Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department expansion

The Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department expansion will deliver:

• 67 treatment spaces (34 additional, going from 33 to 67)
• four new resuscitation bays
• 36 emergency care cubicles
• eight fast track bays
• 16 short stay beds
• six mental health, alcohol and other drugs spaces
• consult/interview rooms
• behavioural assessment room
• separate but co-located paediatric and acute and short stay zones.

The Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department expansion aims to achieve the following benefits:

More capacity

The expansion of the Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department aims to meet the needs of the growing population in Melbourne’s outer west. The expansion will allow more people to be treated while improving patient flow, safety and quality of care. 

Emergency care

The project will deliver an extra 34 points of care, providing capacity for over 25,000 more emergency department presentations every year. This doubles current capacity.

Improved staff and patient safety

New treatment spaces will improve patient care in the hospital emergency department while also supporting a safer and more efficient working environment for staff.

More jobs

The project is expected to create and sustain more than 300 construction industry jobs. This is in addition to the permanent health sector jobs required to operate the expanded emergency department.

The project is being delivered by the Victorian Health Building Authority and Mercy Health in partnership with Lyons Architecture and Besix Watpac (builder).