Sydney Children’s Hospital: First look at $608m proposal

Exclusive first pictures reveal the $608m plan for the new Sydney Children’s Hospital complete with Australian-first children’s cancer centre. SEE THE STUNNING IMAGES.

New plans have been released for the $608 million new home of the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick.

The state-of-the-art building is expected to be opened in 2025 and will be erected next to the existing children’s hospital on a large development site.

It will feature an Australian-first children’s cancer centre among other world-class paediatric facilities.

Artist impression of the new Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick.

The project is part of the wider Randwick Campus Redevelopment which also features a $778 million building for Prince of Wales Hospital – currently being built on the same development site as the new children’s hospital.

The large development site is located between the existing hospitals and UNSW.

Vaucluse state Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton released the latest artist images for the $608 million Sydney Children’s Hospital building, ahead of the plans going on public exhibition in the coming months.

Artist impression of the new children’s hospital.

The state-of-the-art building.

“It’s exciting to release images of the next stage of the Randwick Campus Redevelopment,” she said.

“The new Sydney Children’s Hospital will provide world-class healthcare services including an expanded children’s emergency department and emergency short-stay unit, a new children’s intensive care unit, new inpatient units for medical surgical specialties, a new pharmacy and retail facilities.”

She added a children’s cancer centre would be an amazing feature of the new building.

Artist impression of an entrance into the children's hospital.

Outdoor space next to the proposed hospital.

“(It will offer) wet and dry laboratory spaces, education, training and research spaces, a new day oncology unit, new oncology inpatient units, and patient and family focused retreat areas.”

Funding for the building is coming from the State Government ($428m), Federal Government ($100m), UNSW ($30m), Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation ($25m) and the Children’s Cancer Institute ($25m).

The environmental impact statement for the children’s hospital will be submitted to the NSW Department of Planning in the coming months.

Following planning approvals, construction could begin next year.