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.

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• 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.

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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.

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• 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.

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• 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!