Latest News - 2023

New maternity spaces

New maternity spaces

Birthing rooms with baths and seating that converts to an overnight bed are just some of the features that will be part of the new spaces. 

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Posted 24 Sep 2023
Staff specialist Ruth Thompson

A new Acute Medical unit

The project team has recently completed more than 400 hours of consultation with project user groups (PUGs) to finalise the detailed designs for all areas of the new development.
 

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Posted 23 Aug 2023
Artist's impression of interior space

Detailed designs complete

Feedback from project user groups has been vital in helping finalise the new spaces

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Posted 23 Aug 2023
Ready, Teddy, Go

Ready, Teddy, Go

The JHHIP project team and volunteer teddy medical staff will be running a community pop-up session themed as a Teddy Bears’ Clinic at Charlestown Square on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 September from 10am-1pm.

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Posted 22 Aug 2023
Moree drop-in session on the latest design

Moree drop-in session on the latest design

The Moree community is invited to see the latest design at an upcoming drop-in session on 29 August 2023. Anyone is welcome to come along, see the latest design and artist impressions and chat to the team. 

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Posted 21 Aug 2023
Latest designs unveiled

Latest designs unveiled

A welcoming light-filled atrium and calming colours inspired by the three rivers surrounding Tamworth are among the highlights of the new Tamworth Mental Health Unit, with the latest designs unveiled...


 

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Posted 09 Aug 2023
Gunnedah drop-in sessions

Gunnedah drop-in sessions

The project team will be in Gunnedah for community drop-in sessions during August 2023. Anyone is welcome to come along, see the latest design and artist impressions and chat to the team. 
 

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Posted 08 Aug 2023
Pop-ups in Glen Innes

Pop-ups in Glen Innes

Community drop-in sessions will be held in Glen Innes during August 2023. Anyone is welcome to come along to chat to the project team and see the latest design and artist impressions. 

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Posted 08 Aug 2023
Finalising project designs and plans - Muswellbrook

Finalising project designs and plans - Muswellbrook

The planning and design is nearing completion on the Muswellbrook Stage 3 Hospital Redevelopment and the project is soon to move into the construction phase. 

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Posted 19 Jul 2023
Focus on road infrastructure

Focus on road infrastructure

An important part of the redevelopment is the upgrades and modifications to roads around the precinct.

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Posted 03 Jul 2023
Precinct built on solid ground

Precinct built on solid ground

The first concrete slab has been poured and 600 tonnes of steel have been installed in a major milestone for the project

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Posted 03 Jul 2023
Celebrating NAIDOC Week

Celebrating NAIDOC Week

Local Elders have played an important role in ensuring the design for Tamworth’s new mental health unit incorporates the culture and values of the Kamilaroi and Gomeroi people. The design is based on the key themes of Connection to Sky, Cultural Care and Country as Healing.

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Posted 30 Jun 2023
Introducing Lifty and Lofty

Introducing Lifty and Lofty

Our cranes now have names. Read more about our winners and runners-up.  

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Posted 22 Jun 2023
World Environment Day

World Environment Day

Find out how the project has integrated environmental considerations into our work to deliver tangible, sustainable outcomes.  

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Posted 05 Jun 2023
Vote for the best crane names

Vote for the best crane names

The time has come to place your vote, which will decide the John Hunter's crane names. 

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Posted 30 May 2023
Keep up with construction activity

Keep up with construction activity

Simply scan this QR code to keep up with the latest construction activity at Tamworth Hospital relating to building a new mental health unit.

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Posted 11 May 2023
Co-design focus on the human experience

Co-design focus on the human experience

It’s Human Experience Week (1-7 May), a time for us to focus on the human experience in healthcare, think about patient, family and carer experiences and celebrate staff.

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Posted 03 May 2023
Codesign focus on Human Experience Week

Codesign focus on Human Experience Week

It’s Human Experience Week 2023 (1-7 May), a time for us to focus on the human experience in healthcare, take time to think about patient, family and carer experiences and celebrate staff.
 

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Posted 02 May 2023
Calling all crane-iacs

Calling all crane-iacs

Put your thinking caps on and help us name the John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct's cranes. There are plenty of prizes up for grabs. 
 

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Posted 01 May 2023
Arts in Health working groups - Glen Innes/Moree/Gunnedah - Expression of Interest

Arts in Health working groups - Glen Innes/Moree/Gunnedah - Expression of Interest

Are you interested in how arts can promote health and wellbeing?

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Posted 20 Apr 2023
Connecting locals to construction careers

Connecting locals to construction careers

A new centre that links locals to jobs in the construction industry has been opened as part of the project. 

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Posted 05 Apr 2023
Project team hosts farewell for Crommelin House

Project team hosts farewell for Crommelin House

Glen Innes Hospital Redevelopment project team recently held an afternoon tea to farewell Crommelin House and remember the building’s 70-year history. 

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Posted 04 Apr 2023
Pint-sized Picassos brighten up the JHHIP

Pint-sized Picassos brighten up the JHHIP

The John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct just got a little more colourful. 
 

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Posted 30 Mar 2023
Contractor appointed to finalise Moree design

Contractor appointed to finalise Moree design

The $80 million Moree Hospital Redevelopment project has reached an important milestone with the appointment of the contractor to help finalise the design.  

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Posted 02 Mar 2023
Towering over the development site

Towering over the development site

Work on the John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct is on track with the arrival and installation of the first tower crane.   

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Posted 02 Mar 2023
Builder appointed to the Gunnedah Hospital Redevelopment team

Builder appointed to the Gunnedah Hospital Redevelopment team

Richard Crookes Constructions has been chosen as the contractor to work with the Gunnedah Hospital Redevelopment project team to finalise the design in preparation for construction.
 

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Posted 27 Feb 2023
Local launch of Reconciliation Action Plan

Local launch of Reconciliation Action Plan

The project team invited representatives from the Local Health District, APP, Multiplex and the local Aboriginal community to hear about the new plan launched by Health Infrastructure 

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Posted 20 Feb 2023
Colour the cranes

Colour the cranes

The cranes are here and have started work on our Acute Services Building, a key feature of 

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Posted 13 Feb 2023
A window to the future

A window to the future

While patients, visitors and staff watch the development through the hospital windows, our new stickers shed more light on what's going on. 

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Posted 23 Jan 2023
Builder onboard for enabling works

Builder onboard for enabling works

Two significant health projects for the Glen Innes community have moved another step forward with the awarding of the tender for the new ambulance station and the enabling works for the hospital redevelopment project. 

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Posted 06 Jan 2023