The Australian healthcare market, with estimated revenues of over AUD200 billion in 2023, is one of the country's largest social and economic contributors. The country’s spending on healthcare is approximately 10% of GDP, similar to the UK but less than the U.S. (17%). It has a workforce of over 210,000 people which comprises over 15% of the total workforce in the country. It also ranks third in terms of average relative healthcare productivity, globally, according to a report by The Productivity Commission. The state and territory governments fund the Australian healthcare system, along with non-government institutions such as private insurers and individuals.

This report is your guide to understanding how investment priorities and transformation plans are adapting to new challenges and opportunities.

Gain access to the top 12 key developing areas in Australian healthcare, including: health infrastructure, digital health, AI, sustainability, future workforce & skills, surgical innovation, and so much 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

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.

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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!

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!

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.