{"id":16239,"date":"2022-04-21T13:18:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=16239"},"modified":"2022-04-21T13:18:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T13:18:32","slug":"new-14-storey-tower-at-nepean-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/04\/21\/new-14-storey-tower-at-nepean-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"New 14-storey tower at Nepean Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Western Sydney communities will benefit from a new neonatal intensive care unit, expanded emergency department and 200-plus inpatient beds under the $1 billion Nepean Hospital redevelopment, with construction of the first hospital tower now complete.
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Premier Dominic Perrottet, Minister for Health Brad Hazzard, Member for Penrith and Minister for Western Sydney Stuart Ayres today toured the new 14-storey clinical services building, now Penrith\u2019s tallest landmark, which will open in stages from mid-2022.
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\u201cThis major redevelopment of Nepean Hospital will transform services in Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains providing the best healthcare in the nation for our people now and into the future,\u201d Mr Perrottet said.
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“Our record investments in our health system also ensure our frontline workers have access to world class facilities and services to provide that care.”
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Mr Hazzard said the 100 metre high tower is one of the tallest hospital buildings in Australia and includes an expanded emergency department, 18 birthing suites, a neo-natal intensive care unit, 17 new operating theatres, more than 200 additional beds and a helipad.
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\u201cThe NSW Government is delivering a major expansion and upgrade of health services at Nepean Hospital to meet the healthcare needs of the Western Sydney and Blue Mountains communities for decades to come,\u201d Mr Hazzard said.
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\u201cThis Nepean Hospital redevelopment is one of more than 170 health capital works projects the NSW Government has delivered since 2011, with a further 110 projects underway.\u201d
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With construction of the clinical services building under Stage 1 of the redevelopment now complete, operational commissioning is underway before the building opens to patients and staff.
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Mr Ayres said the Nepean Hospital redevelopment was a massive boost for the greater Penrith community. It would significantly improve the healthcare environment for patients, carers and the highly regarded medical and support staff.\u00a0
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\u201cThis once in a generation investment in our local hospital will not only deliver enhanced health services today but will also provide the capacity to grow as our community grows,\u201d Mr Ayres said.
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\u201cBeyond the substantial healthcare benefits it\u2019s also been a huge win for our local economy. More than 3,700 contractors and subcontractors worked on Stage 1 of the Nepean redevelopment during its construction phase, with almost three quarters of the on-site workforce from Western Sydney.
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\u201cWe expect thousands more jobs will be on offer during construction of the $450 million\u00a0 Stage 2 development, which is set to begin this year.\u201d
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Nepean Redevelopment Stage 2 will include a new adult intensive care unit, in-centre renal dialysis unit, medical imaging and nuclear medicine services, cardiology services, more beds, community health services and a front of house for the hospital.<\/a>
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As part of the NSW Government\u2019s Stage 2 fast-track funding announcement in October 2020, cardiology services and an additional in-patient floor have been incorporated into the Stage 1 tower and will also be opening this year.
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Watch the artist\u2019s impression fly-through video<\/a>\u00a0of Stages 1 and 2 of the Nepean Redevelopment.
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The project is part of the NSW Government\u2019s record $10.8 billion investment in health infrastructure over the coming four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Western Sydney communities will benefit from a new neonatal intensive care unit, expanded emergency department and 200-plus inpatient beds under the $1 billion Nepean Hospital redevelopment, with construction of the first hospital tower now complete.\u00a0Premier Dominic Perrottet, Minister for Health Brad Hazzard, Member for Penrith and Minister for Western Sydney Stuart Ayres today toured the … Continue reading “New 14-storey tower at Nepean Hospital”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16240,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16239\/revisions\/16240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}