Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre Redevelopment & Mercy
Hospital Relocation
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The Government has committed to a major redevelopment of the
Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre to provide integrated
health services appropriate for future provision of efficient
and cost effective health services to the northern community.
The full cost of the redevelopment is $325.7 million over a
five-year period with a contribution of $310.7 million from
the state budget. The redevelopment project will address hospital
and support facilities including clinical services, operating
theatres, emergency, radiology, intensive care and wards, and
the redevelopment of mental health facilities. Associated research
and training facilities will also be redeveloped. The Project
also provides for the relocation of the Mercy Women's Hospital
to the Heidelberg site to provide specialist obstetric and
gynaecology facilities. |
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Frankston Hospital Ward Redevelopment |
$9 million of funding for further expansion and redevelopment
of the Frankston Hospital will provide a new integrated maternity
facility including 25 post/natal gynaecology beds, a 17 bed paediatric
unit, a special care nursery and a birthing suite. This will
complete the current Frankston Hospital Ward Redevelopment ($12
million approved in 2000-2001 for medical/surgical ward expansion
and refurbishment) and provide the local community with high
quality maternity and paediatric facilities. |
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Outer East Service Expansion and Redevelopment |
Funding of $18.5 million has been provided for the first stage
of redevelopments at Maroondah Hospital and the Angliss Health
Service. For Maroondah Hospital this will involve upgrading of
the emergency department, a new short stay unit and a new acute
inpatient ward. Redevelopment of the Angliss Health Service involves
a new geriatric evaluation and management service with an expanded
rehabilitation service and provision of temporary car parking
spaces. This expansion of services will improve the capacity
of health services in the Outer East to respond to growing demand,
particularly emergency demand and will better address the changing
needs of the local population. |
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Northern Hospital Redevelopment |
An investment of $12 million has been committed to expand the
Northern Hospital facilities to meet the increasing demand for
the Hospital's health service delivery needs through to the year
2005 and beyond. The investment involves the reconfiguration
of existing facilities and the development of new services to
provide two new operating theatres with enlarged recovery, set
up and storage spaces, improved day surgery/day procedure facilities,
new multipurpose ward accommodation (32 additional beds), and
redevelopment of the central sterilising and supply department.
This redevelopment will effectively double the current day surgery
capacity and significantly improve access to services for the
residents of Melbourne's northern corridor. |
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Infrastructure Upgrades |
Funding of $28millon has been allocated to undertake works
in rural hospital and nursing home facilities as part of the
on-going Fire Risk Management Strategy to ensure that facilities
attain an acceptable level of safety from the risk of fire for
clients, staff and visitors. The funding will also address priority
infrastructure upgrade works in hospital and ambulance facilities
including the upgrading of cooling towers to meet the requirements
of the Legionella Strategy. |
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Grace McKellar Centre Redevelopment |
The Government has approved $19 million for the first stage
of the redevelopment of the Grace McKellar Centre in Geelong. |
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Ararat Hospital Redevelopment |
The Government is funding $7.3 million for a redevelopment
of the Ararat Hospital. The project involves a combination of
major refurbishment of existing facilities and new construction
to provide an acute medical/surgical ward unit at ground floor
level, a dedicated day procedures unit, an operating theatre
suite, accident and emergency unit, medical imaging facilities,
a birthing and obstetrics suite and administration and medical
records areas. The redevelopment will give the local community
access to high quality acute health services. |
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Stawell Hospital Redevelopment |
$3.3 million has been allocated to commence the redevelopment
and expansion of facilities at the Stawell District Hospital.
This funding provides for the initial stage of this redevelopment
and is intended to provide up to date quality facilities and
operational efficiencies for the Hospital. |
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Kyneton - Additional Funds |
$1.7 million is provided to complete the development of the
new Kyneton Hospital. |
