Hospitals 17 June 2025

Milestone for Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department expansion

Major structural works on the expansion of Werribee Mercy Hospital’s emergency department are complete.

The hospital’s striking facade will now start to take shape, while work gets underway on the internal fit-out.

Take a look at how the expansion is progressing below.

Werribee Mercy Hospital’s bigger and better emergency department is taking shape

Accessible video transcript

[Text on screen: Take a look at the bigger and better emergency department we’re building at the Werribee Mercy Hospital]

[Images: Timelapse footage of concrete being laid at Werribee Mercy Hospital]

[Text on screen: Major structural works on the project are now complete] [Images: Timelapse footage of construction work at Werribee Mercy Hospital, with the structure emerging]

[Text on screen: The project is expected to be completed in 2026 and will double the capacity of the existing emergency department]

[Images: A white transition screen displays the text “In partnership with” and the “Mercy Health” logo. A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the url vhba.vic.gov.au]

[End of transcript]

About the Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department expansion project

With more and more families choosing to live and work in the outer west, the multi-million-dollar expansion of the Werribee Mercy Hospital’s emergency department will increase treatment spaces from 33 to 67, delivering:

four new resuscitation bays
16 short stay beds
36 emergency care cubicles.

The project will double the capacity of the existing emergency department when it’s complete in 2026.

Delivered by the Victorian Health Building Authority in partnership with Mercy Health, Lyons Architecture and builder Besix Watpac, the expansion is part of a critical $280 million investment to boost capacity of the emergency departments at the Werribee Mercy Hospital and Casey Hospital Berwick – two of Melbourne’s fastest growing suburbs. Learn more about the Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department expansion.

Learn more about the Werribee Mercy Hospital emergency department expansion.