The new Melton Hospital is one step closer to completion, with site preparation works now complete and major construction works to begin shortly.
A hands-on design process of the new hospital involved hundreds of Western Health staff, with more than 60 design meetings and workshops, including over 20 immersive sessions at plan visualisation company Big Plans Melbourne.
At Big Plans, frontline healthcare workers walked through full-scale projections of key hospital areas like birthing suites and emergency bays, testing how spaces would work in practice to best meet the needs of Melbourne’s booming outer west.
By experiencing the hospital layout at a 1:1 scale, they were able to assess how teams will move, how patients will be treated and how services will connect.
Their real-time feedback to project managers and architects led to design refinements, such as relocating doors, resizing rooms, and adjusting layouts to improve workflow, safety and patient care.
Melton MP Steve McGhie said that moving on to the next stage of the project is “one step closer to delivering this much-needed, landmark hospital for the Melton community.”
“With ground works coming to completion and designs refined through this hands-on collaboration, major construction is set to begin shortly,” Mr McGhie said.
He said the hospital is on track for completion in 2029 to deliver “much needed health infrastructure for not only the Melton community but the entire western suburbs.”
The New Melton Hospital will be Victoria’s first fully electric hospital and aims to meet growing healthcare demand in the west and support the communities of Melton, Caroline Springs, Rockbank, Bacchus Marsh and Gisborne.
Located on Ferris Road, major construction will begin soon following the completion of initial works.
According to the government, the hospital will have capacity to treat 130,000 patients each year and about 60,000 patients in its emergency department.
According to the state, it will also reduce waiting times at other busy Melbourne hospitals and provide an essential link with services at Sunshine Hospital and the new $1.5 billion Footscray Hospital.
