Hospital Infrastructure Delivery Fund

The Hospital Infrastructure Delivery Fund aims to achieve the following benefits:

• plan the delivery of new and improved infrastructure in Victorian public hospitals
• boost capacity and access to vital public health services
• improve infrastructure for Victoria’s health workforce
• ensure Victorians continue to receive high quality care, close to home.

Monash Medical Centre tower expansion

The $535 million Monash Medical Centre tower expansion project includes a new multi-storey tower above the newly expanded emergency department.

The new tower will house additional inpatient and intensive care beds as well as a new operating theatre complex, providing capacity for up to 7,500 more surgeries a year. Expanded birthing suites and maternity inpatient beds will also support around 2,400 births annually.

Main works are in progress and the project is expected to be completed in 2029.

Austin Hospital Emergency Department expansion

The $275 million Austin Hospital emergency department expansion project will add up to 29 extra emergency treatment spaces and a new dedicated paediatric emergency department zone. It will support an extra 30,000 emergency patients every year.

Main works are now underway, with the project expected to be completed in late 2028.

Northern Hospital Emergency Department and Inpatient Unit redevelopment

At the Northern Hospital, $813 million will deliver a new emergency department and inpatient tower. The new emergency department will include an alcohol and other drugs hub, a dedicated acute behaviour treatment space and a dedicated paediatrics treatment zone.

Once completed, it will increase the number of treatment spaces for emergency patients to almost 200.

The redevelopment is being delivered in two stages:

• Stage 1 delivered a new ambulatory care centre, enabling a range of specialist outpatient services, including allied health, pathology, respiratory medicine and dialysis.
• Stage 2 will deliver the new emergency department and IPU expansion, with major construction scheduled for completion in 2029.

Dandenong Hospital redevelopment

The $305 million Dandenong Hospital redevelopment will boost capacity by delivering new operating theatres and an intensive care unit, along with improvements to day surgery admissions. The emergency department will be upgraded to separate paediatric, adult and mental health presentations and boost other support services.

Design and staging of the project is being planned in close collaboration with Monash Health.

Queen Elizabeth II (Maroondah) Hospital redevelopment

Planning continues for the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, a major redevelopment and expansion to the current Maroondah Hospital, to include a new emergency department, operating theatres, day procedure facilities and specialist care spaces.

West Gippsland Hospital redevelopment

Critical planning continues for a new public sector residential aged care facility and state-of-the-art hospital for West Gippsland, to include a bigger emergency department, more operating theatres and inpatient beds for the growing community.

Wonthaggi Hospital expansion

Planning continues on a further expansion of the Wonthaggi Hospital to include two new wards with up to 64 beds, a new labour and delivery complex, a new outpatient clinic and extra car parking.

This project builds on the $115 million Wonthaggi Hospital project completed in late 2022, which delivered three new operating theatres, a new emergency department along with a 32-bed inpatient ward.

This major program of works is being delivered by the Victorian Health Building Authority in partnership with:

Health services

• Austin Health
• Bayside Health
• Eastern Health
• Monash Health
• Northern Health
• West Gippsland Health.