Planning is currently underway for a new Maitland Hospital to meet the Hunter’s growing health needs.
The Clinical Services Plan outlines what services the region will need in coming years and provides a guide for how services could be structured and delivered into the future.
In August 2013, the NSW Health Minister and Member for Maitland announced that a 40ha parcel of vacant Crown land at Metford is the preferred site for the new facility.
In December 2015, the Final Business Case was submitted to Government. It will now be considered as part of the normal budget planning cycle, with planning work to continue through 2016.
While many of the details of the new hospital are yet to be worked out, the The new hospital will have :-
Additional inpatient beds in medicine, surgery, orthopaedics and rehabilitation
More delivery suites, plus more theatres and day beds
New services including an intensive care unit, emergency short stay unit and a psychiatric emergency care centre
Enhanced ambulatory care centre, introducing new chemotherapy and medical day unit services
Enhancements to existing medical imaging services, with an additional CT scanner and general x-ray room.
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