Community input shaping Barwon's Women's and Children's

People from across Geelong and surrounding communities have contributed more than 600 ideas and priorities to help inform the designs for the new Barwon Women's and Children's.

The local community have helped shape the new flagship Barwon Women's and Children's through extensive consultation including:

• an online survey from 24 October to 24 November
• a series of workshops held in CALD communities, representatives from the LGBTIQIA+ community, past patients, consumers, people with a lived and living disability, and First Nations consumers
• the project's Community Consultative Committee.

Local input was sought on topics including:

• the community's aspirations and values for the project
• accessibility
• wayfinding
• cultural safety
• the look and feel of the new facility.

Find out what we heard.

An early look at designs

New, early designs for the Barwon Women's and Children's project have been released.

The designs show the new maternity ward, inpatient rooms and activity/play spaces.