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* Royal Brisbane Hospital
* Queensland Children's Hospital, South Brisbane[5] (since the closure of the Royal Children's Hospital, Herston)

## South Australia

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* Royal Adelaide Hospital
* Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide

## Victoria

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* The Alfred, Melbourne
* Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne

## Tasmania

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* Royal Hobart Hospital

## Western Australia

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* Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch
* Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands

## References

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1. ^ http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/traumaepi/burnsreg.html Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand
2. ^ http://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/162634/Burns_Transfer_Guidelines_2013-14_-_web.pdf [bare URL PDF]
3. ^ "Welcome | Burns Unit | Royal Adelaide Hospital". Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
4. ^ "Burns".
5. ^ "Burns (Pegg Leditschke Children's Burns Centre) | Service Detail | CHQ". 18 October 2018.