The Victorian health system is undertaking a once in-generation change to how healthcare is planned, funded and delivered.

Underpinned by a structural reform that drives consolidation and emphasises focus on partnerships and integrated healthcare delivery, health services across the state are due for a refresh and overhaul of their procurement decisions and vendor partnerships to re-define the design, operations, technologies, care models and services underpinning our hospitals and aged care homes in the new Victorian healthcare system that's fast taking shape.

With dedicated events focusing on Health Facilities Design and Development, Digital Healthcare and Aged Care Transformation, this is the perfect opportunity to showcase your thought leadership, build your brand, and generate leads from 1500+ healthcare professionals, right from the executive through to the frontline clinician.

So, are you ready to embed your solutions into the core of the new Victorian Healthcare System?

WELCOME TO THE HEALTH FACILITIES DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

This year, we’re back with a completely refreshed format built for today’s health infrastructure challenges - rising construction costs, regulatory shifts, political uncertainty and a sharp focus on mental health, precincts and hospital flexibility. Whether you’re deep into a major build or planning the next one, this is where you’ll find the ideas, conversations and connections that move projects forward.

KEY THEMES INCLUDE:

• Tackling rising construction costs to keep your projects on budget, on time and on scope
• Exploring creative funding avenues to deliver more for your community
• Ensuring flexible and future-forward design and construction to ensure your facility can deliver for patients for many years to come
• Balancing Security and Safety with Freedom in Mental Health Facilities
• Designing Functional Collaborative Precincts That Foster Innovation

The Health Facilities Design & Development Summit is the premier platform to connect with decision-makers behind upcoming projects - putting you at the heart of critical conversations and major opportunities for your solution.

New Footscray Hospital and The Royal Adelaide Hospital: How New Care Models, Digital Innovation & Sustainability Are Influencing The Design & Operations of Hospitals

A key part of becoming a consumer-centred health system heading into 2023 means ensuring our health districts have the capacity and capability to meet the demands placed by the community.

Increasing population and a rise in rates of chronic illnesses demand of our hospitals and facilities to be ready for increased foot-traffic and bed demands that are inevitably coming the health system’s way. Moreover, environmental sustainability commitments are on the rise given the intent to align with global Net Zero commitments.

With Victoria’s recent record $2.9 billion investment towards health facilities redevelopments over 2022-23 alone, the commitment to modernise and expand our built environments for this changing healthcare landscape is clear.

Ahead of the Health Facilities Design and Development Summit running at the 10th Annual Victorian Healthcare Week 2022 (December 7-8, Melbourne Convention & Expo Centre), we sat down with two project leaders across VIC and SA - Robert Rothnie, Project Director, New Footscray and Melton Hospitals, Western Health and Di Mantell, Chief Executive, Celsus. This paper sees them offering an insight into how new care models, digital innovation and sustainable practices are paving the way for new ways to design, operate and run hospitals.

We hope you enjoy this interview spotlight.

Foreward 

The Victorian health sector’s 2022-23 State Budget commitment of $2.5 billion towards health infrastructure builds on the intent to support sustainable reform in the state.

Building on the objectives of system repair and reform tied to the goal of “Putting Patients First”, the intent is to not only create capacity for increasing current and future demands but also re-define design and role of hospitals for a digitizing health system and the evolving needs of consumers.

Co-designing with patients, flexible hospital design, enabling new care models, and environmental sustainability – these are among the key themes shaping the work led by health redevelopment teams and executives to modernize our built environments. Being in the redevelopment executive’s hotseat in such an environment is no easy task. As drivers of this change, these leaders must be prepared to paint a vision for a future-proof hospital and drive engagement from clinicians and staff who are busy dealing with COVID pressures. Most importantly, the delivered hospital designs and infrastructure must create the impact they promise for the staff and the community.

This report will identify and review the changing patterns, challenges and investment priorities for all professionals driving health redevelopment projects.

About This Report

Ahead of the 10th Annual Victorian Healthcare Week, this short report has been compiled by the Victorian Healthcare Week editorial team and will spotlight the key trends and investment priorities for Victorian and South Australian health services across the community, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings.

289 professionals across Victoria and South Australia were surveyed between May to July 2022. Job titles in surveys included professionals in clinical redesign, strategy and planning, infrastructure redevelopment and commissioning.

A Strategic Review of Victorian Digital Health Leaders’ 2022-23 Investments, Priorities & Challenges.

Ahead of the 10th Annual Victorian Healthcare Week, this whitepaper has been compiled by the Victorian Healthcare Week editorial team and will spotlight the key trends and investment priorities for Victorian and South Australian health services across the community, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings.

300 professionals across Victoria and South Australia were surveyed between May to July 2022 including during a webinar exploring examples of “Connected Care” in Victoria. Job titles in surveys included professionals in digital health, service delivery, ICT, patient experience and clinical roles.

Foreward 

The Victorian health sector’s 2022-23 State Budget commitment of $2.5 billion towards health infrastructure builds on the intent to support sustainable reform in the state.

Building on the objectives of system repair and reform tied to the goal of “Putting Patients First”, the intent is to not only create capacity for increasing current and future demands but also re-define design and role of hospitals for a digitizing health system and the evolving needs of consumers.

Co-designing with patients, flexible hospital design, enabling new care models, and environmental sustainability – these are among the key themes shaping the work led by health redevelopment teams and executives to modernize our built environments. Being in the redevelopment executive’s hotseat in such an environment is no easy task. As drivers of this change, these leaders must be prepared to paint a vision for a future-proof hospital and drive engagement from clinicians and staff who are busy dealing with COVID pressures. Most importantly, the delivered hospital designs and infrastructure must create the impact they promise for the staff and the community.

This report will identify and review the changing patterns, challenges and investment priorities for all professionals driving health redevelopment projects.

About This Report

Ahead of the 10th Annual Victorian Healthcare Week, this short report has been compiled by the Victorian Healthcare Week editorial team and will spotlight the key trends and investment priorities for Victorian and South Australian health services across the community, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings.

289 professionals across Victoria and South Australia were surveyed between May to July 2022. Job titles in surveys included professionals in clinical redesign, strategy and planning, infrastructure redevelopment and commissioning.

Ahead of Victorian Healthcare Week 2019 we take a look at how two Australian hospital precinct are investing in patient centricity and working to deliver superior patient care.

Explore insights from:

• Tobi Wilson, who discusses the masterplanned $740m redevelopment of Prince of Wales and Sydney Eye Hospitals.
• Anne Mennen, who explores how a $470m investment will provide innovative and holistic patient centred care at the Victorian Heart Hospital.

Ahead of the Health Facilities Design & Development Summit and Victorian Healthcare Week 2018 we chat to Damian Armour, Chief Executive Officer at Epworth Geelong. In this article Damian chats to us Epworth’s new $270 million dollar hospital in Geelong, and shares details of Epworth’s comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategies that helped to ensure the delivery of patient-centric healthcare facilities for the region. 

Ahead of the Victorian Healthcare Week Summit 2018 we chat to Gabrielle Williams, Parliamentary Secretary for Health about:

• Challenges facing Australian healthcare 
• The future of healthcare in Australia
• Innovations and technologies shaping the future of healthcare 

Foreward 

The Victorian health sector’s 2022-23 State Budget commitment of $2.5 billion towards health infrastructure builds on the intent to support sustainable reform in the state.

Building on the objectives of system repair and reform tied to the goal of “Putting Patients First”, the intent is to not only create capacity for increasing current and future demands but also re-define design and role of hospitals for a digitizing health system and the evolving needs of consumers.

Co-designing with patients, flexible hospital design, enabling new care models, and environmental sustainability – these are among the key themes shaping the work led by health redevelopment teams and executives to modernize our built environments. Being in the redevelopment executive’s hotseat in such an environment is no easy task. As drivers of this change, these leaders must be prepared to paint a vision for a future-proof hospital and drive engagement from clinicians and staff who are busy dealing with COVID pressures. Most importantly, the delivered hospital designs and infrastructure must create the impact they promise for the staff and the community.

This report will identify and review the changing patterns, challenges and investment priorities for all professionals driving health redevelopment projects.

About This Report

Ahead of the 10th Annual Victorian Healthcare Week, this short report has been compiled by the Victorian Healthcare Week editorial team and will spotlight the key trends and investment priorities for Victorian and South Australian health services across the community, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings.

289 professionals across Victoria and South Australia were surveyed between May to July 2022. Job titles in surveys included professionals in clinical redesign, strategy and planning, infrastructure redevelopment and commissioning.

Ahead of the Health Facilities Design and Development Summit 2019 we chat to Julie Dixon, Director Planning, Population Health and Equity as well as Health Planners, Wendy Uptin and Alison Sneddon from the SESLHD’s Strategy and Planning Team. In this article Julie, Wendy and Alison discuss how the planning team is developing integrated health service plans to inform capital developments which focus on shifting care into the community and ensuring patients receive care in the right care setting. 

On May 15^th (2019) Western Health moved 137 patients into the new Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s at Sunshine Hospital in Melbourne’s West.

Honouring the legacy of Victoria’s first female Premier, the $200 million Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s facility will offer local women and families in Melbourne’s west  a modern maternity and paediatric services environment and will feature the western suburbs’ first ever neonatal intensive care unit to care for critically ill babies.

With over 230 beds in new and refurbished areas, there will be an increase in maternity and paediatric beds – giving Western Health the room they need to grow and meet future demand, with the numbers of births at Sunshine Hospital expected to exceed 7,000 a year by 2026, and allowing more women in Melbourne’s west to give birth and access children’s services closer to home.

We recently caught up with Natasha Toohey, Executive Director of Operations at Western Health to chat about the project. Natasha led the commissioning and patient move for the new building.

Here Natasha shares the strategy that made moving 137 patients seamless and the vision allowing Western Health to deliver superior patient experiences in Melbourne’s west for decades to come. 

Ahead of Victorian Healthcare Week and the Health Facilities Design & Development Summit 2018 we caught up with Dale Fisher, Chief Executive of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac). In this article Dale shares detail of the innovations integrated within the new VCCC and delves into how this state-of-the-art facility is providing superior patient care and accelerating research by fostering collaboration amongst world-class cancer researchers.  

Ahead of Health Facilities Design and Development, and Victorian Healthcare Week 2018 were Tobi Wilson, General Manager at the Prince Of Wales and Sydney Eye Hospitals will present a session, we take a look at the $720m redevelopment and delve into how the precinct is working to become a flexible, accessible and collaborative 21^st Century hospital precinct that will deliver superior patient care well into the future. 

In this ebook, we look at some of the most exciting and innovative hospital projects currently under development and explore how these projects are improving healthcare outcomes through the integration of new models of care, new technology and new project delivery methods.

• St Vincent’s comprehensive master plan preparing for future growth
• Harnessing co-creation and collaboration at the Christchurch Health Precinct
• Monash Children’s Hospital’s delivery of unique, patient driven experiences
• Leveraging cutting-edge technology at the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre
• Effective change management and staff engagement at Bendigo Hospital

Ahead of Health Facilities Design and Development 2019  (running as part of Victorian Healthcare Week 2019) we bring you The Great Debate - a new format for our Victorian audience – bringing together four healthcare leaders from across Australia to discuss, debate and decide on one of facility design and developments biggest questions; how do we prioritise investment funding, resources and timing to deliver superior patient experiences? 

Ahead of Victorian Healthcare Week and the Health Facilities Design & Development Summit 2018 we take a look at some of the nation’s latest and greatest health facility projects and explore how project teams worked strategically to overcome design, development and delivery challenges. 

Ahead of Disrupt Healthcare and Victorian Healthcare Week 2018 we take a look at emerging trends in healthcare and explore how they are affecting, influencing and shaping the future of Australian healthcare delivery. 

Ahead of Victorian Healthcare Week 2018 we chat to Jac Mathieson, Chief Nursing Officer at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac). In this article Jac shares with us insights into Peter Mac’s digitisation journey, which includes the implementation of EMR and the upskilling of nursing staff, and delves into her lessons learned for seamless change management amongst nurses.

Past Presentations Pack Includes:

Sustainable Healthcare: Together Towards Zero 2030

• Presented by Dr Ramsey Awad​, Executive Director Infrastructure, Planning & Sustainability, Hunter New England Health District​

Green And Healthy Hospital And ​Procuring A Green And Social Loan​ March 2022​

• Presented by Di Mantell, Chief Executive Officer​, Celsus

Catalyst for Change​: How capital investment is helping re-define services for a sustainable, digital-ready and integrated health service future​

• Presented by Caroline Langston​, Executive Director Integrated Care Mental Health​ Planning Information and Performance​, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
  

Ahead of Victorian Healthcare Week 2020 we take a look at some of the most informative presentations from the 2019 event.

Here Michelle Fenwick, Executive Manager, People and Culture at Northern Health explores:

• Change models of care – ask yourself what level of acuity you can manage and what other services will you do/don’t want to invest in
• Partnerships – it’s important to choose partners who will help you serve new market segments
• Culture – people will need support during rapid growth. We can only grow, improve engagement and keep everyone happy if we trust each other and work in a safe environment
  

Ahead of Victorian Healthcare Week 2020 we take a look at some of the most informative presentations from the 2019 event.

Here Dylan Hesselberg, Director of Infrastructure at Goulburn Valley Health Explores:

• Managing loss of car parking and its negative impact on patients, visitors and staff
• Significant and lengthy electrical shutdowns, which required considerable planning, intensive internal and external consultation and robust mitigation strategies
• Construction noise, asbestos removal and confusion caused by changes to access and egress
  

Ahead of the Victorian Health Facilities Design and Development Summit 2024, we sat down with Dr Ramsey Awad, Executive Director of Infrastructure, Planning & Sustainability at Hunter New England Health District to understand how Hunter New England Local Health District's efforts to establish a comprehensive carbon and waste-neutral strategy district-wide, empower all members of their extensive healthcare system, and lead transformative change in the market while demonstrating public leadership are reshaping the future of sustainable healthcare delivery and enhancing patient experience.

LEARN ABOUT: 

• The importance of leadership in driving sustainability initiatives in health facility design
• Navigating funding challenges while investing in sustainable practices that enhance clinical services
• Essential operational changes and infrastructure needs for sustainable health facilities
• How government policies can accelerate progress towards sustainable health infrastructure in Australia
  

Queensland Health’s $14 billion “Big Build” project is the largest capital investment in the state’s health system to date. This initiative will add around 2,200 new beds by 2028, create over 22,000 construction jobs, and include key infrastructure such as 167 kilometres of vinyl flooring and five prefabricated rooftop helipads. The project aims to modernise healthcare facilities, integrate advanced technologies, and significantly improve healthcare quality and accessibility for Queenslanders.

Ahead of the Victorian Health Facilities Design and Development Summit 2024, we sat down with Priscilla Radice, Deputy Director General Health Infrastructure Queensland, Queensland Health to learn about the strategic goals driving Queensland Health’s $14 billion infrastructure investment and how it will reshape the future of healthcare in Australia by addressing growing healthcare needs and setting new benchmarks for facility design and patient care.

Download now to learn more!

Download exclusive past presentation slides from our 2024 Health Facilities Design and Development Summit. Gain valuable insights from industry experts on:

$3.2 BILLION NEW WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL: Integrating Mechanical, Electrical Hydraulic Engineering Through Converged Digital Architecture That Powers Sustainable and Proactive Hospital Operations, presented by Rod Sprenger, Director of Digital Health, New Women’s and Children’s Hospital

LETTING CONSUMERS LEAD THE RE-DESIGN OF HEALTHCARE SPACES: What We Learned About Best Practice In Co-Design presented by Melissa Clune, National Quality Improvement Manager, Healthscope

Bringing Digital Innovation, Design, and Environmental Sustainability Together at Orange County's Largest Health Precinct, the USD $1.3 billion UCI Health – Irvine

Ahead of the Victorian Health Facilities Design and Development Summit 2023 (18-19 October 2023, MCEC Melbourne), we interviewed our International Keynote Speaker Joe Brothman, Director of Facilities & General Services, UCI Health (USA) to understand how this innovative, "first of its kind" medical center is shaping the future of healthcare through emerging technologies and environmental sustainability.

Read this report to learn about:

• Groundbreaking features and flexible design for longevity and adaptability
• Emerging technologies and sustainability shaping the medical center
• Successful collaborative journey and inspiring outcomes through stakeholder engagement
• Eco-friendly initiatives transforming healthcare and protecting the environment

We hope this report prompts new thinking and ideas that you are able to incorporate into your own hospital designs and masterplans!

Download exclusive past presentation slides from our 2022 Queensland Health Facilities Design & Development Summit. Gain valuable insights from industry experts on:

• Healthcare Digital Transformation: How healthcare digital transformation will revolutionise master planning, asset management & hospital infrastructure, by Michael Campbell, Senior Director Capital, Assets & Infrastructure, Children's Health Queensland (CHQ)

• The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Redevelopment: Facilitating design virtually through Covid-19, by Rachel Campanella, Senior Project Manager, Redevelopment, Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN)

Re-defining patient experience through a new, digital-first hospital that incorporates new ways of working, designs and care models – $577 million Victorian Heart Hospital

Ahead of the Victorian Health Facilities Design and Development Summit 2023 (18-19 October 2023, MCEC Melbourne), we interviewed our speakers Bernadette Comitti, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Surgery Perioperative and Procedural Services, Casey and Dandenong Hospital and Fiona Sutherland, Project Director: Victorian Heart Hospital from Monash Health to understand how this innovative, "first of its kind" standalone heart hospital in Australia is shaping the future of healthcare delivery and patient experience.

Read this report to learn about:

• Groundbreaking design approaches to support a true, 100% digital healthcare facility
• Leveraging digital enablers across the patient’s pre-to-post care journey
• Co-designing care environments to enable groundbreaking care models
• Lessons learned from the commissioning and go-live of the VHH
  

We hope this report prompts new thinking and ideas that you are able to incorporate into your own hospital designs and masterplans!