The Victorian Government invested $11.9 million in the new North West Metropolitan Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (YPARC) centre.
The 20-bed facility provides short and medium-term treatment and support in a residential setting for young people experiencing mental illness in Melbourne’s west.
The new facility is one of 25 prevention and recovery care centres across Melbourne and regional Victoria, providing community-based treatment for young people aged 16 - 25 who are unwell or recovering from mental illness.
The $23.48 million Thomas Embling Hospital forensic mental health services expansion was completed in July 2019.
It was designed to support more people at risk to access the mental health services they need, in a secure environment.
One in three prisoners are assessed as having mental health treatment needs with demand for mental health beds in the criminal justice system increasing over the past decade.
The $16.1 million Moorabbin Hospital imaging and outpatient centre expansion was completed in October 2017.
The project upgraded cancer screening equipment and expanded the number of outpatient suites, increasing capacity for patients accessing treatment, care and support at the Monash Cancer Centre.
The Victorian Government invested $52.1 million in the regional alcohol and drug residential rehabilitation services - Stage 2 and 3 projects. The project aims to help more Victorians in the Barwon, Hume and Gippsland regions access specialist support.
The funding has constructed three new regional alcohol and drug residential rehabilitation facilities located in Corio, Traralgon and Wangaratta. These facilities will provide alcohol and drug residential rehabilitation services to an additional 900 Victorians every year.
The Victorian Government has invested $3.36 million to develop an urgent care centre within the Phillip Island Health Hub at Cowes, providing local and visiting families with the peace of mind they deserve.
Completed in October 2019, the project has provided four treatment bays, which include a patient resuscitation bay along with a staff base and service spaces.
This guideline sets out the objectives of the Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA) in:
undertaking masterplanning of its current and proposed future service delivery sites
the process for undertaking masterplanning
the expected outcomes and outputs from a masterplanning study.
Purpose of masterplanning
Plan Melbourne projects that the population of Melbourne will grow from 4.5 million to almost 8 million - with Victoria’s total population set to reach 10 million by 2051. The Victorian government identifies the need to “plan and invest wisely to: cater to the needs of a more diverse and ageing population; break the link between congestion and growth; address housing affordability; mitigate and adapt to climate change; and ensure social and economic opportunities are accessible to all”.
VHBA's role in planning for growth is to ensure that the health infrastructure required to meet the needs of the current and projected future population is in the right place, at the right time and is effective and sustainable. Masterplanning of existing healthcare precincts and sites or potential new sites is key to effective planning.
