Inside the new Footscray Hospital's emergency department

[Images: view looking upward to a hospital tower; interiors of new emergency department waiting area under construction]

[Text on screen: Dr Ainslie Senz Director, Emergency, Western Health]

[Images: Dr Senz talks to camera in front of the ED construction site]

Dr Senz: I've been involved in designing this from inception. Really, we've worked really closely with the project team, the design team, to try and make an ED that we think makes sense.

[Images: Dr Senz and Western health team members look at a set of artist impressions of final ED; the Western Health team walk through the ED corridors]

Dr Senz: It's a calming environment. It doesn't seem as clinical, maybe as a normal waiting room. We're expecting another 20,000 patients to come to the emergency department, so we had to accommodate that.

[Images: Dr Senz talks to camera in the ED; the team walks through pointing out areas of interest within the larger ED site]

Dr Senz: There's some really new features here that we haven't had at the current Footscray Hospital. So one of them is the mental health hub, which is over in this side. We have a carers hub, which is a special space for patients and relatives, and there's just a lot of thought to how it will all work together, how the staff will work together, and how the patients will flow.

[Images: The team discuss features of the ED; Dr Senz talks to camera]

Dr Senz: It's function, patient safety and patient experience. The staff will want to deliver care in this emergency department. It is definitely the ED that they deserve, but it's most certainly the ED that the community deserves.

[Images: A partnership screen with a white background displays the text ‘In partnership with’ Western Health (logo), Plenary Health (logo)]

[Images: A sliding transition screen then displays the Victorian Health Building Authority and Victoria State Government logos and the url vhba.vic.gov.au]

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