Health Infrastructure, working in partnership with the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, is redeveloping The Children’s Hospital at Westmead to further help children and young people live their healthiest lives.
OVERVIEW
This significant expansion to paediatric health services in western Sydney will ensure The Children’s Hospital at Westmead continues to be a world leader in providing care for sick children across the state and will see the construction of a new Paediatric Services Building and multi-storey car park to serve the existing and expanded Children’s Hospital, a revitalised forecourt and refurbishment of some areas within the existing hospital.
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead – Stage 2 project furthers the Westmead Health Precinct as one of the largest health, research, education and training precincts in the world.
The NSW Government is investing $619 million to redevelop the Children’s Hospital at Westmead – Stage 2.
BENEFITS
The project will:
- Respond to the sustained demand for both specialist and district level paediatric services for children across NSW and locally
- Ensure The Children’s Hospital at Westmead continues to be a world leader in providing care for sick children across the state
- Further the Westmead Health Precinct as one of the largest health, research, education and training precincts in the world.
SCOPE
The project includes:
- A new paediatric services building, which will be co-located with the new Emergency Department, medical imaging and short stay unit and delivered through Stage 1 of the redevelopment
- The new paediatric services building will provide new and expanded critical care and acute healthcare services and comprise:
- Operating theatres
- Cardiac catheterisation and interventional laboratories
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Cancer services
- Pharmacy
- Additional inpatient units
- A new multi-storey car park will also be constructed to provide additional parking to address the growth in healthcare services and replace parking lost in freeing-up the site for the project.
- A revitalised forecourt and refurbishment of some areas within the existing hospital.
For more information, visit the project website.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Construction updates
For the latest construction updates visit the project website here.
Approvals
Paediatric Services Building (PSB)
For all approvals relating to the PSB please visit the NSW Planning Portal
Multi-storey Car Park (MSCP)
For all approvals relating to the MSCP please visit the
NSW Planning Portal
Compliance Reporting
Construction Environmental Management Plans (CEMP)
Independent Audit Reports and Response
Paediatric Services Building
Multi-storey Car Park
Complaints
Monitoring Reports
Project wide
Noise and Vibration
PSB (Stage 1 – Early works) and MSCP (Stage 1 – Early works)
Asbestos Air
Dust
PSB (Stage 2 - Main works)
Asbestos Air
Noise, Vibration and Dust
PSB (Stage 3 - Forecourt early works)
Asbestos Air
Dust
MSCP (Stage 2 - Main works)
Dust