Werribee Mercy Hospital

14 May 2024

My adjournment is for the Minister for Health Infrastructure, and the action I seek is that the minister update me on the important works being done to expand the emergency department at Werribee Mercy Hospital. As the minister knows, Werribee Mercy is the main hospital for folks living in Wyndham, including in my electorate of Laverton. In the 2022 budget, just over two years ago now, works developing a business plan for a future expansion of the hospital culminated in a $109.6 million investment into doubling the size of the existing ED at the hospital. This will increase the number of treatment spaces in the ED from 33 to 67, including four new resuscitation bays, 16 short-stay beds and 36 emergency care cubicles. As a result of this expansion it is expected that the hospital will be able to treat an additional 25,000 patients a year. At the end of last year designs were unveiled for the new look of the emergency department, incorporating local First Nations artwork, and the project will be delivered by architectural firm Lyons, project manager Aurecon and engineers LCI. Wyndham is a growing population, and this bigger and better emergency department is an absolute must for local health care in our local community. That is why I would greatly welcome an update from the minister on how this important project is proceeding as we head towards construction starting very soon.