New Hospital, New site Advocacy

YOUR HEALTH. YOUR FAMILY. YOUR FUTURE.

WHY THE CURRENT ALBURY HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FALLS SHORT:

• Inadequate funding of $558 million — services are being cut to fit the budget
• Drastically reduced capacity — beds and theatres have been slashed from previous plans and won't meet even our current needs, let alone future growth
• Minimal actual expansion — one ward and two theatres, while maternity services relocate to use the theatres
• Continued use of dilapidated wards — cramped facilities with limited space for future expansion
• No increase in critical services — intensive care and maternity remain essentially the same size, with no room for expansion
• Missing essential facilities — no helipad for time-critical transfers, no paediatric ward, no education facilities due to budget constraints
• Split healthcare services across two cities remains — continuing the dangerous practice of transferring patients between campuses
• Current plans will cripple healthcare for a generation — compromising our region's health and economic development

WHY WE NEED A NEW SINGLE SITE HOSPITAL BUILT ON A GREENFIELD SITE:

• Patient safety at risk — doctors racing between sites for urgent care and patients juggled between facilities
• Beds consistently exceeding 100% capacity — starting each day 30-70 beds short, leaving patients on ambulance trolleys or unable to have surgeries
• Waiting lists 3-4 years for essential surgeries — longer than some major tertiary centres
• Inefficient duplication of services across two hospitals
• Albury Wodonga Health is Australia's only cross-border health service — a unique situation requiring a proper solution

WHAT WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR:

1. PAUSE the current redevelopment plans
2. PROVIDE urgent relief NOW — modular wards and theatres needed immediately; cannot wait another 5 years
3. RETURN to the original 2021 Clinical Services Plan which recommended a single-site hospital
4. BUILD IT ONCE, BUILD IT RIGHT — on a new greenfield site