Northern Hospital Expansion

Northern Hospital Expansion - Stage 2

With the demand for quality healthcare continuing to rise in Melbourne’s fast-growing northern growth corridor, the Northern Hospital is undergoing a major rebuilding and refurbishment project.

The Victorian Government has committed $162.7 million to expand and enhance facilities, ensuring the people of Melbourne’s north receive the quality healthcare they deserve.

Address

185 Cooper St
Epping, Victoria
Australia

Stage 1 CommencesJAN 2014
Stage 1 CompletedJUN 2016
Stage 2 Planning AUG 2017
Stage 2 Construction LATE 2018
Construction Complete JUN 2021

Scope
This two-stage project allows Northern Health to ensure that families have access to first-class care close to home as Melbourne’s north continues to grow.
Stage 1, completed in June 2016, saw the development of a three-storey tower and 32-bed inpatient unit, connected to the main hospital via an aerial link.
Stage 2, which is now being planned, will increase the tower from three to seven floors, providing space for improved facilities and extra room to meet future needs.
Among the features of the new development will be:
- three 32-bed wards accommodating 96 acute in-patient beds
- three new operating theatres including one hybrid theatre
- new theatre recovery spaces
- expansion of cardiology services, cath labs and medical imaging
- a Critical Care Unit with provision for development of a cardiac precinct
- a fitted out ground floor with kitchen, café hub, offices, transit lounge, emergency control room, morgue and communications rooms
- new electrical and lift infrastructure
- future provision for a helipad
- a new Central Sterile Supply Unit, equipment loan centre, bio-medical engineering, loading dock and other back office functions.
Benefits

Northern Hospital operates one of the state’s busiest emergency departments, treating more than 88,000 patients each year, delivering an average of 120 emergency surgeries and receiving 450 ambulance arrivals per week.
With the population of Melbourne’s North expected to keep growing rapidly the Victorian Government is investing $167.2 million to ensure the Northern Hospital can meet the increasing demand for healthcare.
The Northern Hospital Stage 2 expansion also aims to improve access for patients by redesigning of existing services and adding new ones.
More state-of-the-art facilities and services will also reduce the number of ambulance bypasses to other hospitals and ensure patients are treated fast, close to home.
The expansion will also feature a shell space for the future expansion of cardiology services, catherisation labs and medical imaging.
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