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Hospitals 17 December 2024

New Footscray Hospital newsletters

The Victorian Government has delivered the more than $1.5 billion new Footscray Hospital, one of the state’s largest ever health infrastructure projects.

Located on the corner of Geelong and Ballarat roads, the new Footscray Hospital will support the increasing demand from Melbourne’s booming western suburbs, ensuring families can get the care they need close to home.

The bigger and better Footscray Hospital will cut wait times and reduce pressure on nearby hospitals. With an increase of nearly 200 beds, once fully operational the new hospital will treat approximately 15,000 additional patients and enable around 20,000 additional people to be seen by the emergency department each year.

Construction of the new Footscray Hospital is complete. For information on opening and access visit Western Health's website.

December 2025 edition

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Welcome to the final edition of the Footscray Hospital project newsletter. In this issue:

  • what's next?
  • behind the build
  • architecture spotlight: designing a hospital of and for the community
  • new Footscray Hospital throughout the years
  • get to know you new locals
  • what's inside your new Footscray Hospital
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