Health Infrastructure is planning to upgrade Broken Hill Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) to provide a modern facility to meet the health needs of the community now, and into the future.
OVERVIEW
The NSW Government has committed $12 million to upgrade Broken Hill Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED), which will be reconfigured to better meet the critical health needs of the region and includes tailored treatment spaces for children and those requiring mental health services. The project will be delivered in conjunction with the separately funded upgrade to the Broken Hill Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit as part of the Broken Hill Hospital Redevelopment.
BENEFITS
The project will:
- Offer consumers, their families, carers and staff in the remote region access to the best urgent care available
- Enable tailored treatment spaces, including for children
- Provide patients, families and carers a modern facility to meet the health needs of the community now, and into the future.
SCOPE
The project includes:
- A full internal refurbishment and reconfiguration of the Emergency Department making it a bigger and more efficient space
- A new dedicated external entry with a spacious waiting area filled with natural light.
The final project scope will be finalised as part of the detailed design. .
OTHER PROJECTS
The Broken Hill Emergency Department is part of a range of health service developments underway or completed since 2012, including:
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Project newsletters
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For more information, please contact the project team on (02) 8838 8889 or email
HI-BrokenHillRedev@health.nsw.gov.au.