Plans for new Women’s and Children’s Hospital revealed


Plans for the new Women’s and Children’s Hospital are taking shape.

Concept designs outlining the key benefits of the new Women's and Children's Hospital have been unveiled.

This includes a flyover of the exterior of the hospital, which will be built on a site encompassing the Thebarton Police Barracks on Port Rd.

Key features of the new WCH include:

  • 25 per cent bigger in size than the current hospital
  • additional 56 overnight beds, with future capacity for a further 20
  • larger emergency department with 43 treatment spaces
  • critical care services all on one floor – including birthing, theatres, paediatric ICU and neonatal ICU
  • four-bed integrated intensive care unit for women, co-located with the paediatric ICU enabling women requiring high-level care to remain at the new WCH
  • dedicated heliport with direct access to critical clinical areas
  • future proofing for cardiac surgery
  • a new larger car park.

The site for the new WCH, close to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, was chosen to allow room for both hospitals to expand in the future.

As part of the development of the police barracks site, more than 30,000sq m of currently inaccessible Park Lands will be restored and opened to the public. It will feature play areas for families to enjoy, enhancing patient care, recovery and wellbeing.

An initial 'block and stack' floor layout has been developed, which maps out where clinical services and departments could be located within each of the building's 10 levels.

Consultation on the proposed layout is open until 19 June 2023.

New WCH Project Director Brendan Hewitt encouraged feedback on the 'block and stack' plans to ensure the location of clinical services and departments delivered the best health outcomes for patients.

"These early design plans have been informed by a number of factors through engagement with advisory groups and other key stakeholders, and we are eager to receive additional feedback from our clinicians, consumers and community on this next stage of consultation as well as plan for our future together," he said.

For more information and to provide feedback visit the new WCH website.

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