Rouse Hill Hospital

New images have been released of the planned $700 million Rouse Hill Hospital _ the first major adult hospital built in Western Sydney in over 40 years.

The 300-bed public hospital is expected to include:

• An Emergency and Urgent Care Department
• In-patient beds and a day surgery unit
• Short stay medical assessment services
• Pathology, pharmacy, and medical imaging services
• Outpatient and Ambulatory Care services including paediatrics, renal, maternity services and women’s health
• A health hub for virtual care and hospital in the home services
• Prehabilitation, rehabilitation, and lifestyle medicine

Rouse Hill Hospital will also be one of the first sites to adopt the NSW Labor Government’s full campus model which incorporates health worker accommodation and childcare services.

Premier Chris Minns said: “We can’t wait for construction to begin”.

Planning and design is underway with community feedback being considered ahead of further consultation with health professionals and the community planned for this year.

Construction of the hospital will support an estimated 1,200 direct jobs and thousands of indirect jobs throughout the life of the project.

Building work will take an estimated two years to complete.

WSLHD Chief Executive Graeme Loy said: “The new Rouse Hill Hospital will demonstrate new ways of integrating hospital services with urgent care and preventative services to keep people well and preferably out of hospital, thereby reducing the amount of time patients need to spend in hospital when they require care.”

“We’re so proud to be developing this new project, and to be involving our nurses, doctors, allied health and support staff in the planning for the new facilities.

“Meeting with members of the western Sydney community for feedback has shown the great interest in this new facility and we look forward to ongoing collaboration as we build this hospital of the future.”

Minister for Health Ryan Park said the previous government had: “a long history of undelivered commitments” with the project dating back to 2015.

“We’re getting on with the job of delivering this $700 million hospital for the community we are committed to providing an additional 600 hospital beds for Western Sydney, and the new Rouse Hill Hospital will account for about half of this.

“It’s vitally important this new facility is staffed with the right number of doctors, nurses, alliedhealth staff from the beginning, we’ll be integrating key worker accommodation and child care to support our highly skilled workforce in the years to come.”

Riverstone MP Warren Kirby: said: “Rouse Hill and northwest Sydney is home to a growing number of young families and the new Rouse Hill Hospital will provide world-class care and great job opportunities right on their doorstep.

“The new Rouse Hill Hospital will provide a significant boost to the economy during and after construction.”