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Aboriginal Elders, community members and hospital staff have participated in a Listening to Country session to help the New Bankstown Hospital project team better understand the needs of Aboriginal people, and how we can embed First Nations understanding in our design. “When we were first talking about the project it was very much in the future but now we’re starting to talk about some the tangible opportunities and ideas for designing with Country," said Yerrabingin facilitator and proud Maneroo Woiwurrung man Christian Hampson said. Christian said there were a number of strong ideas, including what one Aunty described as “having landscape that wraps around you". “It’s nice to see community seeing themselves in the idea of the design as well as talking about how people can be open and acknowledging all cultures," Christian said. Read more
More than 300 people, including locals Maria and Roy (pictured above), stopped by our recent pop-up information sessions at Bankstown Central shopping centre and Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital. The sessions provided an opportunity for staff, patients, carers, visitors and community members to ask questions and share their feedback. In addition to the community sessions, staff representatives from all areas of the hospital attended a master planning workshop. The workshop explored the layout of the site, traffic flow, links to local transport, parking, sustainability and the potential for landscaping and green spaces which would connect the site to local views. The idea of a hospital ‘town centre’ with vibrant retail and places to gather and relax was also important, along with accessibility and making the spaces welcoming for people of all ages, cultures and abilities. All the feedback from the sessions and a recent community survey has been provided to our project team to support master planning. Redeveloping a hospital is not as straight forward as you may think – every redevelopment is tailored to a community’s unique needs. To find out more about how we plan and build a hospital, visit How to Build a Hospital.
More than 300 people contributed to our recent community survey and we had hundreds of comments about services, ward designs, accessibility, traffic and parking. The results of the survey and updated FAQs will be released soon.
The master plan is expected to be released later this year and we will schedule more community and staff information sessions to explain the plan and hear your feedback.
Once the master plan is released, the project moves on to what we call concept design. At concept design, we refine the ideas in the master plan and look at how the hospital departments can best connect to each other. The concept design will also recommend the best solution for parking to support the needs of the hospital community. Hospital staff and stakeholders from other agencies such as transport, planning and ambulance will also continue to be involved in planning activities throughout 2025. Your views are important to us. We continue to will consult with you at every stage of the project.