Jeffery House
Parramatta Community Health Services moves into newly refurbished Jeffery House.
As of Tuesday 18th April Parramatta Community Health Services, incorporating Breastscreen, Continence Clinic, Community Health Services, Parramatta Chest Clinic, Mental Health, Pharmacy, Sharewest Health and Fitness, Parramatta Sexual Health, Family First and TRAIDS, will be moving into the newly refurbished Jeffery House.
For more information about Parramatta Community Health Services and a brief history of the oldest continually occupied health site in Australia see below.
Parramatta Community Health Services
158 Marsden Street
Parramatta NSW 2150
Phone: (02) 9843 3111
We ask for your patience during the ten-day transition period that will result in minimal disruption to services only.
200 years on - health site still going strong
The new Parramatta Justice Precinct site is the oldest continually occupied site for public health in Australia enjoying over 200 years of health history, therefore it is more than appropriate that a health facility be maintained on the site.
The history of Parramatta Health Service began with a tent hospital established to meet the medical needs of convicts, military personnel and early settlers in 1789 but the reality was a far cry from today’s health standards.
The hospital has seen many changes over the years, firstly in 1818, it was known as the Colonial Hospital and later, in 1897, the hospital was expanded and became known as the Parramatta District Hospital.
Jeffery House was commissioned in 1944 and has today been reborn thanks to the refurbishment undertaken as part of the Parramatta Justice Precinct development.
With the establishment of Westmead Hospital in 1978 the role of Parramatta Hospital changed. Acute services were relocated from Jeffery House to Westmead Hospital with the building continuing to function as the rehabilitation arm of Westmead Hospital.
In 1991 all services moved out of Jeffery House and in 1995 the building was decommissioned.
I am very pleased to see Parramatta Health Service move into the recommissioned, newly refurbished Jeffery House in 2006 as it continues a long history of health on this significant site.
Professor Steven Boyages
Chief Executive
Services available at Jeffery House
The reopening of Jeffery House in April will see a wide range of health services continue to be offered to the Parramatta community but in a new location.
They will include: Breastscreen, Continence Unit, Community Health Services, Parramatta Chest Clinic, Mental Health, Pharmacy, Sharewest Health and Fitness, Parramatta Sexual Health and TRAIDS.
One of the services Jeffery House will accommodate for the first time is Sharewest. Sharewest Health and Fitness provides life education and fitness programs at a low cost to the community.
Also moving to Jeffery House is TRAIDS. TRAIDS was established in 1986 to provide support and counselling for people who are HIV positive as a result of a blood transfusion and also supports people living with medically acquired Hepatitis C Virus.
BreastScreen Greater Western offers screening and assessment for breast cancer and will also be relocating to Jeffery House. BreastScreen includes a staff of specially trained radiologists, radiographers, pathologists, surgeons, counsellors and administrators.
Parramatta Chest Clinic will continue to provide a tuberculosis (TB) service to Sydney West Area Health Service staff and the community once moved to Jeffery House, but will do so with a new x-ray unit.
Other services to operate out of Jeffery House include Parramatta Community Health Centre and Parramatta Sexual Health Clinic.
Jeffery House in 1944
