Bankstown-Lidcombe Emergency Department

The Bankstown-Lidcombe Emergency Department represents an important boost to healthcare services in the Bankstown community. The redevelopment included a combination of new build and refurbishment of the existing Emergency Department to deliver contemporary facilities with improved patient care. 

The NSW Government invested $25 million to redevelop the Bankstown-Lidcombe Emergency Department.

Project information

Benefits

The project has provided:

• future-focused facilities to support best practice models of care
• a first-class facility to meet the health needs of the Bankstown community now and into the future.

Scope

The project includes: 

• an increase in treatment spaces
• enhanced emergency care for the local community, in a safe, contemporary facility
• improved triage performance
• reduced hospital stays due to additional Emergency Department short stay unit capacity
• streaming of patients to the most appropriate environment of care to reflect their level of complexity
• best practice arrangements for mental health, paediatric and bariatric patients.