Construction of the centrepiece of the $659.1 million Children’s Hospital Westmead Stage 2 Redevelopment is now complete, delivering new treatment spaces and beds to the local hospital.
The redevelopment includes a new 14-storey hospital building featuring a major expansion of intensive care facilities, including dedicated paediatric and neonatal intensive care units spanning two floors.
These units are equipped with state-of-the-art medical pendants and automated dispensing cabinets, enhancing efficient delivery of critical care to our young patients.
“I am so pleased and grateful to mark the completion of construction of another hospital to meet the growing health needs of our community,” said NSW Health Minister Ryan Park.
“We are delivering more hospitals, more beds and more services to ensure patients and their families receive the care they need, when they need it.”
The redevelopment was designed in consultation with staff, patients and families to create a home-like and welcoming environment. All inpatient units have single-patient bedrooms, furnished with a carer bed and private ensuite to support family togetherness. Design elements such as natural light, calming interiors, and patient entertainment devices will improve comfort and the ability for families to stay connected.
The new hospital building provides new and expanded critical care and acute healthcare services, including:
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Cancer services including a new day oncology treatment centre and inpatient units
• New perioperative unit with operating theatres, cardiac catheterisation labs and interventional laboratory
• New facilities for a state-wide service for burns, offering inpatient and outpatient facilities
• Pharmacy and oncology pharmacy, equipped with a robot to streamline the delivery of medication
• New Surgical Short Stay Unit
Final preparations are underway to ensure staff are ready to welcome patients and their families in the coming months.
“We’re incredibly proud to have a hospital of the calibre of The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, which has been a place of comfort and healing for thousands of families across Sydney and regional NSW,” said State Member for Parramatta, Donna Davis.
“The redevelopment will provide new and expanded critical and acute healthcare services right here in Western Sydney, in a facility that matches the skill and dedication of its staff.
“As Parramatta and Western Sydney continues to grow it is comforting for families to know that the best healthcare, they may ever need for their children is available right on their doorstep with the construction of this incredible new facility.”
Troy Dodds is Parra News' Managing Editor and Breaking News Reporter. He has more than 20 years experience as a journalist, working with some of Australia’s leading media organisations. In 2023, he was named Editor of the Year at the Mumbrella Publish Awards.