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Health 24 April 2025

VHBA projects in focus at Health Facilities Design and Development Summit 2025

We recently shared our vision for transforming Victoria’s health infrastructure at the Health Facilities Design and Development Summit 2025.

The summit aims to bring health infrastructure stakeholders together to explore contemporary planning, design, and delivery practices shaping the hospitals of the future.

Deanne Leaver, Acting Senior Executive Program Director of the Parkville Precinct Redevelopment, showcased the innovative work of our team to key industry partners.

She highlighted our portfolio of 66 projects and programs across the state, ensuring Victorians have access to the healthcare they need, closer to home.

Learn more by visiting the dedicated pages below.

Our projects and programs

Aerial artist impression of the new Footscray Hospital at night lit up
21 February 2025

New Footscray Hospital

The Victorian Government is delivering a new Footscray Hospital – one of the state’s largest ever health infrastructure projects.
Project
Artist impression of aerial view of the Frankston Hospital Redevelopment
12 December 2024

Frankston Hospital redevelopment

The Victorian Government is redeveloping and expanding the Frankston Hospital.
Project
Artist impression of a hospital with modern and colourful design
14 April 2025

Ballarat Base Hospital redevelopment

The Victorian Government is investing $655 million to redevelop and expand the Ballarat Base Hospital.
Project
Artist impression of birds eye view of redeveloped Maryborough and District Hospital
03 February 2025

Maryborough and District Hospital redevelopment

The redevelopment will provide a new urgent care centre, a 32-bed inpatient unit, two operating theatres and recovery spaces, a day medical centre and new birthing suites.
Project
Aerial view of Warrnambool's distribution centre
06 November 2024

Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment

The Victorian Government is investing $384.2 million to deliver the Warrnambool Base Hospital redevelopment.
Project
Artist impression of the exterior of Barwon Women's and Children's
16 April 2025

Barwon Women’s and Children’s

The new facility will provide world-class women’s health (including maternity) and paediatric facilities to meet the growing needs of Geelong and surrounding communities.
Project
Artist impression of the Camperdown aged care facility exterior entrance with person out the front
29 October 2024

Camperdown aged care facility

The Victorian Government is investing $39.6 million to build a new aged care facility in Camperdown.
Project
Artist impression of a lounge area at the Bendigo YPARC centre
27 February 2025

Youth prevention and recovery care centre expansion and upgrade program

The Victorian Government is investing $141 million to deliver new YPARCs across the state to support youth mental health.
Program
Artist impression showing external view of the Thomas Embling Hospital
24 May 2024

Thomas Embling Hospital expansion

The Victorian Government is investing $515.7 million to deliver the Thomas Embling Hospital expansion project.
Project
New ambulance branch
06 March 2025

Ambulance Victoria Development Program

The Victorian Government has committed more than $280 million since 2015 to the Ambulance Victoria Development Program.
Program
Mother and child playing on a window seat
10 April 2025

Early parenting centres expansion and upgrade program

The $148 million early parenting centres expansion and upgrade project will more than triple the number of early parenting centres in Victoria.
Program

Sustainability and the future of health infrastructure design

On this year’s theme of Building Green, Deanne highlighted the initiatives we use to design and deliver facilities that are more energy-efficient, sustainable and resilient.

These initiatives embed sustainability throughout the design and construction process, creating better environmental outcomes while ensuring the safety and comfort of patients and staff.

She also focused on innovations for future health infrastructure design, such as modular construction and digital engineering.

Find out more about our initiatives below.

Our initiatives

Two workers installing a solar panel on a roof
15 April 2025

Energy Efficiency and Solar Program

The Victorian Government's Energy Efficiency and Solar Program, supported by a $40 million investment, is driving sustainable progress in health services statewide.
Project
Two people in hard hats, holding tablets and looking at digital building models on the screens
18 October 2024

Digital Engineering Framework

Find out how we are taking infrastructure into the future with our new Digital Engineering Framework.
Resource
An artwork of a bird and butterflies, depicted in blues and purples
30 July 2024

What is biophilic design?

Learn how we incorporate nature into our building designs to promote wellbeing.
Article
View of a plant-filled atrium within the new Bendigo Hospital
22 October 2021

Guidelines for sustainability in capital works

Our sustainability guidelines provide advice and guidance on how to build sustainable and resilient buildings. They are relevant to all stakeholders involved in the design, construction and ...
Guideline
Truck pulls construction module
30 May 2022

Modular construction in healthcare design

Modular construction can deliver fast, high quality and sustainable healthcare buildings.
Article

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Last updated: 24 April 2025