First look at Westmead Hospital’s redevelopment with fly-through vision

VIDEO: New fly-through vision of the $900 million Westmead redevelopment show the 14-story Central Acute Services building, the centrepiece to the site, which is expected to be completed by 2020.

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The first look of the future of Westmead Hospital has been released, with the $900 million plan set to become the largest health precinct in Australia.

The vision shows the 14-storey Central Acute Services building, the centrepiece for the redevelopment. Part of the building will include two separate adult and paediatric emergency departments, a new helipad, operating suites and a pharmacy.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Health Minister Brad Hazzard unveiled the fly-through vision, stating the “massive project will propel Westmead” forward.

“This massive project will further propel Westmead as a truly world-class health, research and education precinct for western Sydney patients,” Ms Berejiklian said.

Main entrance inside the new central acute services building.

Patient room inside the new central acute services building.

The building will also feature cardiac inpatient units

“Not only will the Westmead Redevelopment improve health outcomes for local patients, but it will also be a key provider of jobs for greater western Sydney, generating some 850 jobs on-site in coming months,” Mr Hazzard said.

Once the project is completed, more than 30 per cent of the existing Westmead Hospital will have been refurbished and 1400 additional car spaces added.

The latest State Budget announcement saw $188 million secured for the redevelopment of Westmead Hospital.

Entrance to the new central acute services building.

New landscaped areas in front of the central acute services building.

The new central acute services building and Innovation Centre.

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet revealed stage one of the plans had secured funding in the Budget, as part of a greater plan to redevelop the hospital precinct, expected to come in at a total cost of $765 million; this included $95 million for The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and $72 million for parking improvements.

The University of Sydney has also committed $500 million over 15 years, with $60 million already invested into the precinct towards education, training and research opportunities.

Stage one of the hospital’s refurbishment is now complete and includes a new 16-bed gastroenterology ward, new ear, nose and throat and audiology units, a new 64-bed inpatient unit and the Westmead Education and Conference Centre.

Westmead Hospital redevelopment construction as of this month.

Planning for stage two of the refurbishment program is underway, and will include an expanded intensive care unit, gastroenterology comprehensive care centre and aged care, as well as a new adolescent and young adult unit.

A new 1250-space multistorey car park was opened last year, and in March this year, the new Clinical Research Centre opened at Kids Research at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead.

The Central Acute Services Building, due for completion in 2020.