The 2003-04 budget provides a total of $305 million
for capital projects in the Department of Human Services. The various
projects reflect the Government's commitment to build new health
and community facilities and other infrastructure across the State,
based on modern service models and needs for the future.
Metropolitan Capital Works 2003 / 2004
Rural Capital Works 2003 / 2004
Statewide Capital Works 2003 / 2004
Metropolitan Capital Works 2003
/ 2004
Monash Medical Centre, Moorabbin Hospital Radiotherapy Service
- $19 million
Funding has been provided for the construction of two new radiotherapy
bunkers and the fit out of one bunker with a linear accelerator (in
addition to the existing two machines) for the Moorabbin Hospital
Radiotherapy Service. This expansion of services will assist in meeting
the current and forecast future demand for radiotherapy enabling
increased service capacity for the existing radiotherapy service
and allowing for future expansion into the second bunker, as demand
requires. This expansion will allow service continuity during upgrading
or replacement of machines in the existing bunkers.
Radiotherapy machine replacement - $10 million
An extra $10 million is allocated to replace ageing equipment at
the Alfred Hospital and Austin Health to enhance existing radiotherapy
services. Two linear accelerators and one CT simulator will be provided
for the Alfred Hospital, and one CT simulator for Austin Health.
These replacements will give access to current technologies and allow
these hospitals to achieve optimal patient outcomes and improved
patient throughput.
Werribee Mercy Hospital - $10 million
Funding has been allocated to expand the Werribee Mercy Hospital
to handle a greater emergency department caseload, increase the level
of day surgery cases and increase the number of inpatients treated
each year. The funding will be used to expand the emergency department
to provide 25 cubicles (including procedure rooms, special purpose
rooms and three resuscitation bays) expansion of the existing operating
theatre suite and recovery areas, provision of a new four-bed High
Dependency Unit and construction of a purpose built ten-bed palliative
care unit.
Mental Health Service for Kids and Youth, Stage 2 - $7 million
Funding has been allocated for the next stage of the integrated
Mental Health Service for Kids and Youth in Footscray. The Stage
1 development of the inpatient unit has just been completed.
The Stage 2 development will accommodate education, day programs,
clinical support, case management and clinical research services.
Stage 2 also includes funding for detailed service and master planning
of the Poplar Road Parkville site. The detailed planning will establish
the future of this site for complementary purposes including the
ORYGEN Research Centre and services for complex clients from a range
of departmental programs.
Dandenong Hospital Stage 2 - $9 million
Further funding has been allocated to continue the redevelopment
and expansion of acute facilities at the Dandenong Hospital. The
new funds will place the hospital in a better position to address
increasing demand pressures in the region.
Moorabbin Elective Surgery Service - $3 million
$3 million has been allocated for the Moorabbin Hospital Elective
Surgery Service development to increase the number of elective surgery
patients able to be treated at Moorabbin. This will fund the construction
of a new operating theatre to replace an existing facility, double
the capacity of the High Dependency Unit to accommodate four beds
and improve the facilities for the management of day cases.
Planning For Future Box Hill Hospital Redevelopment
The 2003-04 budget provides $2 million over two years for the planning
and design stages of a major redevelopment of Box Hill Hospital.
The redevelopment is part of a wider commitment to rebuild public
hospitals in Melbourne's suburbs to meet future demand for services.
The redevelopment will enable the hospital to meet projected future
service requirements. It will improve the capacity of Box Hill Hospital
to manage demand for elective surgery access as well as meet emergency
demand.
The funding will be used to prepare a detailed proposal for the
redevelopment of Box Hill Hospital.
Rural Capital Works 2003 / 2004
In the Victorian State Budget 2003-2004, the following initiatives
were announced in relation to Victorian Rural Public Hospital Capital
Projects:
Residential Aged Care Strategy- $25.5 million
The Government has continued its commitment to upgrade existing
aged care facilities with the allocation of a further $25.5 million
to the Residential Aged Care Strategy, in addition to the $112.5
million allocated during its first term of office. The current funding
will enable:
Construction of a new 30 bed high care residential aged care facility along
with kitchen and associated works integrated with the existing Red Cliffs Nursing
Home replacing an existing off-site 30 bed,
- Construction of a new 30 bed high care residential aged care
facility along with kitchen, some relocated acute facilities and
associated works at the Numurkah Nursing Home to replace the existing
facility,
- Upgrading of facilities at the Darlingford Upper Goulburn Nursing
Home with construction of an additional 20 bed low care residential
aged care unit along with some refurbishment of the existing 30
high care bed facility
- Expansion of nursing home facilities at Andrews House in West
Gippsland with the construction of an additional 20 bed high care
residential aged care along with activity center.
Nhill Hospital - $8.5 million
This investment will redevelop the hospital to improve service
standards and the quality of the Hospital environment. The redevelopment
involves a combination of refurbishment of existing fabric and new
construction to provide a 35 bed multi-purpose ward consisting of
31 multi-stay beds and 4 day recovery beds, improved Theatre Suite,
a Day Procedures Unit, upgraded Emergency Department and upgrades
to a range of associated hospital services.
Health Care Services – Infrastructure Renewal - $16
million
This government has a continuing commitment to ensuring the robustness
and viability of the health services asset base and has allocated
a further $16 million to a Renewal and Replacement program to replace
or renew building and engineering components and systems that support
health service activities.
Other Funding
Further asset investment funding of $0.4 million has been allocated
for the expansion Rural Ambulance Victoria services at Omeo and Mallacoota.
Statewide Projects
Health care services - infrastructure renewal - $16 million
This government has a continuing commitment to ensuring the robustness
and viability of the health services asset base and has allocated
a further $16 million to a Renewal and Replacement Program. The program
will replace or renew building and engineering components and systems
that support health service activities.
Fire Risk Management Strategy - $10 million
Funding of $10 million has been allocated to the continuing roll
out of the Fire Risk Management Strategy. This will enable completion
of all upgrade works required for aged care facilities and some of
the works required in acute facilities. All upgrade works identified
as necessary to premises providing Disability Services and to department-owned
facilities providing Youth and Family Services have now been completed
through previous
funding allocations.
Health ICT Strategy - $138.5 million
Significant funding is provided for the Health Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) Strategy to roll out an integrated approach to the
implementation and ongoing support of health information systems,
business applications and their underpinning technology. The total
budget for the Health ICT Strategy is $323 million. Under the Health
ICT Strategy, the Government will remove obsolete, aged products
and invest in new systems, based on accepted interoperability standards
covering hospital administration systems, clinical systems and electronic
medication ordering. Preference will be given to technology that
will support the transformation of health care delivery in the future,
including systems that support the sharing of electronic health records
between services.
The Health ICT Strategy will be delivered through a shared support
services model, with Data Centres to be established that will facilitate
the implementation and support of the improved technological applications
across various health sectors. Funding will be made available to
agencies contingent on their commitment to the guiding principles
and conditions set out in the strategy.
Electronic prescribing in key Victorian hospitals - $21 million
Funding is provided to establish Australia's first electronic prescribing
program in key Victorian hospitals. The program will assist clinicians
with in-patient care by providing timely alerts for prescriptions
and eliminating handwriting miscommunication errors. The outcome
will be a new and safer way to care for patients who require medication
as part of their clinical treatment. In addition to the $21 million
in capital funds, a further $3 million is provided to meet ongoing
operating costs.
Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture - $5 million
The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture will be relocated
from its present site in Parkville to a new 950 square metre purpose
built facility in the Brunswick precinct. The relocation will enhance
the service's capacity to provide an innovative, integrated framework
for responsive service delivery.
Medical equipment - $22 million
The Government continues its commitment to the upgrade and replacement
of medical equipment in health care facilities with the allocation
of a further $22 million to be distributed across the sector in 2003-04.
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