Pawleys Island healthcare
Regional hospitals are reachable, but regular and complex care need route planning
The catalog finds no mapped major hospital within its 12 kilometer radius and places Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital about 9.8 miles away. Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet is another regional option. Georgetown County Fire and EMS and county 911 communications add local emergency resources, but the exact route, traffic, coverage, and transfer destination still matter.
Five pharmacies and eight selected specialist listings are useful first calls, not evidence of appointments, capacity, or insurance participation. A retiree should identify primary care, prescriptions, rehabilitation, home health, specialist referrals, and the larger facility used when local services are not enough. Drive from the exact address before treating the care network as convenient.
Access to care
0 hospitals are listed within 12 km. A primary care visit, a pharmacy stop, and an urgent need may not all be equally close to the same home.
0
Hospitals Within 12 km
- Healthcare Access
- Good
- Hospital Access
- Good
- HRSA Adult Primary Care Sites Within 15 Miles
- 3
- Nearest HRSA Adult Primary Care Site
- 1.4 mi
Run both hospital routes
Drive to Tidelands Georgetown Memorial and Tidelands Waccamaw from the address. Check ordinary traffic, evening conditions, parking, entrances, and the return route.
Everyday and urgent care
Primary care and pharmacy access shape frequent appointments. Specialist and emergency options matter when a need cannot wait.
Everyday care
- Primary Care Access
- Moderate
- Registered Retail Pharmacies
- 5
More involved care
- Medicare Listed Selected Specialists in City
- 8
- Emergency Care
- Excellent
Specialists and long term care
Specialist availability, emergency options, and longer term health can matter once you have chosen a neighborhood.
- Medicare Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Neurology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City
- 3
- Medicare Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- 0.0%
- Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles
- 5
- Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital
- 9.8 miles
- Nearest CMS Rated Hospital
- 9.8 mi away
- Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
- 0
- Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024)
- 78.9 years
- Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- 42
- CMS Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles
- 4
- Nearest CMS Certified Nursing Home
- 3.4 mi away
- Medicare Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- 0
- Medicare Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Long Term Care Hospitals in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- 0
- CMS Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- 1
- CMS Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- 1
- CMS Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Residents 65+ With a Disability
- 9.2%
- CMS Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City
- 2
- CMS Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- 0
- Life Expectancy
- About 78.9 years
- Walkability for Health
- Moderate
2 of 5 stars · 9.8 mi away
Lakes At Litchfield (425380) · 3.4 mi away
Pawleys Island in everyday life
Could Pawleys Island work for you?
What may work well
- Tidelands hospitals provide documented emergency, critical care, imaging, laboratory, and surgical resources in the region.
- County fire, EMS, and 911 dispatch provide a local emergency response network.
- Pharmacies and selected specialist listings give a retiree concrete starting points for calls.
What to think about
- No mapped major hospital falls within the catalog radius, so the exact drive matters.
- Directory listings do not establish appointment access, service quality, capacity, or insurance coverage.
- Storms, traffic, causeways, and seasonal visitors can change the care route.
Make the Pawleys Island care route concrete
Visit the nearest hospital
Tour or contact Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Confirm emergency entry, services, primary care referrals, insurance, and the route from the potential home.
Compare the second regional option
Check Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital, travel conditions, emergency services, rehabilitation, and the circumstances in which a patient would go there instead.
Set up everyday prescriptions
Call several pharmacies about stock, delivery, refill transfers, coverage, hours, and service after storms or power interruptions.
Plan for higher level care
Identify referral hospitals, records support, transport, family lodging, rehabilitation, home health, and coverage before a move or major procedure.
Questions retirees ask
Does Pawleys Island have a hospital?
The catalog finds no mapped major hospital within its 12 kilometer radius. Tidelands Georgetown Memorial Hospital is mapped about 9.8 miles away, and Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital is another regional option. Confirm travel time and services from the exact address.
Are pharmacies available in Pawleys Island?
The catalog lists five pharmacies. That is a useful starting count, but call about hours, prescription stock, delivery, insurance, refill transfers, and storm continuity.
How should retirees plan medical care there?
Choose primary care, verify prescriptions and insurance, drive both regional hospital routes, identify specialist referrals and rehabilitation, and write down transport and family plans for a larger medical event.
Pawleys Island's care picture is regional rather than concentrated in the town. That can work for a retiree who plans the routes, coverage, prescriptions, referrals, and storm contingencies in advance. It is a weaker fit for someone who needs a large medical center immediately close to home.
Sources
Hospitals, primary care, pharmacies, specialists, and emergency care all affect how close and practical care may feel.
Confirm insurance acceptance, specialist availability, language needs, prescription access, and emergency care before making serious plans.
- OpenStreetMap healthcare amenities static probe
Used for Healthcare Access, Primary Care Access
- FEMA RAPT / HIFLD Hospitals
Used for Hospital Access, Hospitals Within 12 km, Reported Hospital Beds Within 12 km
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Selected Specialists in City, Medicare-Listed Rheumatology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Nephrology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Pulmonary Disease Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Endocrinology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Ophthalmology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Neurology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Medical Oncology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Cardiology Clinicians in City, Medicare-Listed Geriatric Medicine Clinicians in City
Checked 2026-07-13
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NPPES NPI Registry
Used for Registered Retail Pharmacies
Checked 2026-07-19
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Emergency Care, Medicare Emergency Hospitals Within 30 Miles, Nearest Medicare Emergency Hospital, Nearest CMS-Rated Hospital
Checked 2026-07-12
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ Without Health Insurance
- Health Resources and Services Administration
Used for HRSA Adult Primary-Care Sites Within 15 Miles, Nearest HRSA Adult Primary-Care Site
Checked 2026-07-18
- World Bank
Used for Life Expectancy at Birth — National (2024), Life Expectancy
Checked 2026-06-18
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Used for Medicare Advantage Plan Options
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Certified Nursing Homes Within 15 Miles, Nearest CMS-Certified Nursing Home
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Home Health Agency Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Hospice Provider Offices in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for Medicare-Listed Dialysis Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Reported Ambulatory Surgical Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Rehab Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Long-Term Care Hospitals in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Rural Health Clinics in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Federally Qualified Health Centers in City
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Home Infusion Therapy Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Census Bureau
Used for Residents 65+ With a Disability
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Used for CMS-Listed Ambulance Service Supplier Enrollments in City, CMS-Listed MDPP Supplier Enrollments in City
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Walkability Index
Used for Walkability for Health
Checked 2026-07-10
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