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It’s been a busy four months since the Community Assessment Unit (CAU) first opened its doors in the new Acute Services Building.
UNSW’s Associate Professor Arvin Damodaran recently visited the University’s Eastern Extension to the Acute Services Building for a tour of the future UNSW Mary-Louise McLaws Clinical Education Rooms on Level 7.
The roll-out of the Redevelopment Change Program for the Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre project is underway, helping to ensure staff are prepared when the building opens.
The Education, Training and Research (ETR) space within the new Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building has revolutionised desk-based working and meetings.
A sod turn has marked the commencement of main works on the $600 million UNSW Health Translation Hub site, one of the marquee developments within the broader Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct.
The redevelopment project team recently hosted the first of a series of interactive information and activity sessions in a new space dedicated to fostering awareness of the new hospital project.
The Central Sterilizing Services Department became the first occupants of the new Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building, relocating in November 2022, and the team has been non-stop ever since!
In the integrated eastern extension of the ASB, UNSW will open three new laboratories alongside clinical units within the new Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building. One will be dedicated to biospecimen services.
Members from the SCH1/MCCCC project team toured the existing Children’s Cancer Institute’s laboratories to learn about the specialised processes and systems used to help inform cancer research and how the MCCC will help transform the treatment of childhood cancer.
The largest of its kind in Australia, a rotating truck turntable has been installed within the SCH1/MCCCC construction site to support efficient movement of construction vehicles.
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Following the successful moves of clinical teams into the new Acute Services Building, July saw a shift of focus at Prince of Wales Hospital.
Members of the project team inspected a visual mock up of the panels for the SCH1/MCCCC building facade to expand their knowledge and discuss the future feature.
The input of hospital staff and community have helped shape a local landscape inspired artwork that features in the main entrance foyer of the new Acute Services Building. Check out our timelapse video to see how artist Richard Briggs brought the piece to life.
Meet 'Jupiter' and 'Andy' – the twin cranes helping build the $658 million Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre project – cleverly named by two young people the new hospital will support.
To mark NAIDOC Week, the SCH1/MCCCC project team attended a Walk on Country hosted by the Gujaga Foundation to learn more about cultural significance and history of the land the new hospital and research centre is being built on.
RHIP’s pioneering Living Infrastructure Strategy has claimed a 2023 NSW Landscape Architecture Award for Research, Policy and Communications at the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects’ (AILA) NSW Landscape Architecture Awards.
Construction activities are set to increase in coming months, with UNSW recently gaining full access to the Health Translation Hub (HTH) site in June.
A collection of 8,000 year old hearth stones recovered from the Randwick Campus Redevelopment site during early excavations has been returned to site as part of a curated cultural display in the public forecourt of the new Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building.
UNSW will soon house state-of-the-art research, clinical innovation, biomedical and teaching facilities across 10 floors of the integrated eastern extension of the ASB.
The project recently celebrated a key milestone with the official opening of the new Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building, marking a significant chapter in the hospital's 160-year history of caring for the local community.
After almost six years, members of the Acute Services Building Consumer & Community Advisory Committee met for the very last time as their time, contribution and dedication on the project was acknowledged and celebrated.
In an integrated extension of the Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building, UNSW Sydney will house state-of-the-art research, clinical innovation, biomedical and teaching facilities across 10 floors.
While construction steams ahead, new prototype spaces have been created to give staff and key stakeholders a concept of the size, layout and functionality of future clinical spaces within the new children's hospital building.
International Nurses Day is a day to recognise the invaluable contribution our remarkable nurses make every day to individuals, families and communities across NSW. Our nurses play an important part in shaping the SCH1/MCCCC redevelopment.
Patients and families watched the installation of the second tower crane for the Sydney Children's Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre project, alongside some special superheroes!
The Prince of Wales Hospital Emergency Department has now moved to the new Acute Services Building, accessible from Magill Street, via Botany Street, Randwick.
Calling on kids and young people to help name our two tower cranes that will support construction of the new Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre. Entries close 31 May!
Prince of Wales Hospital staff celebrate the opening of the new Community Assessment Unit, which will support the management of patients in the community with chronic and complex health conditions within the Acute Services Building.
As part of Human Experience Week (1-7 May), we take time to think about the human experience in healthcare, and reflect on patient, family and carer experiences which have contributed to the design and delivery of the Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building.
Former patient with epilepsy shares her story following the opening of the new Clinical Neurosciences inpatient unit within the Acute Services Building, and reflects on how new clinical spaces can impact the patient experience.
As patients, staff and community move through the new Acute Services Building, large-scale artworks found in every department and inpatient unit celebrate the environment and stories of the local area.
Staff have been embracing the new End of Trip facility and were eager to share their experiences of how it has encourged the use of active transport options and healthy lifestyle choices, as workers are now better supported to cycle or walk to work, or exercise during the day.
Arts and culture consultant, City People, is helping to ensure the new children's hospital will have unique arts, play and discovery components to engage and inspire visitors, developed with the input and creative ideas of young people.
As construction ramps up on the SCH1/MCCCC site, project builder John Holland Group hosted a group of current and former patients, community members and children of staff as part of a broader plan to take children on the journey of the hospital redevelopment.
The first of two tower cranes that will help construct the new Sydney Children's Hospital and Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre building is now on site!
The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network is running a program called The Kids Way, to enhance the single-patient bedroom experience as the Network moves towards the model in future hospital buildings. Be part of the journey!
It’s an exciting time for Prince of Wales Hospital, with the new Acute Services Building (ASB) opening its doors to the public after more than seven years in the making.
Three unique and distinct art and cultural displays at the main point of entry to the new hospital building create a distinguished Welcome to all Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, providing a true reflection of continued culture on Country.
Prince of Wales Hospital staff have helped shape a new public artwork for the Acute Services Building by participating in a series of workshops with local artist, Richard Briggs.
Hundreds of community members took advantage of the opportunity to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the new Acute Services Building in February, visiting the future Emergency Department, Acute Aged Care inpatient unit and Intensive Care Unit.
A series of new artist's impressions showcase the colourful facade and welcoming, home-like interiors of the future Sydney Children’s Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
The new Sydney Children's Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre building will soon start emerging from the ground - check out how it will evolve!
The Randwick community is invited to join us for a Community Open Day on Thursday 9 February to get a sneak peek at the new Acute Services Building before it opens to the public!
Perfect conditions saw the first helicopter land on the newly built Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building helipad, as part of an initial test flight.
The last standing tower crane associated with construction of the Acute Services Building has been safely dismantled, after more than three years of heavy lifting!
The new Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick aims to improve age-appropriate spaces and programs for adolescent patients to ensure they feel at home while staying at our hospital, and patients with lived experience are informing designs.
To reflect the local region’s culture, magnificent coastline and native flora, four leading Australian artists have been commissioned to produce unique artworks for the new hospital’s internal spaces.
The new Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building has reached a significant milestone, with major construction at completed and a busy commissioning period now underway in readiness for opening from early 2023. The building is the first major upgrade to the hospital in 25 years.
UNSW Sydney has contracted the Plenary Group-led Plenary Health consortium to deliver the $600 million Health Translation Hub – one of the marquee developments within the Randwick Health & Innovation Precinct driving international health research and education outcomes.
The future Aboriginal gathering space at the front of the new Sydney Children's Hospital Stage 1 and Minderoo Children's Comprehensive Cancer Centre building is beginning to take shape, with design drawings and landscaping presented to community members.
Prince of Wales Hospital’s Central Sterlizing Services Department has become the first service to be operational in the Acute Services Building, after occupying their previous space for 25 years.
Meet Automation and Distribution Pharmacist, Sarah Lam, who has commenced in a newly created position responsible for embedding a gamechanging medication distribution technology known as Automatic Dispensing Cabinets.
The land on which the Randwick Campus Redevelopment stands was recently home to a small residential suburban district. Photographs, memoirs and artefacts from the former residents will soon be permanently displayed as part of a history wall inside the new Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building.
Prince of Wales Hospital Emergency Department staff celebrate the arrival of a brand new CT scanner, which will be used solely for adult ED patients once the Acute Services Building opens.
An interactive digital wayfinding solution set to launch in line with the opening of the new Prince of Wales Hospital Acute Services Building, will make it easier for patients and visitors to find their way around the Randwick campus.
With the Acute Services Building on track to open its doors to the public in 2023, the exciting prospect of moving into the new hospital is becoming more and more real for Prince of Wales Hospital staff like Emergency Department nurse, Colou Caro.
Clinical and non-clinical staff have been sampling and selecting new furniture for the Acute Services Building as part of a comprehensive procurement process. An integral step in the decision-making process is engaging consumers to provide that essential patient and visitor perspective.