The Emergency Department upgrade is being built in three stages, with Stage 1 to provide additional ED spaces, including a new patient isolation room, ambulance arrival zone and storeroom.
The second stage of the upgrade is now underway and includes the reconfiguration of five treatment bays, staff areas and clinical back-of-house areas.
The ED is continuing to operate while work is being carried out, with some services relocated, including a safe assessment room, resuscitation bay and pathology services.
The Emergency Department waiting room remains in the same location and patients and visitors should continue to use the current entry point when presenting to the ED.
At the same time, the new Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit under construction on the northwest corner of the Broken Hill Health Service site has also reached a major milestone, with building’s wall and roof framing now installed.
Once complete, the new unit will provide a modern and contemporary therapeutic space with co-designed facilities for people with acute mental health needs, their families, carers and staff.
With the structural works now complete, the internal fit-out, services installation and exterior works of the building will continue. Works are expected to be completed later this year.
The new unit will accommodate eight beds, which will be used flexibly to care for mental health consumers to provide support for a range of issues including the most vulnerable and those with high needs.
The new unit features all single inpatient rooms with ensuite bathrooms, access to a large internal communal lounge and dining area and an external courtyard, a sensory modulation room, multi-activity space and exercise room.
The new Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit is being delivered as part of the NSW Government’s $700 million Statewide Mental Health Infrastructure Program.
More information about the Emergency Department upgrade can be found at HERE.
More information about the Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit can be found HERE.
