The Victorian Government is investing more than $800 million to build community hospitals in major growth areas including Pakenham.
The Pakenham Community Hospital will be a small public hospital. The site infrastructure allows for a range of important everyday health services to be delivered once fully operational including urgent care, chemotherapy and allied health.
From co-location of research and clinical care, to connecting health and education precincts via a bridge. We’re building Victoria’s next generation of care.
Quality patient care doesn't start or end in the consultation room. It's made possible through first class education and training, and innovative research.
The Victorian Government is investing in health infrastructure that better connects education, training, research, and clinical care.
We're creating centres of excellence through the redeveloped Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Eye and Ear), and the Victorian Heart Hospital.
We're also connecting health and education precincts through infrastructure. In the inner west, we'll be connecting the new Footscray Hospital to Victoria University's Footscray Park Campus via a 57-metre-long footbridge.
Our redevelopment of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital has brought world-leading healthcare, research, and education under one eight-storey roof.
The hospital provides specialist research and care in two main areas: ophthalmology (diagnosing and treating eye and visual problems), and Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT).
Completed in early 2024, the redevelopment equipped the hospital with an education precinct housing teaching, training and research facilities.
These are co-located with the Eye and Ear's research partners, the Centre for Eye Research Australia, and the University of Melbourne.
The redevelopment provided:
Bringing the services under the one roof also means both patients and staff can move between consultations and treatments more easily.
This improves ease and efficiency and mean more Victorians can access the life-changing care they need.
Welcome to our winter 2024 Frankston Hospital redevelopment newsletter.
In this edition, you can learn about:
Since our last newsletter, the project has hit a major milestone! After a massive one million hours of work, the new hospital tower reached structural completion. ‘Topping out’ at 13 floors, the main tower will include 12 levels of patient services, a plant and equipment level, and a rooftop helipad.
Other construction highlights include:
