Project overview
Wrights Rd, Port Macquarie NSW 2444
The project will include essential upgrades to the mechanical systems of the existing hospital buildings and the expansion of the Emergency and Maternity departments.
It will address existing service and asset-related issues and opportunities, including rising demand for health services in emergency, inpatient (including maternity) and outpatient services.
In February 2025, Turner & Townsend were announced as the Project Manager, and Altus Group as the Cost Manager for the project. Silver Thomas Hanley (STH) has recently been appointed as the successful architect.
Project User Groups with staff have commenced. The project is in the early planning phase and more information will be shared as planning progresses.
Project Information
Scope
- Mechanical Infrastructure upgrade
- Fit out of the Maternity Unit and Neonatal Unit (Special Care Nursery)
- Emergency Department Expansion and Refurbishment works
Benefits
- Provide contemporary facilities to support best practice models of care.
- Provide patients, families and carers with a contemporary facility to meet the health needs of the community now and in the future.
- Improve accessibility to an expanded range of health services, including emergency, and maternity services.
- Deliver modern maternity services expanding birthing options for the local community.
- A modern hospital which creates a better working environment for staff with state-of-the-art facilities, improved efficiency, and greater job satisfaction, leading to better patient care.
News and updates
Frequently asked questions
Building a new health facility involves three key phases: Planning, Design and Delivery. The Port Macquarie Base Hospital Critical Mechanical and Clinical Infrastructure Upgrade Project is currently in the early planning stage.
Project User Groups (PUGs), including health service clinical staff representatives, will inform the design of physical spaces and make recommendations as to how they will work. Participation from user groups is important in the development of the design to ensure staff, patients and community representatives have input into the infrastructure.
Community consultation will also take place throughout planning and design, including the master plan, concept design, schematic design and statutory planning approvals. Information sessions and workshops will provide staff and the community an opportunity to be consulted throughout the various stages of the redevelopment.
Stakeholder feedback will be incorporated into the preferred design options to provide the optimal vision for the new spaces.
Designing with Country is an important element in the project and local First Nation’s Elders and Aboriginal representatives will be consulted to contribute to the design through focus groups and the establishment of a Connecting with Country Working Group.
Health Infrastructure encourages the use of local subcontractors and staff as appropriate and where available. There will be opportunities for local people to work on the project during construction and these will be advertised by the Main Works contractor after they have been appointed.
Under the NSW Government’s Aboriginal Procurement Policy (APP), the building contractor will be required to create a minimum level of Aboriginal employment opportunity throughout the project delivery nominated as part of the tender process.
All current services will continue at Port Macquarie Base Hospital during the construction stage. Every effort will be made to minimise disruption, and the community will be informed of any planned changes.
Information and progress will be shared through project updates and newsletters, social and print media, and the Health infrastructure and Mid North Coast Local Health District website. A dedicated project noticeboard will also be established at the hospital.
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