Online forum: Sustainability in healthcare
Our annual forum was reimagined in a virtual format in 2020 and focused on sharing environmental sustainability best practice across the Victorian health sector.
Mental Health Beds Expansion Program
The Victorian Government is urgently responding to recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System with a $801 million investment to deliver 260 new acute public mental health beds.
The new beds, including 236 hospital-based beds and 24 home-based beds, will be delivered across multiple Victorian health services to address increased demand on our system as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new hospital-based beds and services will be located at:
Recorded webinar: Delivering sustainable, healthy and resilient hospitals
We recently partnered with the team from the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) to present a webinar on delivering sustainable, healthy and resilient hospitals.
New Watsonia ambulance branch opens
Broadford Community Health Centre redevelopment
The $3.7 million redevelopment of Nexus Primary Health’s Broadford Community Health Centre was completed in August 2020.
Funded via the Regional Health Infrastructure Fund, the project enables more community health services to be delivered to the rapidly growing Broadford community.
The redevelopment has increased consulting spaces from seven to 23. The spaces include purpose-built general practice treatment rooms, multi-use consulting rooms and larger paediatric consulting spaces for the delivery of paediatric allied health and counselling services.
Recorded webinar: The status of clinical waste collections during COVID-19 and future planning
We recently partnered with Health Purchasing Victoria, the Environment Protection Authority and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning to present a webinar on clinical waste during COVID-19.
Barrabill House aged care redevelopment
The Victorian Government invested $3.17 million to upgrade the Barrabill House aged care facility in Seymour.
The 30-bed high care public sector residential aged care facility has been upgraded with a new 10-bed wing. The new wing includes 10 private rooms with ensuites, and new dining and lounge areas creating a homelike environment.
The redevelopment also includes a sensory garden and an outdoor pavilion, which can be used for general activities as well as a meeting place.
The project has increased bed numbers at Barrabill House from 30 to 40.
Last updated: 02 July 2025