Hospitals 30 June 2025

Overview

Metro spotlight: Investing in the western metropolitan region

Melbourne’s west is one of the fastest growing regions in Australia.

With a large and diverse population, the area is forecast to account for 21% of the total population growth of Victoria between 2021 and 2046.

That’s why the Victorian Government is investing in health infrastructure, upgrades and equipment in some of the busiest areas.

We’re busy building health, mental health and aged care facilities in the area.

See how they will benefit western suburbs locals.

What we’re currently building

A new Footscray Hospital

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Artist impression of the new Footscray Hospital

The more than $1.5 billion new Footscray Hospital is one of the state’s largest ever health infrastructure projects.

The new hospital will support the increasing demand from Melbourne’s booming western suburbs, ensuring families can get the care they need close to home.

Locals will benefit from shorter wait times and there will be reduced pressure on nearby hospitals. With an increase of nearly 200 beds, the new hospital will treat approximately 15,000 additional patients and enable around 20,000 more people to be seen by the emergency department each year.

‘It’s incredible to see such a major project take shape in my own backyard. I know from personal experience how much it means for families in the west to have access to great healthcare close to home. This new hospital means less travel and access to top level healthcare facilities.’
Lucy Cole, Executive Project Director new Footscray Hospital

The new Footscray Hospital is on track to be completed in late 2025.

Learn more about the new Footscray Hospital.

A new Melton Hospital for Melbourne's west

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Artist impression of the new Melton Hospital.

The $900 million new Melton Hospital is set to be completed in 2029, with site preparation works now underway.

There’ll be a 24-hour emergency department, at least 274 beds, an intensive care unit, maternity and neonatal services, mental health services, radiology services and ambulatory care.

Once completed, the new hospital will have the capacity to treat 130,000 patients each year and see almost 60,000 patients in the emergency department.

Learn more about the new Melton Hospital.

Expanding the Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department

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Artist impression of the Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department

Once complete, the expanded emergency department at the Werribee Mercy Hospital will allow the treatment of an extra 25,000 patients each year. This will double current capacity.

The expansion will increase treatment spaces from 33 to 67. This includes four resuscitation bays, 16 short stay beds and 36 emergency care cubicles as well as a behavioural assessment room – meaning more locals can access the emergency care and treatment they need, closer to home.

The project is on track to be completed in 2026.

Learn more about the Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department expansion.

Sunbury Community Hospital taking shape

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The exterior of Sunbury Community Hospital

The Sunbury Community Hospital is well and truly coming to life. The modern, light-filled dialysis and oncology spaces began treating patients in September 2024.

Managed by Western Health, the Sunbury Community Hospital will be an expansion of the current Sunbury Day Hospital in Macedon Street.

Once complete, the Sunbury Community Hospital will provide a range of services, including:

diagnostic service including additional x-ray, ultrasound rooms and CT scans
pharmacy and pathology
expanded day surgery, chemotherapy and dialysis
urgent care.

The project will help take pressure off nearby major hospitals, including Sunshine and Northern hospitals, and enable more people to manage their health needs closer to home.

Learn more about the Sunbury Community Hospital.

Point Cook Community Hospital on the way

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Design of the Point Cook Community Hospital

The Point Cook Community Hospital will help take pressure off nearby major hospitals, including Footscray and Sunshine hospitals, and enable more people to manage their health needs closer to home.

Strong links to specialists, community health providers and social support services will ensure more seamless follow-up treatment and support for those who require complex care.

The Point Cook Community Hospital in Dunnings Road, managed by Western Health, will be a small public hospital providing a range of important everyday health services including chemotherapy, dialysis, and public dental.

Learn more about the Point Cook Community Hospital.

A new ambulance branch in Maidstone

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Artist impression of the new Maidstone Ambulance Branch

We’re delivering a new ambulance branch in Maidstone

Located on Hampstead Road, Maidstone, the new ambulance branch includes a four-bay ambulance garage, four rest and recline areas, training facilities, a fully equipped kitchen and improved security and carparking.

The new ambulance branch will enable paramedics to provide lifesaving emergency care to western suburbs locals.

Further west, we completed the new Wyndham Vale Ambulance Branch in 2024.

Learn more about the Ambulance Victoria development program.

Recently completed projects

Westside Lodge dual diagnosis unit expansion complete

Exterior of Westside Lodge

In 2024 the Victorian Government expanded the Westside Lodge dual diagnosis drug and mental health unit at Sunshine Hospital in St Albans.

Westside Lodge offers a three-month-long therapeutic program for people experiencing problematic drug or alcohol use, as well as mental health issues.

The expansion delivered 10 additional beds, bringing the total to 30, and refurbished shared common areas. Westside Lodge now has the capacity to treat an additional 40 people each year.

Learn more about the Westside Lodge dual diagnosis unit expansion.

Mental Health Beds Expansion Program – Sunshine Hospital

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Communal area inside the Sunshine Hospital mental health and wellbeing centre.

This new mental health facility at Sunshine Hospital in St Albans provides residents of Melbourne’s western suburbs access to acute mental health treatment in a modern and safe setting. Now complete, it means 1,153 more Victorians get the care and treatment they need each year.

The delivery of the new centre responds to a key recommendation from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. The centre was designed in consultation with people with lived experience of the mental health system. This includes consumers, carers, clinicians and staff.

Learn more about the Mental Health Beds Expansion Program – Sunshine Hospital.

Wyndham Early Parenting Centre open

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Inside the new Wyndham Early Parenting Centre

Families in Wyndham and surrounding communities now have access to specialised support to care for their little ones.

This new early parenting centre in Princes Highway, Werribee, opened in 2023 and is managed by Tweddle Child and Family Health Service. It supports parents and carers to build parenting skills and get help with sleep, settling and feeding, bonding and attachment, and infant and child behavioural concerns.

Learn more about the early parenting centres expansion and upgrade program.

Supporting healthier communities

The vibrant and healthy places we’re creating will support the wellbeing of people in the western metropolitan region.

The projects will improve infrastructure and help boost capacity, ensuring Victorians in Melbourne’s west continue to receive high quality health care, closer to home.

Keep up to date

Illustration of community engagement for the Ballarat Base Hospital redevelopment

Metro spotlight: Investing in the western metropolitan region