About

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we work, the Gadigal people of the EORA Nation.

RPA Hospital main entry — **SydneyConnect Image:** RPA Hospital Front Entrance

RPA is a premier tertiary and quaternary referral hospital, recognised as a leader in healthcare excellence and innovation. A key hospital of Sydney Local Health District, RPA serves its local community and patients from across NSW, Australia and internationally.

RPA celebrated 140 years in September 2022.

Since its foundation, the staff at RPA have pioneered innovative techniques, treatments and complex interventions, including Australia’s first aortic valve replacement, first liver transplant and first nuclear medicine department. RPA has a national and international reputation for excellence, established through the efforts of staff in patient care, teaching, research and support services.

Each year staff at RPA care for around 80,000 people who present to the Emergency Department and an additional 20,000 people who arrive via ambulance, deliver over 4200 babies, perform almost 20,000 operations, and provides outpatient services to more than 560,000 people per year.

Location	Contact
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Missenden Road, Camperdown NSW 2050	Phone: 02 9515 6111 Fax: 02 9515 9610 Email: SLHD-RPASupportUnit@health.nsw.gov.au

RPA Redevelopment

The NSW Government has committed $940 million to the redevelopment of RPA Hospital.

It is the most significant investment in the 140-year history of the hospital and will deliver a new hospital building and refurbishment of existing spaces.

It will support world-leading services provided at RPA for the 740,000 people who live in Sydney Local Health District and the more than one million people who come into the District each day to work, study and visit.
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Strategic Plan

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Strategic Plan 2019-24

Our Executive Team

General Manager	Kiel Harvey
Allied Health Coordinator	Sharon Carey
Director of Clinical Governance and Risk	Tracy Foster
Director of Finance	Harshal Naik
Director of Medical Services	Professor Michael Hensley
Deputy Director of Medical Services	Dr Demi Beneru
Director of Nursing	Hayley Sciuriaga
Acting Director of Operations	Kenny Voung
Operational Nurse Managers	Kyle Farrell Natalie Menzie
Workforce Manager	David Rhee

History

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital was named after Queen Victoria's second son, His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, later Duke of Edinburgh.

**SydneyConnect Image:** Stonemasons commence work on Prince Alfred Hospital, 1878

During a visit to Australia in 1868 Prince Alfred was the victim of an assassination attempt while on a picnic in the northern Sydney suburb of Clontarf.

Australians opened a public subscription fund to build a hospital as a memorial to his safe recovery. The Prince authorised his coat of arms to be used as the new hospital's crest. King Edward VII granted the hospital its Royal prefix in 1902.

RPA opened as a 146-bed hospital and received its first patients in 1882 at the Missenden Road site. During that year 1069 patients were admitted.

Now widely acknowledged for its tradition of medical innovation and leadership, RPA is responsible for producing many of the country's top clinicians. Its national and international reputation for excellence has long been established through the efforts of staff in patient care, teaching, research and support services, making it one of the State's premier tertiary referral hospitals.

To learn more, please visit the RPA Museum. The museum showcases themes related to nursing, medicine, and social history. The museum’s two display rooms are situated in original 1941 heritage listed operating theatres. Our archival records span 1868 to the present.