VHBA In Brief: May 2023

We’re expanding Victoria’s early parenting centre (EPC) network to support new parents and carers.

Having a baby or child under four years of age is a special time for families. But it can also be a stressful time. For some, support from loved ones, their local doctor, and a maternal and child health service will be enough. Others will experience more persistent challenges. That’s where EPCs can help.

See how more early parenting centres will help families with children up to four years old.

Calm spaces for kids in emergency departments

We are also designing and building new specialist emergency departments for children at five of Victoria’s busiest hospitals.

Emergency staff explain how calmer spaces for kids are helping.

In the spotlight

What is good design in health infrastructure?

Good design provides a platform to transcend aesthetics to deliver benefits well beyond the built form. These benefits include improved models of care and safety, enhanced treatment outcomes and more dignified experiences for patients, aged care residents, staff and families.

Watch Stefano Scalzo, Executive General Manager of Infrastructure Planning at the Victorian Department of Health, and Professor Julie Bernhardt, Co-head of Stroke at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health discuss the benefits of good design in health infrastructure.

Project pulse

See our latest project updates and milestones for:

• Ballarat Base Hospital redevelopment: Industry leaders shortlisted to build final stage
• Barwon Women’s and Children’s: Join the new Community Consultative Committee
• University Hospital Geelong: Construction starts on new children’s emergency department
• Melton: New ambulance branch opens
• New Footscray Hospital: Halfway point of construction

Work at VHBA: Meet some of our executive leadership team

• Executive Director Tina Skliros on building hospitals for communities
• Senior Executive Director Trent Burke on delivering high-quality infrastructure

In case you missed it

Procurement

Recently published:

• Ballarat Base Hospital Redevelopment - Multideck Car Park Expansion RFT
• Barwon Women’s and Children’s (BWC) Project – Endoscopy and Day Procedure Relocation Works
• Werribee Mercy ED Expansion Project – Early Works – EOI

We encourage suppliers to register on Buying for Victoria (tenders.vic.gov.au) and the Industry Capability Network (ICN Gateway) to view VHBA invitations to supply.