The Allan Labor Government is another step closer to delivering better emergency care at the Northern Hospital in Epping, revealing a first look at the designs for a new Ambulatory Care Centre.

Minister for Health Infrastructure Melissa Horne announced the project will make up stage one of a massive $813 million hospital redevelopment – with Kane Constructions named as builder ahead of works beginning in early 2025.

The four-storey standalone building will become a central hub and permanent home for outpatient ambulatory health services, clinical and outpatient health services, as well as administration – ensuring the hospital can deliver the best possible healthcare to the city’s growing northern suburbs now and into the future. 

The redevelopment’s second stage will then see the delivery of a new Emergency Department and Inpatient Unit Tower, with both stages set to create up to 2,200 jobs during construction. 

Set to be located on Cooper Street, the new emergency department will include a mental health and alcohol and other drugs hub, dedicated acute behaviors treatment space, pediatric treatment zone, and new inpatient beds.

Once complete, it will increase the number of treatment spaces to almost 200 and support an extra 30,000 emergency patients every year.

The Northern Hospital redevelopment is part of the $1.6 billion Health Infrastructure Delivery Fund, established to ensure the states three busiest metropolitan hospitals – including Austin hospital and Monash Medical Centre – have the latest infrastructure to continue providing world – class patient care and treatment.

These revamped hospitals will give growing local communities better access to each hospital’s emergency department, in-patient care, and dedicated wards for maternal and pediatric needs.