Epworth HealthCare is a not-for-profit private hospital group that provides a wide range of acute medical, surgical and rehabilitation services in Melbourne, Australia under the auspices of the Uniting Church. Epworth commenced in 1920 as a 25 bed hospital in a converted Erin Street Richmond mansion, and has expanded to now encompass multiple sites or campuses through the acquisition of other private hospitals such as the adjacent Bethesda Hospital, Cedar Court Rehabilitation Hospital in Camberwell and the Freemasons' Hospitals East Melbourne or purpose built facilities such as Epworth Eastern in Box Hill, Epworth Hawthorn Hawthorn, and Epworth Geelong Waurn Ponds, as well as a consulting suite in Lilydale.