Centenary Hospital for Women and Children (CHWC), Canberra is the tertiary maternity hospital for the ACT and Southern NSW, covering a population of around 500,000.
The maternity unit conducts around 3800 births per annum; around 8% are born preterm. There are a total of 28 Neonatal Intensive Care and Special Care Nursery cots in the unit.
Over the last 5 years, the Maternity Unit at CHWC has seen a 3% increase in births annually.