Health Infrastructure, in partnership with Western Sydney Local Health District, is developing a new puprose-built Intergrated Mental Health Complex at Westmead.

Planning is underway, with construction timelines to be confirmed as the project is further progressed.

OVERVIEW

As the largest mental health facility in NSW, the new Integrated Mental Health Complex will deliver world-class care and transform mental health services across Western Sydney. The new complex will be connected to the Westmead Hospital, providing better integration with the district’s mental health and other clinical services and facilities.
 
The new Integrated Mental Health Complex will be designed as a modern mental health service to support contemporary models of care, allowing patients to be treated in a therapeutic environment that supports person-centred, safe and dignified, recovery-focused care.
 
As part of the project, existing mental health services currently located at the Cumberland Hospital West Campus will be relocated to the new complex at Westmead. Cumberland Hospital will continue to provide care to consumers and support staff, carers and visitors until the new complex is built and fully operational
 
The NSW Government has committed $460 million to build the new Integrated Mental Health Complex at Westmead.
 

BENEFITS

The project will:

• Deliver a new, purpose built mental health facility in Western Sydney
• Improve clinical outcomes while responding to state and national reforms in mental health care
• Support the delivery of contemporary best-practice care, allowing patients to be treated in a therapeutic environment that supports person-centred, safe and dignified and recovery-focused care
• Promote safety and improve the overall experience of patients, staff, carers and visitors
• Increase service integration by co-locating services with mental health and other clinical services at Westmead
• Support education, research and innovation
• Improve environmental sustainability.

SCOPE

Clinical services in the new Integrated Mental Health Complex will include:

• Acute mental health beds including beds for youth, adolescents, adults, older persons and people living with eating disorders
• Mental health intensive care and high dependency units
• A mental health assessment area
• Sub and non-acute mental health beds
• Multidisciplinary ambulatory and outpatient services
• Education facilities.

The new complex will ensure continual and equitable access to high-quality and timely mental health care, particularly for vulnerable members of our community.

CURRENT STATUS
 
Planning and design of the new Integrated Mental Health Complex is currently underway.
 
The development of the new Integrated Mental Health Complex is declared a State Significant Development (SSD). A SSD application is currently being prepared which will provide information to decision makers about the environmental impacts of the project, and will be submitted with the Department of Planning and Environment in late 2022.
 
Subject to a planning approval being granted, the project is expected to be complete by 2026. 
 
CONSULTATION
 
The plans for the new Integrated Mental Health Complex were on display at Westmead and Cumberland hospital during the second week of September 2022.

Consultation with key stakeholders including hospital staff, clinicians, consumers, carers and the local community is essential to the planning and design of the new complex, and will continue throughout project delivery.
 
For further information, or to request a copy of the project information pack please contact the project team: HI-Westmead@health.nsw.gov.au