Health Infrastructure delivered a new Tweed Valley Hospital to deliver increased healthcare services to meet the current and future needs of the Tweed-Byron community. The new Hospital opened to patients in May 2024.
OVERVIEW
The Tweed Valley Hospital Development delivered a new state-of-the-art facility with more beds and greater capability to serve the growing Tweed-Byron community.
The new hospital provides residents access to more health services closer to home, enabling patients to remain near family, friends and existing support networks while receiving treatment.
The new hospital has an embedded learning, development and research facility that supports educational opportunities for staff. It also provides a contemporary working environment to help attract and retain a skilled workforce.
The NSW Government invested $723.3 million to develop the Tweed Valley Hospital.
BENEFITS
The project:
- Provided more than 190 additional beds and 16 additional emergency department treatment spaces for the Tweed community and new and expanded local health services
- Delivered patient-centred care through integrated health services in modern facilities
- Improved patient health outcomes through enhanced inpatient, emergency department, ambulatory care, renal dialysis, radiotherapy and chemotherapy services
- Reduces the need for 5,000 patients to travel outside the region each year to receive treatment
- Delivered a learning, development and research facility that will support educational opportunities for staff.
SCOPE
The project included:
- 430 overnight and day only beds
- Expanded emergency department with 42 treatment spaces
- Expanded outpatient services with more clinics
- 12 operating theatres, an increase of five from the existing Tweed Hospital
- New interventional cardiology service
- New radiotherapy service as part of integrated cancer care, including a PET-CT suite
- Outdoor green spaces
- Campus roads and car park.
For more information, visit the project website.