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In recognition of NAIDOC week, a new artwork featuring the handprint casts of local elders has been installed at Campbelltown Hospital in the Garden of Reflection.
The new northern entrance to Campbelltown Hospital is a step closer with the gradual removal of the former Building C.
Campbelltown Hospital’s world-class Clinical Services Building is celebrating its first birthday after an incredible 12 months of progress and achievement.
Our $632 million Stage 2 Campbelltown Hospital redevelopment has received international recognition winning 2 design awards in Europe!
A selection of images taken by talented local photographers from the 2021 Macarthur Nature Photography Competition have been installed in our Mental Health units.
A second, northern entrance is set to be built following the removal of old buiding C at Campbelltown Hospital.
On Monday 12 December, Aboriginal Elder Uncle Ivan unveiled the Acknowledgement to Country plaque inside the new main entrance at Campbelltown Hospital.
The Campbelltown Hospital’s stage 2 redevelopment has been recognised with a major award, receiving the Outstanding Health Project Award at the 2022 Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue BOOMTOWN! Awards on 7 December.
With a combined experience of more than 50 years, Nurse Unit Manager Vanessa Zardo, Clinical Support Officer Hazel Moore, and Administration Officer Sarah Dunston have worked with each other for over 16 years.
Twenty-year old Project Manager Trainee, Marian Samia, has completed her first eight-month rotation on the Campbelltown Hospital redevelopment, as part of the NSW Government Infrastructure Traineeship Program.
Contractors Moits and Taylor Construction have commenced the next round of refurbishment works, including plans to decommission vacated Building C, Gna Ka Lun and Waratah House.
New hybrid operating threatre at Campbelltown Hospital bring innovation to the heart of healthcare.
The hospital’s newly expanded Central Sterilising Services Department (CSSD) is now operational and located next to the new operating theatres.
Patients at Campbelltown Hospital will soon be able to access their streaming service, discuss medical information such as scans with doctors and call for a nurse using a single bedside device.
Beautiful Aurora Sultana has created history as the first baby born in Campbelltown Hospital’s new and expanded birthing unit, part of the $632 million stage two redevelopment project.
Campbelltown Hospital Aboriginal Liaison Officer Raylene Blackburn recently joined the redevelopment team to showcase the project at Campbelltown City Council’s NAIDOC Week celebrations.
Campbelltown Hospital will become a hub of activity, with 67 departments planning to move into the new 12-storey building over the course of 12 weeks.
New hospital building celebrates the land of the Dharawal people and features a Welcome Stone, Sensory Stone and Healing Circle.
The much-anticipated construction completion milestone has been acknowledged with a tour of the new clinical services building by the NSW Premier and Health Minister.
The Macarthur community is invited to take part in a Community Open Day on Saturday 4 June for a sneak peek at the new Campbelltown Hospital clinical services building before it opens to the public.
The helipad on top of the new clinical services building has been given the green light after successful testing in late March.
It was all smiles for four year old Nameerah Alam, the first patient at the newly opened Campbelltown Hospital Dental Centre in March.
Artist Erica Seccombe recently joined us on site to view the install of her artwork that is featured throughout the new clinical services building.
Accompanied by an anaesthetist, our team tested more than 3000 medical gas outlets in the new clinical services building.
The Central Sterilising Services Department have been hard at work, testing the five new steam sterilisers in their future space.
To make the Children’s Unit even more special, artist Erica Seccombe has developed a unique artwork plan across all three levels, featuring cute local animals.
Premier Dominic Perrottet and Minister for Health Brad Hazzard visited the refurbished NSW Health Pathology laboratory in early February.
Aboriginal Elders and community members came on site in late January to help set up the orientation for the future healing circle, located outside the new clinical services building.
The first dental centre to come to Campbelltown Hospital is nearing completion, with works scheduled to be finished in early 2022.
Future mental health courtyards will be a true oasis in the new clinical services building and staff feedback has helped to furnish the new space.
Our third project video spotlights the exterior and interior design of the new clinical services building and showcases how staff and community have helped weave culture into the new building.
Get creative and use materials you’d usually pop into your yellow recycling bin to construct a miniature version of our new clinical services building.
Assisting our Furniture, Fittings and Equipment (FF&E) team, staff were invited to help select special beds and bean bags for the future clinical services building.
The hospital’s Medical Imaging team has welcomed the early arrival of two new mobile x-ray machines, originally set to be delivered to the new clinical services building when it becomes operational.
October is Mental Health Month, so we’ve put the staff spotlight on our Mental Health Change Manager, Pauline Sabellano.
The new entrance for Appin Road will provide easier access to the new hospital building and will see the closure of the existing entrance driveway a little further up the road.
In line with the recent government announcements, redevelopment construction will recommence on Thursday 12 August at a reduced capacity.
Nine artworks from the 2020 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award are adding vibrant colour to Campbelltown Hospital’s new administration hub, one of the first areas completed as part of the $632 million stage two redevelopment.
In response to the latest restrictions, and to keep everyone safe, redevelopment construction work is currently on pause and it’s tools down on site until Friday 28 August.
A welcome stone, sensory stone and healing stone will be features of our new clinical services building. Local Aboriginal Elders and community members selected the stones from a quarry in Appin, acknowledging the natural assets of our region.
The shiny façade of the new clinical services building is the newest addition to the Campbelltown skyline. With 60 per cent of the scaffolding removed, the exterior of the impressive building will soon be on full display.
Our impressive new clinical services building is emerging from behind the scaffolding, with almost one third of the façade now unveiled, including the artist’s impression of the lyrebird totem that features on the northern and southern face of the 12-storey building.
Campbelltown Hospital is set to become a major hub for mental health care in south west Sydney. Our latest project video showcases how both community and staff have been involved in shaping future mental health services.
Integration of the arts is being planned at a grand scale to support improved health outcomes for our local community. Developed in partnership with Campbelltown Arts Centre, the redevelopment project’s Arts and Culture Strategy is supporting the health and wellbeing of patients, visitors and staff; and enhancing the aesthetics of the current and future campus.
Our first project video of a series throughout 2021 highlights the new Emergency Department, the first space to be completed in the new clinical services building.
The newly expanded Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre (MCTC) is now complete, featuring an additional Linear Accelerator (LINAC) machine, designed to administer radiation therapy to cancer patients.
To celebrate the “Topping Out” ceremony, an event held to signify a construction project reaching its highest point, a number of dignitaries braved wet and stormy weather on 26 February to visit Campbelltown Hospital and take part in the festivities.
Through consultation with community and local Indigenous elders, a series of plants widely known for their healing and medicinal properties, and endemic to the Dharawal region, have been identified to be star features in the new clinical services building.
Marium Hamnawa, 24, is a civil engineer working on the Campbelltown Hospital redevelopment project. She is the only female engineer on site.
The new Emergency Department will be at least double the size of the current ED, with scope for additional services to be included.
So far, a total of 35,852 native plants and almost 500 trees have been planted as part of the Campbelltown Hospital redevelopment project.
The concrete floor slabs have been laid for the first of seven dedicated levels of mental health units being integrated into the new clinical services building (CSB) and the local Mental Health team is excited for what's to come!
The procurement of essential hospital equipment and medical infrastructure is a critical role in the delivery of any hospital service, and the redevelopment project's Furniture, Fittings and Equipment (FF&E) officer, Tracy Curness, doesn't take the responsibility lightly.
The new inpatient ward on Level 2 in Building D, referred to as Ward G, is now complete. Housing 26 beds, 14 of which are in single rooms, the new ward will be open to accept patients from 8 July.
Five Year 10 students from high schools across Campbelltown have been given the opportunity to invest in themselves and their local community, receiving world-class training with CPB Contractors as they help to build the new Campbelltown Hospital clinical services building.
We've built a new pharmacy to help support our growing hospital and our growing community. Operational since 25 June, the delivery of the new pharmacy represents a significant milestone for the redevelopment project.
TCQ Construction site manager Ben Wiles was diagnosed with kidney cancer in August 2019, and is drawing on his own experience to help ensure our hospital redevelopment provides the best possible outcomes for staff and patients.
The twin tower cranes supporting delivery of the $632 million Campbelltown Hospital redevelopment project are now fondly known as ‘Mac’ and ‘Arthur’ – cleverly named in recognition of the growing Macarthur region that our new hospital will support.
Madison McMahon, 20, from Ambarvale loves working in construction. It’s the industry where she has spent the last three years of her career. Currently a Workplace Health & Safety trainee for CPB Contractors, her future aspiration is to become a mentor to other young women in construction – particularly Indigenous women.
The Macarthur community is a step closer to having their new clinical services building delivered as part of Campbelltown Hospital’s stage 2 redevelopment, with the first concrete pour marking a significant project milestone.