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Maryborough and District Hospital redevelopment

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The Victorian Government invested $115 million to upgrade the Maryborough and District Hospital.

The new state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility will mean the hospital's dedicated doctors and nurses can treat an additional 4,000 patients every year.

The upgrade has delivered a new urgent care centre, a 32-bed inpatient unit, two operating theatres and recovery spaces, and a day medical centre with imaging, pharmacy, and oncology, dialysis and infusion services.

Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health - video

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Opening screen displays Victorian Health and Human Services and Victoria State Government logos

IMAGES: Front entrance of new facility, Australian, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags

Michelle Fleming, Community Health Manager Easter Health: We’ve got everybody, all our services on the one site, so it’s much easier for the community.

IMAGES: Clients in waiting room, staff at work stations, allied health worker with patient on exercise bike, staff in library/kitchen area.

Michelle Fleming: All our staff are together as well, so they can work in a much more multi-disciplinary way. I’m very proud of the outcome, it’s wonderful for the community.

Text on screen: Welcome to Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health: Our redevelopment.

IMAGES: Paul Leyden and Michelle Fleming pictured in various sites within the facility, signs to renal dialysis and wards at reception area

Paul Leyden, Site Director: I think it would be fair to say that the building before it was redeveloped was in need of a refurbishment. That was the feedback from the community

Michelle Fleming, Community Health Manager Easter Health: It was a little bit old and tired and also we were spread out across the site. For our clients it was a little bit difficult to know where to come to receive their care.

IMAGES: patients in new renal dialysis section, new operating theatre

Paul Leyden: Through consultation with the department an $8.8 million package of works was made to upgrade the facilities here. It’s a fantastic opportunity to bring together a range of clinical services on the one site. The transformation has seen the implementation of a brand new renal dialysis service and the development of a new theatre complex.

IMAGES: a staff member with patient, new reception and waiting room areas, mother with child in paediatric section, child on paediatric bed

Jo Mapes, Director of Nursing: The ward has been redeveloped. We’ve now got single and double room all with ensuite bathroom facilities… a beautiful waiting room where they can all get together with people they know… more cohesion across the journey of care for patients and new facilities like the paediatric gym, paediatric dedicated designed spaces…

IMAGES: panoramic view of the facility frontage, renal dialysis unit with staff and patients

Michelle Fleming: Everything they need for their health is here on site.

Jo Mapes: The local community right in the outer east have always had to travel to Maroondah or Box Hill for particular treatments and services. Renal dialysis is a whole new feature for the site, as well as being able to manage patients in the hospital here who otherwise would have had to go to the emergency department or have longer stays in hospital away from their families.

IMAGES: a renal dialysis unit patient is speaking from his treatment chair

Renal dialysis patient: I spend more time with my wife a t home. It’s really convenient, it’s absolutely good stuff. I really enjoy it.

IMAGES: staff working in staff lounge/kitchen area, at reception desk, and attending to a patient in the ward

Paul Leyden: When you close down a facility for a capital refurbishment a key aspect is how you support your staff.

Jo Mapes: The ward staff were all redeployed to other teams in Eastern Health. They were able to upskill, they’ve been working in different specialties. They’ve been able to come back to Healesville with a much more expanded scope of practice and a new skill set.

Michelle Fleming: Many of the services did have to stay on site during the construction process – our staff were absolute troopers getting through it and we made sure they were informed every step of the way. I think they’ll be able to say to everybody it was absolutely worth it in the end. They love being all together on site, seeing everybody they know and being able to work together to provide the best care.

Paul Leyden: There’s no doubt the future for Healesville is onwards and upwards. We continue to look at opportunities to grow surgery and bolster the specialist clinic.

IMAGES: Montage of different service areas within the new facility, and smiling staff members conversing

Jo Mapes: We’ve got this great new facility, we’ve got potential to offer more services, we’ve got a great team of staff.

Michelle Fleming: People are calling me up and telling me personally how happy they are.

Paul Leyden: The local community can really engage and have a lot of faith and value in their local health service.

Jo Mapes: We’re growing into the future.

A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Government logo and Health and Human Services Building Authority logo and web address vhhsba.vic.gov.au

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Healthy Community Access Hub in Kyneton – video

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Text on screen: Thanks to the Regional Health Infrastructure Fund, a new Healthy Access Community Hub is coming to Kyneton

Image: a map of the location of Kyneton relative to Melbourne, Ballarat and Bendigo displays, followed by a zoom into the Kyneton township, showing the location of the new facility relative to other community facilities like the town hall, train station and District Health Service

Text on screen: Cobaw Community Health is building a new $9.77 million Healthy Community Access Hub.

Image: the site for the new facility is seen animated in colour within a drone video, shot from various angles and perspectives. Points of reference including the freeway, Macedon Ranges, Kyneton train station and the Kyneton town centre are all noted in the various drone shots.

Located adjacent to Kyneton District Health, the hub will be a ‘one-stop-shop’ of health and community services.

Image: drone shot capturing the existing health service, and its location near the animated Hub site

The Healthy Community Access Hub will provide kids area; Centrelink services; youth and family drop-in; community kitchen, bathroom and laundry; meeting rooms for community use; allied health consulting rooms; needle exchange programs; counselling services

Image: another drone shot showing the animated site and existing carpark

Works commencing May 2019, construction complete mid-2020. For more information visit vhhsba.vic.gov.au

Images: The closing slide is the Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority logo, the web address vhhsba.vic.gov.au and the Victoria State Government logo.

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Grampians Prevention and Recovery Care centre opening – video

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Image: approaching view to new PARC entrance, followed by rising aerial shot of the completed facility.

Text on screen: A new 12-bed facility has opened in Ballarat to support people experiencing mental illness

Image: view of garden, then interior courtyard with table setting, then a refurbished lounge room from the old building re-purposed for use in the new facility

The $6 million Grampians prevention and recovery care centre is one of 20 across Victoria

It provides short-term treatment and support in a home-like setting

Image: view of the expansive new kitchen and dining area, then a corner roof detail seen through the branches of a tree

The new facility provides early intervention for people who are unwell or recovering from hospital treatment

Image: view of bedroom, then view from dining area to outdoor setting.

We call this a ‘step-up or step-down’ service

The program is part of a $325.7 million investment in mental health services

Image: old building, then a ‘drive by’ shot of the old and new buildings side by side.

Better care for Victorians, wherever they live.

Images: The closing slide is the Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority logo, the web address vhhsba.vic.gov.au and the Victoria State Government logo.

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St George's Hospital aged care facility - video

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IMAGES: An aerial shot of the new residential aged care facility

Text on screen: Construction is nearly complete on the new $55.7 million St George’s Hospital residential aged care facility in Kew

IMAGES: Construction workers outside the rear facing units, and working on raised walkway

Text on screen: When completed, the 90-bed public residential aged care facility will provide residents with larger, modern and purpose-built facilities

IMAGES: Artist impressions of kitchen and lounge areas, followed by aerial shot of the facility, then upward external view of the first floor units

Text on screen: This facility is located right next to the hospital, providing residents with access to services when they need them

IMAGES: Various shots of workers completing door and laundry fittings

Text on screen: The new facility will open mid-2020

IMAGES: Aerial ‘fly by’ of the facility

Text on screen: Thank you to everyone working tirelessly behind the scenes to get this project completed

A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority logo, the web address vhhsba.vic.gov.au and the Victoria State Government logo.

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Grampians Prevention and Recovery Care centre – video

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IMAGES: Aerial shot of the existing PARC buildings and new construction site.

Text on screen: The Victorian Government has invested $6 million in building the new Grampians prevention and recovery care (PARC) centre in Ballarat.

IMAGES: A digger drives into the construction site.

This soon to open 12-bed facility provide short-term treatment and support in a home-like setting for people who are unwell or recovering from mental illness

IMAGES: Views of the new structure façade, then interior view of the framework.

It will be one of 20 PARC facilities across Melbourne and regional Victoria providing the best possible community-based treatment and care

IMAGES: A worker prepares some equipment, then shots of slatted wooden area for housing plant equipment.

The facility is on track to open its doors later this year with the help of a hard-working construction team

IMAGES: Panoramic view of activity on construction site, followed by aerial shot of old and new building.

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

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The New Footscray Hospital's pop-up stall at the 2020 Yarraville Festival - video

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Text on screen: Thanks for having us, Yarraville!

Images: Footage of the new Footscray Hospital stall under a marquee at the Yarraville Festival in February 2020. Time lapse footage activity shows people moving around the stall, talking to staff, who are handing out brochures, children-sized high vis vests and branded showbags.

Text on screen: We loved chatting to you about the new people’s hospital for Melbourne’s west

Images: Young children are trying on the high vis vests and smiling.

Text on screen: Look out for us at other community events

Images: A mother holding her young child, who is wearing the vest and smiling. Footage of staff at the stall talking to public and giving out brochures about the planned new hospital.

Text on screen: Check our website for details

Images: The closing slide is the Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority logo, the web address vhhsba.vic.gov.au and the Victoria State Government logo.

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Overview of the new Footscray Hospital project - video

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Text on screen: Your new Footscray Hospital

Images: Map of site of the new Footscray Hospital appears on screen showing hospital site bordered by Ballarat and Geelong Roads

Text on screen: Melbourne’s west is growing rapidly

Images: Animation of cityscape in the background with roads and waterway in the foreground. Cars and trucks zoom past. A crane unloads containers for a ship. A train rushes through.

Text on screen: To prepare for the future, the Victorian Government has provided up to $1.5 billion to deliver the new Footscray Hospital on the corner of Geelong and Ballarat Roads in Footscray – the largest ever health capital investment in this state.

Images: Three boxes appear on screen. The first is a drawing of a hospital. The second is the cityscape of the previous screen. The third is a map locating the site of the new Footscray Hospital.

The map zooms into large screen and becomes an aerial photograph of the location of the new hospital. The triangle of Ballarat Road, Geelong Road and Droop Street meeting each other is highlighted with the portion of land in between shaded as the site for the new hospital. Victoria University campus is directly opposite the site for the new hospital. Footscray Park is adjacent to the university. Further text call outs include Footscray CBD, Footscray, Middle Footscray and West Footscray train stations (all south of the site of the new hospital). A moving line indicates the tram route from Footscray Station up Droop Street and past the site of the new hospital. A moving line indicates the bike path along the Maribyrnong River nearby. Finally, we zoom closer in to the site of the where the new hospital will be built – on the triangular shape of land boarded by Ballarat Road, Geelong Road and Droop Street.

The following text graphics appear on screen:

$1.5 billion - the largest ever health infrastructure investment in Victoria

At least 504 beds – an increase of nearly 200 beds

15,000 additional patients treated – 20,000 more people seen by the emergency department every year

Approximately 2,000 jobs created - in construction and during operations

Images: An illustration of two construction workers viewing design plans, accompanied by the following text:

Text on screen: What is a PPP?

The new Footscray Hospital is being delivered as a public-private partnership (PPP). The PPP model involves bringing together a private consortium to design, construct, finance and maintain the new facility over a period of 25 years.

The new Footscray Hospital will continue to operate as a public hospital.

Images: An animated timeline appears with small illustrations that inform the following events and dates:

Late 2019: Consortia shortlisted

Late 2020: Contract awarded

Early 2021: Construction begins

2025: Hospital opens

Images: We see the illustrated cityscape again, accompanied by the following text:

Text on screen: Green spaces, plenty of natural light and links to public transport are just some of the things we’ve heard from you about what you’d like to see at your new Footscray Hospital

Images: Another illustration shows people sitting on waiting room furniture, accompanied by the following text:

Text on screen: Vision and aspirations

A hospital that we can be proud of

A welcoming space and healing atmosphere, with the flexibility to change and adapt with the people who use it

An improvement in the patient experience to provide the best standards of care to promote healing and wellbeing

Images: An illustration of an outdoor space is shown, accompanied by the following text:

Text on screen: Key spaces and services

A less clinical ‘look and feel’ to internal spaces

Natural light and green space to evoke a health environment

Connecting the hospital to nearby existing places, such as Victoria University and Footscray Park

Safe pedestrian access and easy connections to public transport

Images: An illustration shows an architect and project manager working, accompanied by the following text:

Text on screen: Cultural safety

Multilingual or symbolic signage that considers the cultural and linguistic makeup of Melbourne’s west

Floor-based artwork could be located at the main entrance or near the Aboriginal Health Unit, and Indigenous artworks could be used as wayfinding throughout the hospital

Artwork should also be used throughout wards to make people of all cultures and ethnicities feel welcome while they receive treatment.

Images: Another illustration shows an engagement session of a person talking to the community, accompanied by the following text:

Text on screen: Key issues we’re addressing

Ability for hospital to cope with future population demands

Construction impacts (such as noise to the surrounding community)

Traffic impacts during construction

Adequate and affordable parking.

Images: We see the Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority logo, the web address vhhsba.vic.gov.au and the Victoria State Government logo.

Images: A stylised map appears showing the location of Footscray in relation to the Melbourne CBD, and then the location of Sunshine Hospital, the new Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital, and where the current Footscray Hospital is in relation to the site of the new hospital.

The Footscray, Middle Footscray and West Footscray train stations are highlighted, as are the two Victoria University locations (Footscray Park Campus and Nicholson Campus).

Text on screen: Melbourne’s west is growing

Images: We see drone footage of new site in the foreground and the city skyline in the background.

Text on screen: Current Footscray Hospital

Images: The angle of the drone camera changes and pans over the site from different angles

Text on screen: New Footscray Hospital. 89 Ballarat Road

Images: The site of the new hospital is shaded. The roads bordering the triangular site, and the university opposite, are called out: Ballarat Road. Geelong Road. Victoria University (Footscray Park Campus)

Text on screen: Transforming the inner west into a health, research and education precinct.

Images: The closing slide is the Victorian Health and Human Services Building Authority logo, the web address vhhsba.vic.gov.au and the Victoria State Government logo.

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