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VHBA In Brief: December 2023

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Welcome to VHBA In Brief

Welcome to a special edition of the Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA) newsletter, VHBA In Brief.

In our 2023 wrap-up, we celebrate these major health infrastructure projects that were delivered over the past 12 months:

  • Victorian Heart Hospital
  • Statewide Child and Family Centre
  • Wyndham Early Parenting Centre
  • New mental health beds at Sunshine Hospital, Northern Hospital and Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Thank you for joining us in building a healthier future for Victorians this year. We hope you can join us again in 2024.

Subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date on our announcements and project updates.

Australia's first cardiac hospital has research at heart

The $577 million Victorian Heart Hospital opened in early 2023.

The new hospital is home to the state's leading cardiac specialists and researchers. It provides life-saving diagnosis and treatment for thousands of patients each year.

The hospital won a 2023 INDE.Award for best design in the Health and Wellbeing Space.

How was the Victorian Heart Hospital built to innovate?

IMAGES: View upward from the ground of a section of the hospital, followed by an aerial view of the hospital and surrounding suburb, and view upward of the upper level of the hospital. 

VOICEOVER: We're really excited. This is the first standalone heart hospital in the country. The only one of its type in the southern hemisphere. 

IMAGES: Professor Nicholls speaking in a conference room of the hospital. 

VOICEOVER: This has been an extraordinary journey. My colleagues started to think about a dedicated heart facility probably about a decade ago. 

IMAGES: A tracking shot across a section of the hospital façade. 

ONSCREEN TEXT: How is research embedded in the hospital? 

IMAGES: Professor Nicholls speaking in a conference room of the hospital, followed by view upward of the upper level of the hospital. 

VOICEOVER: This project is completely about innovation. We're not just building a heart hospital. We're putting a heart hospital on a university campus. 

IMAGES: Professor Nicholls and a colleague talking, silhouetted against a large viewing window, then walking along a corridor flanked by work benches, followed by a view of a research laboratory. 

VOICEOVER: We're embedding our research. It brings our researchers close to our patients and our clinicians to be able to make new discoveries, new inventions. We can bring those inventions to the clinic much faster. 

IMAGES: Professor Nicholls speaking in a conference room of the hospital. 

VOICEOVER: It's important for our researchers. It's important for our patients because it means that our patients will have access to cutting-edge treatments. 

IMAGES: An operating theatre, followed by a CT scanner. 

VOICEOVER: There are some patients with heart disease where there are no treatments that can help them. We need new solutions. 

IMAGES: Professor Nicholls speaking in a conference room of the hospital, followed by doors opening into an operating theatre. 

VOICEOVER: If I was a patient in this hospital, there's an incredible opportunity to be involved in clinical trials, new ways of delivering the care that we already have. 

ONSCREEN TEXT: A national training hub. 

IMAGES: Lights within an operating theatre, followed by a tracking shot moving down a section of a research laboratory. 

VOICEOVER: We have an opportunity to be the epicentre for teaching and training the next generation. and they're not just doctors. We're talking about nurses, physiotherapists, dietitians, genetic counsellors, you name it. This is going to be the national hub for where we're going to train people. 

IMAGES: An operating theatre, followed by a lecture theatre and research laboratory. 

VOICEOVER: Whether it's operating somebody in one of our operating theatres, or putting a new heart valve in one of our interventional cath labs. We can have people sitting our lecture theatres, our meeting rooms watching that, and then we can quickly decamp out into teaching areas and debrief and talk about what we just saw and why that's important. 

IMAGES: Research laboratory. 

VOICEOVER: We can simulate a whole bunch of new interventional procedures to use across the region, work closely with industry where we know that kind of simulation training is increasingly important. 

ONSCREEN TEXT: How will you innovate future treatments? 

IMAGES: aerial view tracks across the hospital, followed by close up of theatre lighting. 

VOICEOVER: We see this whole building for us being a smaller part of Monash Health. It's not just about innovation from a research and teaching perspective. It really allows for us to innovate the way that we simply just look after our patients on a day-to-day basis. 

IMAGES: Upward view of façade of section of the hospital. 

VOICEOVER: It’s fundamentally about the patient. We want people home and well and live the lives they want to live. 

IMAGES: Frame with ‘In partnership with Monash Health (logo) and Monash University (logo)’. 

IMAGES: The closing slide is the Victorian Health Building Authority logo, the web address vhba.vic.gov.au and the Victorian State Government logo. 

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In the spotlight

New Statewide Child and Family Centre a Victorian first

The $7.3 million, 12-bed centre is a Victorian first and supports children aged 0-11 years.

The centre is unique. Children can stay with their families while they are receiving mental health care from specialist clinicians.

Statewide Child and Family Centre - First look

IMAGES: An image of the exterior of the facility, showing the freshly planted garden

Text: A new 12-bed facility offering dedicated mental health support and treatment for children and their families

IMAGES: Chairs with children’s plush toys

Text: Delivering vital residential mental health and wellbeing treatment to children

IMAGES: Camera pans across a living room; cuts to a large table with chairs

Text: in an environment that allows them to stay with and be supported by their families

IMAGES: Cuts to one of the bedrooms

Text: Featuring private rooms and shared living spaces

IMAGES: Camera pans across the large communal kitchen

Text: including a communal kitchen, dining, lounge,

IMAGES: an image of the laundry room; cuts to a family activity area filled with toys

Text: laundry and family activity areas

IMAGES: cuts to a montage of shots of the garden area

Text: outdoor gardens,

IMAGES: an image of a private room with a table and chairs

Text: along with clinical consulting spaces.

IMAGES: a montage of the kitchen and dining spaces

Text: The facility will provide 24-hour care and support for children and their families

IMAGE: A sliding transition screen displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the web address vhba.vic.gov.au

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Construction on the new Wyndham Early Parenting Centre is complete

Families with children up to four years old can access support in Melbourne’s south-west.

It is the first of nine new early parenting centres to open its doors in Victoria. Specialists at the centres will help build parenting skills and improve parent-child relationships.

Explore the new Wyndham Early Parenting Centre.

Text on screen: Construction is complete on the new, multi-million dollar Wyndham Early Parenting Centre

Images: aerial footage of the completed centre seen in its suburban setting, and from directly above

Text on screen: It is the first of nine new Early Parenting Centres to open its doors in Victoria

Images: front entry of the building with sign directing to reception, deliveries and car parking

Text on screen: Take a look inside

Images: a child’s wooden block train on a tabletop

Text on screen: Early parenting centres support parents and caregivers with babies and toddlers from 0-4 years old

Images: view past reception base down corridor to consulting rooms, followed by close-up of sign reading ‘pram parking’

Text on screen: The centres help build parenting skills, from enhancing parent-child relationships to providing support with:

Images: large meeting room with artwork across several wall spaces, a large screen, chairs and children’s play activity equipment. On screen text reads ‘Artwork by Kobi Sainty’

Text on screen: sleep, settling or feeding; bonding, developmental milestones, adjusting to parenthood and building parenting skills

Images: child’s bedroom with cot and feeding chair; close-up of activity play equipment in a meeting room; outdoor playground equipment and various couches with child’s table setting and toy train plus onscreen text ‘Artwork by Kobi Sainty’

Images: aerial footage of the new centre in its suburban setting

Images: A sliding transition screen displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the text ‘learn more at vhba.vic.gov.au’

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Careers

Keen to shape the future of healthcare in Victoria in 2024? We're looking for:

Find out more or apply on the Careers Vic website.

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Crane named after Pink Ladies volunteers

Longstanding volunteer group, the Pink Ladies, has had a tower crane named after them.

'Pinkies' the tower crane, can be found on the Frankston Hospital redevelopment site.

The Pink Ladies Auxiliary is Peninsula Health's longest-running volunteer group. Since 1968, the Pinkies have raised over $10 million for Frankston Hospital.

They've volunteered countless hours and have been a constant presence at the hospital.

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New Melton Hospital - Djerriwarrh Festival pop up November 2023

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Djerriwarrh Festival pop up November 2023

Text on screen: Thanks for having us Melton

Images: Montage of crowds walking through the Festival, a staff member making bubbles and a small child holding balloons

Text on screen: It was great to meet with you at the Djerriwarrh Festival and talk about the new Melton Hospital

Images: various Melton Hospital team members chat to members of the public at the information booth

Text on screen: Once completed, Melton Hospital will have the capacity to treat 130,000 patients each year and see almost 60,000 patients in the emergency department Images: groups of children playing at the information stall’s activity table, and putting on kid’s sized hi-vis safety vests

Text on screen: Construction is starting in 2024 and your new hospital will open in 2029

Images: an artist impression of the completed Melton Hospital

Images: A white screen appears stating ‘in partnership with’ and the logo for Western Health. A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the url vhba.vic.gov.

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About the new Melton Hospital

The new Melton Hospital will be Victoria’s first fully electric hospital. It will treat more than 130,000 patients each year, including:

  • a 24-hour emergency department
  • an intensive care unit
  • more than 274 beds.

The new Melton Hospital is being delivered by the Victorian Health Building Authority in partnership with Western Health.

Learn more about the new Melton Hospital.

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Community members were invited to come along to the Djerriwarrh Festival and visit the new Melton Hospital stall.

About the event

The pop up stall was an opportunity for you to:

  • chat to us about the progress of the new Melton Hospital
  • learn more about what’s being delivered
  • grab a copy of the community consultation report which includes ideas, visions and priorities for the new Melton Hospital
  • join in on some kids’ activities
  • ask any questions.

If you missed the event you can watch our recap video below.

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VHBA In Brief: November 2023

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Welcome to VHBA In Brief

Welcome to the latest Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA) newsletter, VHBA In Brief.

In this issue, find out about our latest project milestones and explore:

  • Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre complete
  • Frankston Hospital redevelopment crane honours volunteers 
  • Wyndham Early Parenting Centre complete.

Subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date on our announcements and project updates.

Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre now complete

Take a look at the new state-of-the-art centre at Western Health's Sunshine Hospital in St Albans.

The new mental health facility will allow residents of Melbourne's western suburbs to access acute mental health treatment in a modern and safe setting.

The multi-million-dollar project was funded through the $801 million Mental Health Beds Expansion Program.

The centre was designed in consultation with people with lived experience of the mental health system.

The new 52-bed centre was recently completed

Text on screen: A new 52-bed acute mental health facility, the Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, has been completed at Western Health’s Sunshine Hospital in St Albans

Images: a montage of the completed rooms at the new facility

Text on screen: Built using a modular construction solution, where the units were completed off-site and installed later

Images: footage of construction work being completed

Text on screen: the new centre will reduce pressure on Sunshine Hospital’s busy emergency department Images: aerial footage of the hospital emergency department exterior

Text on screen: Take a look inside. The state-of-the-art new facility features treatment and multi-purpose rooms, staff and family lounge with internal courtyard and garden areas. It has been designed to provide a safe, welcoming and healing environment. On track to welcome patients in coming weeks, the Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre will provide more than 18,900 days of care to an estimated 1,153 people each year.

Images: a montage of the completed rooms at the new facility Images: A sliding transition screen displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the web address vhba.vic.gov.au

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In the spotlight

Crane named after Frankston Hospital Pink Ladies volunteers

A tower crane being used in the Frankston Hospital redevelopment has been named 'Pinkies' after longstanding volunteer group - the Pink Ladies.

The Pink Ladies Auxiliary is Peninsula Health's longest-running volunteer group. Since 1968, the Pinkies have raised over $10 million for Frankston Hospital.

Now the group's name is high on a tower crane in Frankston's skyline, in celebration of every members' contribution.

The Pink Ladies talk about being honoured for their work.

Text on screen: Since 1968, the Pink Ladies volunteers have raised over $10 million for Peninsula Health.

Images: aerial footage of the hospital construction

Text on screen: A crane on the site of the Frankston Hospital redevelopment has been named ‘Pinkies’ in their honour.

Images: volunteers preparing sandwiches at the hospital café; Carole Thwaites, President Pink Ladies is interviewed; footage of volunteers at the hospital cafe

Voiceover: We are really well known for our sandwiches. You get quite a good serving. When I come in, I come down the hill and it's all dark. First thing we do isn't that we open up at seven o'clock and uh, it's still dark at this time of the year anyway. Then you get the nurses coming in, the doctors are coming in and it, it starts to buzz. It's such a busy hospital.

Images: Fiona Reed, Executive Director, Nursing and Midwifery is interviewed

Voiceover: We've been really fortunate to have the Pink Ladies as part of the fabric, with Peninsula Health.

Images: a portrait of Edna Vincent, Founder, Pink Ladies; a framed newspaper clipping of the Pinkies; the Pink Ladies putting on pink hard hats

Voiceover: We've handed over lots of money over the years. I think it's just under $11 million has been raised during that time.

Text on screen: The Pink Ladies recently raised $100,000 for an ultrasound simulator for the hospital’s ICU

Images: Dr Kavi Haji, Director, Intensive Care Unit, is interviewed; footage of the Pink Ladies walking through the hospital; footage of volunteers working in the hospital cafe

Voiceover: Ultrasound and echocardiography, which is ultrasound of the heart, having it at the bedside, it takes the guess away. It becomes more certain what I'm dealing with. Here the Pink Ladies gift comes into place. With that donation, we were able to purchase an ultrasound simulator, an invaluable resource for our doctors and nurses so that when they go and they perform the assessment on the patient, they do it with confidence and accurately.

Text on screen: The Pink Ladies have committed annual funding for a research role

Images: Fiona Reed, Executive Director, Nursing and Midwifery is interviewed; footage of volunteers working in the hospital cafe

Voiceover: We really wanted to work with the Pink Ladies to look at how we can really support our workforce, and this position will be a joint position with Peninsula Health and Monash University, and we wouldn't be able to recruit to it without the financial support from the Pink Ladies. With it being nursing and midwifery research, it's about boarding capability and research capacity across the network.

Images: Carole Thwaites, President Pink Ladies is interviewed; footage of volunteers at the hospital café; Karen Scott, Vice President Pink Ladies is interviewed; footage of a ‘Pinkies the crane’ sign

Voiceover: A lady came down and she looked a bit sad and the tears are just rolling down her face. She couldn't talk. She was losing her mother at the time. I just stopped and I just went round, put moms around her and uh, she just needed some sort of comfort. And, you know, about three hours later she came down specifically to see me, and thanked me for just giving her that little bit of support. It's a special thing and it makes everything worthwhile. And that's what the girls do. They just love to chat to people. They might chat too long sometimes. Sometimes, yeah. We're just so happy having that crane named after us. It was a bit of a surprise, as I'd never heard of it before. No, no. But then I googled it and I, yeah, it's a bit of an honour.

Images: Dr Kavi Haji, Director, Intensive Care Unit, is interviewed; footage of the Pink Ladies walking through the hospital

Voiceover: Well, it's an acknowledgement, showing appreciation. They're volunteers, they do it out of the goodness of their heart. Images: Carole Thwaites, President, Pink Ladies, and Karen Scott Vice President, Pink Ladies are interviewed

Voiceover: We're way up there now, aren't we, Karen? Yeah. It really is an honour. It really is.

Images: aerial footage of hospital construction; Dr Kavi Haji, Director, Intensive Care Unit, is interviewed

Voiceover: The redevelopment of Frankston Hospital is a massive step.

Images: Fiona Reed, Executive Director, Nursing and Midwifery is interviewed

Voiceover: It ticks all the boxes to support our community.

Images: aerial footage of hospital construction; Dr Kavi Haji, Director, Intensive Care Unit, is interviewed

Voiceover: We have a big catchment area. This is very important for the people of Mornington Peninsula.

Images: Carole Thwaites, President, Pink Ladies, and Karen Scott Vice President, Pink Ladies are interviewed

Voiceover: Some people have even told me they come down just to buy a sandwich. I would recommend grabbing a sandwich on the way out.

Images: A screen displays ‘in partnership with Peninsula Health and Exemplar Health’. A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the web address vhba.vic.gov.au

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Wyndham Early Parenting Centre construction complete

Families in Wyndham and surrounding communities will soon be able to access specialised support to care for their little ones.

Construction is complete on the Wyndham Early Parenting Centre.

At the centres, parents and caregivers of babies or children under four years can receive extra support, including with building parenting capacity and skills.

The early parenting centres expansion and upgrade program is delivering upgrades to two existing EPCs, as well as building nine new EPCs. The centres will be in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. 

Look inside the brand-new, multi-million-dollar Wyndham Early Parenting Centre.

Text on screen: Construction is complete on the new, multi-million dollar Wyndham Early Parenting Centre

Images: aerial footage of the completed centre seen in its suburban setting, and from directly above

Text on screen: It is the first of nine new Early Parenting Centres to open its doors in Victoria Images: front entry of the building with sign directing to reception, deliveries and car parking

Text on screen: Take a look inside Images: a child’s wooden block train on a tabletop

Text on screen: Early Parenting centres support parents and caregivers with babies and toddlers from 0-4 years old

Images: view past reception base down corridor to consulting rooms, followed by close-up of sign reading ‘pram parking’

Text on screen: The centres help build parenting skills, from enhancing parent-child relationships to providing support with:

Images: large meeting room with artwork across several wall spaces, a large screen, chairs and children’s play activity equipment.

On screen text reads ‘Artwork by Kobi Sainty’

Text on screen: sleep, settling or feeding; bonding, developmental milestones, adjusting to parenthood and building parenting skills

Images: child’s bedroom with cot and feeding chair; close-up of activity play equipment in a meeting room; outdoor playground equipment and various couches with child’s table setting and toy train plus onscreen text ‘Artwork by Kobi Sainty’

Images: aerial footage of the new centre in its suburban setting

Images: A sliding transition screen displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the text ‘learn more at vhba.vic.gov.au’

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Careers

Help shape the future of healthcare in Victoria by pursuing a career with the Victorian Health Building Authority:

  • Principal Adviser (VPSG6)
  • Senior Project Manager (VPSG6)

Find out more or apply on the Careers Vic website.

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About the Frankston Hospital redevelopment

The Victorian Government is delivering a $1.1 billion redevelopment of Frankston Hospital. This is the largest ever health infrastructure investment in Melbourne’s south-east.

The redevelopment will transform services at the hospital, delivering:

  • a new tower with 12 levels of clinical services and main entrance
  • 130 more beds
  • new spaces for mental health and oncology services
  • 15 new operating theatres.

Learn more about the Frankston Hospital redevelopment.

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Community members were invited to come along to our local market pop-up sessions in Frankston and Mornington.

About these pop-ups

These pop-ups were an opportunity to:

  • chat to us about construction and what’s being delivered
  • see images of the designs
  • grab a copy of the latest project newsletter
  • pick up a kids' mini colouring book and high-vis vest
  • ask a question.

The markets were free to attend, and no registration was required. 

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