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:
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.
A new $3.2 million dementia friendly unit at Creswick Nursing Home has opened.
Funded via the Victorian Government’s $490 million Regional Health Infrastructure Fund (RHIF), the upgrade includes a new 12-bed unit purpose-built to provide best practice dementia care.
The project also delivered improvements to the existing residential aged care facility. These include a consolidation of common areas and upgrades to heating and cooling systems.
The Victorian Government is investing $655 million to redevelop and expand Ballarat Base Hospital.
The redevelopment will deliver a new multi-level tower and main entrance off Sturt Street, a new emergency department with an integrated mental health, alcohol and other drugs hub, a new helipad, a new women and children's hub and an extra 100 inpatient and short stay beds.
Communities in the Ballarat region and surrounds now have a purpose-built palliative care hub to meet the increasing demand for specialist, community-based palliative care and bereavement support.
The facility was made possible via $6.2 million contribution from the Victorian Government’s Regional Health Infrastructure Fund, giving patients, families and carers improved access to the support and resources needed to make decisions around living, dying and grieving well.
