700M Rouse Hill Hospital Vow

Premier Chris Minns has confirmed that $700million has been earmarked by the brand new Labor Government to build a 300-bed Rouse Hill Public Hospital with an Emergency Department.

In a response to questions by the Hills to Hawkesbury Community News following the State Election result, the Premier’s workplace confirmed it will be going ahead with the pre-election promise to greater than double the Coalition Government’s dedication to health within the North-West.

The Coalition authorities had promised a $300 million Rouse Hill Hospital. The then Health Minister, Brad Hazzard, turned the first sod on the event on March 2nd, weeks out from the State election which noticed a change in Government.

The new hospital site is positioned at the corner of Commercial Road and Windsor Road, reverse The Fiddler lodge.

New Health Minister Ryan Park informed the Hills to Hawkesbury Community News this week that Rouse Hill Hospital will deliver complete healthcare providers to this growing population, particularly to young households.

Rouse Hill Hospital Image https://hillstohawkesbury.com.au/700m-rouse-hill-hospital-vow/ The expansion of Rouse Hill Hospital will embody:
• An Emergency Department together with urgent care centre and emergency medicine
• Comprehensive maternity companies and women’s health providers
• Day surgery unit
• Adult and pediatric short stay unit
• Ambulatory and outpatients care including day chemotherapy and infusion, renal dialysis, psychological well being, and ante/post-natal care
• Comprehensive medical imaging companies
• Prehabilitation and rehabilitation services

Mr Park said: “The Liberals promised this hospital for eight years with out taking any action to see this much needed facility delivered. Labor is committed to delivering Rouse Hill Hospital.

“We may have more to say on this challenge as it progresses.”

Labor’s pre-election promise was that: Any new hospitals constructed underneath Labor will move to a full campus model, starting with Rouse Hill which could have a childcare centre and healthcare employee housing, each on website.

The pre-election promise also introduced $150 million to increase the capability of Blacktown and Mt Druitt Hospitals – together with an additional 60 beds and extra services corresponding to chemotherapy, cancer remedy, and dialysis.

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The probably date for completion of Rouse Hill Hospital is late 2027 or early 2028.

TIMELINE
• The timeline for announcements about a hospital at Rouse Hill began in March 2015 when the then Premier Mike Baird stated his Government would set aside $300 million to construct a new hospital at Rouse Hill if re-elected.
• Money was allotted In the 2017/18 Budget to undertake the planning of Rouse Hill Health Service.
• In the 2018/2019 Budget the Government allocated $75 million for land acquisition for the new hospital.
• In March 2021 The Government confirmed a website on the north-eastern facet of Windsor Rd for the hospital.
• In November 2022 a Master plan for a $300million Rouse Hill Hospital was launched.
• January 2023 the then Labor Opposition leader Chris Minns introduced a $700 million commitment to the brand new Rouse Hill Hospital with an Emergency Department ought to or not it's re-elected.
• April 2023. The newly elected Premier Chris Minns and Health Minister Ryan Park confirmed the $700 million funding for the new Rouse Hill Hospital.

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Pub: 06 Jul 2023 13:38 UTC
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