New Maitland Hospital

The NSW Government has invested $470 million in delivering the new Maitland Hospital, to meet the growing health service needs for the surrounding communities of the Hunter Valley now and into the future.

The new Maitland Hospital will provide the infrastructure required to respond to the anticipated growth in the Maitland region.

New Maitland Hospital will provide an increased service capability and complexity to help address the increasing demand being experienced across the region.

The major strategic priorities for the new Maitland Hospital are:
-Emergency services,
-Emergency Short Stay Unit (ESSU) and Psychiatric Emergency Care
-Intensive care and critical care
-Medical and surgical inpatient services
-Peri operative suite, including enhanced day surgery
-Maternity services and delivery suites, including assessment rooms
-Paediatric and adolescent services
-Imaging and support services
-Day chemotherapy
-Mental Health, including an acute inpatient unit
-Rehabilitation
-Ambulatory care and outpatient clinics.

The new Maitland Hospital project is a major opportunity to embrace technology and innovation, with the aim of creating new ways of working, improved performance and better health outcomes. New technology and innovative treatment methodologies for patient care will be considered in the design of the new facility.