Health and Hospitals Fund

76 projects share in over $475 million to deliver major regional health and hospital infrastructure projects across Australia. Health and Hospitals Fund

About

The Health and Hospitals Fund (HHF) is used to support strategic capital investments in health infrastructure to equip Australia’s health and hospital system for the future, such as the renewal and refurbishment of hospitals, hospital facilities, medical technology equipment, and medical research facilities and projects. $475 million has been allocated for another Health and Hospitals Fund round targeting regional infrastructure development.

Funding

The Health and Hospitals Fund (HHF) can be used to construct a new building or to purchase or refurbish and/orextend an existing building. This includes:

building activities required to design and construct/refurbish the project;
direct building costs associated with building new or upgrading existing premises (such as building, plumbing and/or electrical costs);
purchase of an existing property;
information management and technology systems installation; and
purchase of land.

This may also include some establishment costs for the purchase of health, diagnostic or research equipment necessary to furnish the project.
Health and Hospitals Funds (HHF) cannot be used for:

ongoing operating costs including rent, utilities, salaries and building maintenance;
professional health services (including services to which an MBS item relates);
maintenance of medical equipment; and
the purchase of consumables for medical equipment (other than a consumables pack that may be supplied with equipment on delivery).

Priorities

Health and Hospitals Fund (HHF) projects should focus on upgrades to regional health infrastructure, expansions to regional hospitals, and to supporting the clinical training capacity of regional hospitals. Preference will be given to Health and Hospitals Fund projects that align with the Government’s health reform agenda in the following areas:

improved acute care facilities and equipment;
primary and community health service infrastructure – focusing on facilities or equipment to support a more integrated approach, particularly in the areas of chronic disease, mental health and dental health;
workforce training infrastructure – to support approaches to improve the health and medical workforce, to deal with the increase in numbers of people training to be health professionals, and to assist in improving distribution;
e-Health – projects that will expand the use of e-Health to increase connectedness between providers and patients;
specialised cancer care – development of integrated cancer care facilities; and
research facilities that are integrated with improving clinical care and/or health workforce training.

Round 4 Recipients

The Government is investing $475 million to deliver an additional 76 major regional health and hospital infrastructure projects across Australia.

This investment will help to ensure that all Australians have access to the health care they need, when and where they need it, by providing new and upgraded facilities, creating new beds and more services. This investment will also improve the clinical training capacity of regional hospitals to help attract, train and retain doctors and nurses in the bush.

Health and Hospitals Fund (HHF) funding of $2.8 million for the Narrogin General Dental Clinic will mean that the residents of Narrogin, Western Australia will now be able to access services locally rather than driving two to three hours for dental treatment.

This latest $475 million investment completes the $1.8 billion HHF Regional Priority Round announced in the 2011‑12 Budget and forms part of the Government’s total HHF investment of $5 billion since 2009.

Project	Grant ($m)
Project	Grant ($m)
Lismore Base Hospital Redevelopment	60.25
Kempsey District Hospital Redevelopment Stage 1	40
South East NSW Health Collaborative Development	31.468
Griffith Community Private Hospital Development	11.388
Interprofessional Health and Wellness Precinct Development Stage 3	6
Hillston Multipurpose Service Redevelopment	6
Peak Hill Multipurpose Service Redevelopment	6
Health Care Service Development	4.709
Community Health Centre Development	4.3
Orange Aboriginal Health Service Redevelopment	3.983
St Vincents Private Hospital Surgical Service Expansion	2.532
Kurri Kurri Community Health Care Centre Expansion	1.99
Port Macquarie Private Hospital Rehabilitation Service Expansion	1.5
Dudley Private Hospital Hydrotherapy Pool Development	1.445
Tamworth Rural Referral Hospital Nuclear Medicine Department Upgrade	1.1
Mudgee Allied and Mental Health Centre Expansion	0.642
Community Health Services Redevelopment	15.261
Warracknabeal Campus Redevelopment Stage 2	8.8
VicStroke (Telemedicine Stroke Care for Regional Victorian Hospitals)	7.298
Moe Interprofessional Community Health Centre Redevelopment	5.947
Bendigo Aboriginal Health Services Development	5.7
Integrated Primary Health Care Expansion	4.95
Integrated Primary Care Centre Redevelopment	4.42
Multi-disciplinary Community Health Centre Development	4.032
Health Clinic Redevelopment	3.921
Leongatha Integrated Primary Care Centre Development	3.664
Health and Wellbeing Centre Expansion	3.48
Ballan Primary Care Centre Expansion	3.333
Queenscliff Community Health Centre Redevelopment	3.004
Bluewater Fitness Centre Hydrotherapy Pool Development	2.8
Student Placement Accommodation	2.6
Heathcote GP Primary Care Clinic Expansion	2.403
Jacaranda House Redevelopment	2
Health Care Service Expansion	1.663
Co-location of Primary Health Care Services	1.356
Purchase of Land for Wallan Integrated Primary Health Care Centre	1
Development of e-Health Capacity at the new Kinglake Ranges Health Centre	0.205
E-Health to Support Integrated Care in Regional Queensland	34.95
Staff Accommodation for the Chronic Disease Centre’s Health Care Professionals	12.745
Development of Primary Health Care Services	11.727
Remote Staff Accommodation for Health Care Professionals	10.9
Expansion of Operating Theatre Services at Townsville Mater Private Hospital	10.078
Development of a Primary Health Care Centre and Training Facility	7
Integrated Cancer Care Centre Expansion	5.635
Friendly Society Private Hospital Cardiac Care Services Expansion	5.351
Community Health Centre Redevelopment	3.175
Hillcrest Rockhampton Private Hospital Mental Health Unit Expansion	2.1
Expansion of Allied, Mental, Dental and Tele-health Services	2
Proserpine Hospital Acute and Primary Care Clinic Expansion	1.492
Remote Staff Accommodation for Health Care Professionals	1.4
Bowen Hospital Expansion	1.228
Roma Aircraft Hangar and Patient Transfer Facility Development	1.209
Establishment of an Oral Health Clinic Mobile Van	1.128
Charters Towers Primary Health Care Clinic Redevelopment	0.4
Primary Health Care Hub and Staff Accommodation Development	12.098
Redevelopment of Pathology Laboratories	6.98
Aboriginal Medical Centre Redevelopment	4.807
Remote Primary Health Care Clinic, Medical Training and Staff Accommodation Development	3.571
Narrogin General Dental Clinic Development	2.8
Aboriginal Medical Service Staff Accommodation Redevelopment	2.776
Point of Care Network for Rural and Remote Regions of Western Australia	0.775
Ringer Soak Community Clinic Redevelopment	0.603
Hyden Health Centre Redevelopment	0.544
Establishment of a Remote Area Mobile Dental Unit	0.44
South Coast Primary Health Care Precinct Development Stage 1	10
Murray Bridge Community Dental Clinic Development	3.798
Calvary Regional Outreach Telehealth Centre Redevelopment	0.721
Tumby Bay Health Services Redevelopment	0.604
Coffin Bay Wellness Clinic Development	0.417
Redevelopment of Paediatric Allied Health and Disability Services and Integrated e-Health Infrastructure	6.8
Mount St. Vincent Professional Development Centre	1.279
Redevelopment of Paediatric Wards at Royal Darwin Hospital	11.9
Development of a State Wide Integrated Cardiac Network Service	6.13
Multi-disciplinary Teaching and Training Facility, Alice Springs Hospital	5.185
Clinical Training Academic Health Centre Development	2.45
Staff Accommodation Redevelopment and Pipalyatjara Community Clinic Upgrade	0.169

Round 3 Recipients

Project	Grant ($m)
Australian Capital Territory
Critical care outreach and training in the ACT	2.3
New South Wales
Bega Valley Health Service Development	160.1
Port Macquarie Base Hospital Expansion	96
Tamworth Redevelopment Stage 2	120
Wagga Wagga Base Hospital Redevelopment	55.1
Dubbo Base Hospital Redevelopment	7.1
Cancer Centre services for the Wingecarribee Shire	0.5
Dalmeny Dental	0.2
Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Multidisciplinary	3
Detoxification & Rehabilitation Facility	3.4
Our House — Lismore Patient & Carer Accommodation	1
Northern Territory
Emergency Department, Tennant Creek Hospital	3.7
Emergency Department, Gove District Hospital	13
The Palmerston Hospital	70
Improving Aboriginal Access to Primary Health Care	50.3
Short Term Patient Accommodation, Katherine Hospital	7.7
Gove District Hospital	5.8
Laynhapuy Homelands Clinic & Multipurpose Rooms	0.6
Queensland
Townsville Base Hospital — Planned Procedure Centre	12.1
Cairns Base Hospital — Planned Procedure Centre	12.1
Regional Mental Health Community Care Units	40.4
Regional Acute/Subacute/Extended Inpatient Mental	33.1
Bloomhill Cancer Help Community Therapy House	0.5
Mater Misericordiae Hospital Mackay	3
Operating Theatre Equipment Upgrade Rockhampton	3
St Stephen’s Regional Hospital (Construction)	25.9
St Stephen’s Hospital Regional e-Health Initiative	21.2
Mental Illness Fellowship of Far North Queensland	1.7
Royal Flying Doctor Service Charleville Base	2.2
Royal Flying Doctor Service Mt Isa Base Redevelopment	2.7
Patient & Family Accommodation Project	3.6
Cairns Health and Wellness Stay Centre Development	1.9
Retention of GPs in the McKinlay and Julia Creek area	0.5
South Australia
Wallaroo Community Dental Clinic	3.3
Mount Gambier Health Service Redevelopment	26.7
Port Lincoln Health Service Redevelopment	39.2
Mount Gambier Ambulance Station	3.5
Riverland Oral Health Centre	6
Primary Health Care Enhancement	2.3
Kincraig Medical Clinic Development	1.4
Tasmania
Royal Hobart Hospital Redevelopment	240
Medical Centre at Cygnet	1.2
Sheffield Multi-purpose Health Precinct	1.8
Victoria
Albury-Wodonga Regional Cancer Centre*	65
Integrated Regional Cancer Service	26.1
Ballarat Dental Clinic	8.3
Expansion of Kilmore and District Hospital	10
Expansion of Echuca Regional Health	12.1
Expansion of Kerang District Health	18.4
Dialysis Unit Upgrade	1.1
Colac Youth Health Hub	1.2
Ambulatory Care Centre	6.8
Integrated Primary Health Care	1
Expansion of Mildura Base Hospital	9.4
Strengthening Aboriginal Services	5.1
Central Primary Care Facility	11.6
Wallan Integrated Primary Health Care Centre	2.6
Expanded Integrated Primary Health Care Facility	3.8
Western Australia
Busselton General Dental Clinic	2.6
Renal Dialysis & Support Services	45.8
Centre of Excellence in Aboriginal Primary Health Care	3.8
Renal Dialysis Unit Expansion	2.6
Multi-Purpose Health Centre	2.6

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