Obstetrics Services

Contact Information

  • Phone: 9346 8010
  • Fax: 9346 8215

Osborne Park Hospital provides women with high quality choices in obstetrics care with the option of care by specialist or credentialed GP obstetricians, each of whom work with the multidisciplinary team at the hospital.

We welcome referrals from GPs for shared care or full antenatal and obstetric care at OPH.

We cater for low risk obstetrics and accept primigravidas, multigravidas, women who are likely to require Caesarean sections, women with controlled hypertension and women from all backgrounds.

We have a Gestational Diabetes clinic and welcome early referrals from GPs. Women can call to make their own bookings on 9346 8010 and will be asked to ensure that they have a copy of their blood test results. We appreciate the help of GPs in providing relevant information to facilitate care. Clinical midwives, dieticians and medical staff work with women on diet and exercise aiming for a fasting BSL of 5.5 mmol/L or less and 2 hr postprandial BSL of 7 mmol/L or less. Women are encouraged to attend our Tuesday afternoon Healthy Exercise class.

We refer women with the following to King Edward Memorial Hospital:

  • Type 1 or 2 diabetes; gestational diabetes which cannot be controlled with lifestyle changes alone
  • Triplets or greater multiple pregnancy (twins are acceptable)
  • Severe or unstable medical disorders
  • High likelihood of reaching 120 kg or BMI>40, and
  • Complications which may require tertiary care, e.g. premature labour (before 36 weeks).

You may refer to GP obstetricians or specialist obstetricians

Specialist Obstetricians at OPH

Osborne Park Hospital has a team of specialist obstetricians and midwives led by Dr Paul McGurgan, Head of Department.

Our specialist obstetricians include Dr Donald Clark, Dr Michael Gannon, Dr Adam Gubbay and Dr Charles Armstrong.

We welcome early referrals, from 12 weeks and ideally well before 36 weeks. We are unable to accept bookings after 36 weeks gestation. OPH will arrange anatomical scans if women are referred before 19 weeks.

We welcome referrals from you and have 3 versions of referral templates available for your use. Please fax your referral to 9346 8215 together with copies of tests:

Overseas students and patients with no Medicare cards (ineligible overseas visitors) are now accepted at OPH for confinement. Note that charges apply in these cases.

Please note that women are usually seen at the clinic after the first trimester screening period is over. GP care of the pregnancy is therefore often the only opportunity to provide early pregnancy health advice and arrange appropriate tests for the first half of pregnancy. The recommended actions and tests given informed consent are detailed below:

Pre-referral care
  • Confirm LMP, arrange dating ultrasound scan if unsure
  • Advise on folic acid intake
  • Advise on listeria and salmonella avoidance
  • Check BP & weight
Please arrange prior to referral
  • Blood Group and antibody screen
  • Full Blood Picture
  • Hepatitis B S antigen
  • Hepatitis C antibody
  • HIV antibody
  • Chlamydia screening (First void urine and self-obtained low vaginal swab)
  • Rubella antibody
  • Treponema antibody
  • MSU
  • Routine First Trimester Screening test (blood test & ultrasound between 11-13 weeks). This test should be done prior to referral and is superior to the Second Trimester Screening maternal serum test (commonly known as the Triple test) which it replaces.
  • Pap smear - consider if no pap in last 2 years, otherwise note for post partum pap @ 6 week
  • Vit D screening for at risk populations (those with limited sun exposure & darker skin)
  • GTT for women with previous gestational diabetes
Recommended at 18-20 weeks
  • Anatomical ultrasound scan. Women can have this arranged through Osborne Park Hospital. We will make these arrangements if women are seen prior to 20 weeks.
Recommended at 26-28 weeks
  • Full Blood Picture
  • Blood Group and antibody screen (Women who are Rh negative are given Anti-D at 28-30 and at 34-36 wks).
  • Diabetes screen - 50 g challenge or 75 g fasting OGTT glucose tolerance test.
At 35-37 weeks
  • We will arrange a Group B Streptoccoccus screen and if indicated a Full Blood Picture.

GP Obstetricians at OPH

Dr Maria Kailis
Dr Leon Levitt
Grantham House
89 Essex St
Wembley
Telephone: (08) 9387 2000
Fax: (08) 9387 2567

Dr Hany Ishak
Stirling Central Medical Group
(Cnr Wanneroo Rd & Victoria Ave)
Westminster
Telephone: (08) 9440 5300
Fax: (08) 9440 5301

Dr Ian Churchward
697 Beaufort St
Mt Lawley
Telephone: (08) 9272 2455
Fax: (08) 9272 4001

GP obstetricians will provide antenatal care at their surgeries, provide obstetric care at Osborne Park Hospital, and refer your patients back to you after the birth of the child. Our GP obstetricians would welcome referrals and queries from you. They will see women with diet controlled gestational diabetes, pregnancy induced hypertension and others at low risk of obstetric complications. Women with a previous Caesarean section or those in whom a significant complication arises are referred by our GP obstetricians to specialist clinics.

Patients do not have to have any private insurance to be delivered at OPH. There is no out-of pocket cost for hospital services provided by GP obstetricians but there may be consultation costs for antenatal visits at the GP surgery.

Patients can book appointments directly with the GP obstetrician of choice. A referral letter is not required but always appreciated.

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Last modified: 5th June 2008.