[1] St John of God Health Care built and operates the hospitals under a public-private partnership with the Western Australian state government.

[1] St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals are divisions of St John of God Health Care, a Catholic not-for-profit health care group, serving communities with hospitals, home nursing, and social outreach services throughout Australia, New Zealand and the wider Asia-Pacific region.

[1] Curtin University has commenced construction of a new medical campus to be based near St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals.

[14] St John of God Health Care, in accordance with its Catholic values, will not provide some procedures and services, including abortion, sterilisation, contraception, and assisted reproductive technology.

[15] Terry O'Gorman, president of the Australian Council for Civil Liberties, said that this would compromise the principle of secular public services, and called for contract conditions to require patients to be referred elsewhere.