$30 million Wentworth Health Service Redevelopment open
Wentworth and surrounding communities are benefitting from improved and enhanced healthcare services, with the official opening of the new $30 million Wentworth Health Service.
The new purpose-built health service includes a 19-bed Inpatient Unit, palliative care suite, dining room, family gathering room, patient gym, a reception area and waiting room, courtyards and community health rooms.
The new facility has been built on the existing hospital site, which overlooks the Darling River and features high ceilings, natural light and colours that reflect the natural surroundings of the site. Local art brings the health service to life, and the unique history of the old hospital is reflected in a heritage display and framed photographs along the Inpatient Unit corridor.
Official opening of Wentworth Health Service redevelopment (from left): Brigette Uren (Health Infrastructure), Wendy Gleeson (FWLHD A/Chief Executive), Luke Sloane (Deputy Secretary Rural and Regional Health), Amanda Bock (Executive Director Health Infrastructure), Bert Halbgebauer (Project Director Health Infrastructure), Tim O’Neill (HSM Wentworth Health Service) and Sally Pearce (FWLHD Board Chair).
A strong sense of Connecting with Country is also evident within the new Health Service, with a scar tree sculpture and canoe-shaped oculus at the entry. Signs in Barkindji language will welcome consumers and visitors, and local native plants, with descriptions about their traditional uses, will be incorporated in the landscaping for the new health facility.
The facility includes a new ambulance access bay which links through to a new Urgent Care Centre, located within the new health services building.
The Urgent Care Centre is open 24/7 and is a dedicated space for people to be seen and treated for a range of non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries.
The Wentworth Health Service facility was delivered by Health Infrastructure in partnership with Far West Local Health District and HPAC Pty Ltd as the contractor. Final works including landscaping is expected to be completed in mid-2026.
The Minns Labor Government is committed to delivering world-class health care across the state and has invested $3.4 billion to deliver new and upgraded health services in regional NSW.
More information about the redevelopment is available at Wentworth Health Service Redevelopment.