New Shellharbour Hospital and Integrated Services

Project status - Delivery

Local Health District - Illawarra Shoalhaven
Aboriginal Country/Nation - Yuin and Dharawal
Project manager - Savills
Architect - Cox and STH Architects Partnership
Early works builder - Hutchison Builders
Main works builder - BESIX Watpac

Health Infrastructure is planning to build the New Shellharbour Hospital and Integrated Services project, which includes:

A new Shellharbour Hospital at Dunmore Road, Dunmore (delivery)
Expanded sub-acute services at Bulli Hospital (complete)
New rehabilitation and palliative care beds at Wollongong Hospital (complete)
New community health centre in Warrawong which will be built on the old Port Kembla Hospital (in planning).

OVERVIEW

The New Shellharbour Hospital and Integrated Services project will enhance the current and future health services available for the Illawarra community by focusing on modern healthcare delivery, service sustainability, networking and consolidation to improve health outcomes for the region. The project will also enable the divestment of ageing infrastructure.

The Australian and NSW Governments have committed over $780 million to develop the New Shellharbour Hospital and Integrated Services project. This includes a new Shellharbour Hospital on a greenfield site in Dunmore, refurbishment of Bulli and Wollongong Hospitals and the new Warrawong Community Health Centre.

BENEFITS

The project will: 

Provide better patient experience and health outcomes
Improve value for money
Increase sustainability
Provide greater services accessibility
Improve workforce safety and benefits
Meet the increased demand for healthcare services in the Illawarra region
Align community health, aged, rehabilitation and palliative care services across the region to provide optimal models of care and service efficiency
Increase clinical services capacity with the potential for an extended range of contemporary health services.

SCOPE

A new health facility providing: 

An expanded Emergency Department
Specialised elective surgery services
Rehabilitation and aged care services
Acute medical services
Expanded mental health services
New drug and alcohol unit
Renal dialysis
Outpatients care services
Car parking and improved public transport links
Realignment of community health and sub acute services across the region.

For more information, visit the project website.