The $14 million Monash Children's Hospital Early in Life Mental Health Services (ELMHS) project was completed in November 2017.

It aimed to support Monash Children’s Hospital to provide greater support for Victorian children who are experiencing mental health issues.

Children experiencing mental health issues, and their families, require specialised services and support. The ELMHS provides services to infants, children, adolescents, young people and their families and community agencies.

The Victorian Government invested $60 million to redevelop the Orygen and OYH Poplar Road precinct completed in November 2018. The new precinct houses the Orygen Youth Health Services clinical program and Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Health.

The award winning clinical and research centre is designed for young people with serious mental illness. It supports the Victorian Government’s long-term vision to provide greater access and choice of services for young people living with mental illness.

The $34.7 million Werribee Mercy Hospital mental health expansion of the Clare Moore Building was completed in August 2018. The redevelopment replaced the existing inpatient unit with a new 54-bed mental health facility.

The world-class redevelopment included a four-bed psychiatric assessment and planning unit, a 10-bed high dependency unit and a 40-bed low dependency unit. The project was part of Victoria’s Mental Health Plan, aimed at improving access to mental health services for vulnerable Victorians.

The South West Healthcare Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) centre is South West Victoria’s new dedicated prevention and recovery care service for people experiencing mental illness.

The centre helps people who are unwell or recovering from an acute mental illness. It offers professional care in a modern, home-like environment.

The $6 million Grampians Prevention and Recovery Care centre opened in July 2020. 

The 12-bed facility will provide short-term treatment and support in a residential setting for people experiencing mental illness in the Ballarat and Grampians region.

The new facility is one of 20 Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) centres across Melbourne and regional Victoria, providing community-based treatment for people who are unwell or recovering from mental illness.

The Medically Supervised Injecting Room at North Richmond Community Health opened in July 2019.

The facility aims to reduce the high amount of Victorian drug overdose deaths. 

A medically supervised injecting room is a place where people can inject drugs of dependence in a supervised health setting. It can also provide a gateway for people who inject drugs to access other health and social support services, including pathways to drug treatment and rehabilitation.

The $6 million Grampians alcohol and other drug treatment facility project was completed in February 2019. The facility provides residential rehabilitation services to approximately 80 people a year.

Based in Eureka, Ballarat, this 20-bed facility provides residential rehabilitation services to approximately 80 people a year.

The $10 million Eastern Health Breast and Cancer Centre opened in May 2018.

It aimed to support Eastern Health to improve access to services and treatment for women at risk of, or undergoing treatment for, breast cancer. This project provided a purpose-built facility that could bring together breast screening, breast cancer treatment and supportive care services. 

The $8.3 million Echuca Cancer and Wellness Centre has delivered a new chemotherapy/haemodialysis unit at Echuca Regional Health.

The project relocated Echuca Regional Health’s existing chemotherapy/haemodialysis unit to a new purpose-built cancer and wellness centre.

The new centre provides 12 new chemotherapy/haemodialysis treatment chairs and improves the comfort and access for patients, whilst providing a more efficient working environment for staff.

The $1 billion-plus Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre opened in July 2016.

It is Australia’s first facility conceived and designed to save lives by connecting the world’s best in cancer research, education, treatment and care. The centre is part of the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct.