Peel Health Campus is situated in Mandurah, approximately one hour south of Perth. The Campus is the major health care provider in the Peel region, which is one of the fastest growing in Australia.
The Campus has been in operation since September 1997. Both public and private hospital services are co-located at Peel Health Campus which is operated by a private company, Health Solutions (WA) Pty Ltd. Health Solutions holds a twenty-year contract to manage the public hospital on behalf of the government of Western Australia and leases the building and facilities from the government’s Contract and Management Services.
Pinjarra has the publicly managed Murray District Hospital and Boddington has a small hospital.
Boddington's new medical centre was opened in April 2011. The Centre is located next to the existing Hospital and provides services for two doctors, community nurse and visiting health professionals such as chiropractor, physiotherapist and podiatrist. A day care centre for Home and Community Care clients will be included.
There are also two major community health centres in Mandurah and Pinjarra.
The Commission provided seed funding to Murdoch University to commence a Child Health Study in Peel. The study will follow the course of 2000 pregnant women across the region for interdependent streams of investigation into the psychosocial, biological and environmental pathways to child health and wellbeing, including the influence of community. This will be a longitudinal study which will provide feedback to the Peel throughout its course as well as at is conclusion. For further information on the Peel Child Health Study, see here.
