The new Melton Hospital
The new Melton Hospital is an intergenerational project that will be the catalyst for a range of social, economic and health benefits that will help transform Melbourne’s outer west.
It is the biggest social infrastructure project in Melbourne’s outer west in decades, but it can’t happen without partnerships.
We appreciate that the Victorian Government has committed $900 million to $1 billion to construct the new Melton Hospital in Cobblebank.
The hospital will:
- Have more than 274 beds
- Include a 24-hour emergency department and intensive care unit
- Treat more than 130,000 patients every year and see almost 60,000 people in the emergency department
- Create 700 direct jobs and 1,700 indirect jobs during construction and 3,975 direct jobs in its first full year of operations
- Be a catalyst to attract investment to create 22,000 jobs in Cobblebank.
That is just the start of what this project will deliver to residents in Australia’s fastest growing area and across western Melbourne.
The new Melton hospital will be more than just bricks and mortar.
The hospital will stimulate and drive additional infrastructure and services in Cobblebank and surrounding areas across a diverse range of industries including education, retail and allied health services.
Together with a new TAFE and secondary schools, the hospital will turn the Cobblebank Metropolitan Activity Centre into a major hub that is a gateway for healthcare, education, training and job creation in the outer west.
The Cobblebank Metropolitan Activity Centre will drive innovation, attract investment and connect the community.
We welcome the start of construction scheduled for 2024 and look forward to the new hospital being operational in 2029 and the legacy it will leave for future generations.
For more information visit the Victorian Health Building Authority website.