The funding boost will ensure comprehensive birthing services are delivered as part of the new Rouse Hill Hospital including birthing rooms, a maternity inpatient unit and additional staffing areas.

This will be in addition to the pre and post-natal maternity services already planned.

It follows the recent Federal Government’s $120 million commitment towards birthing services to ensure the hospital meets the needs of the community into the future.

This further investment from the Minns Labor Government brings to the total contribution to the new hospital to $910 million.

The final scope for the Rouse Hill Hospital Development will be determined through the planning process will also include:

• An emergency department and primary access clinic
• Inpatient beds and day surgery services
• Short stay medical assessment services
• Pathology, pharmacy, and medical imaging services  
• Outpatient and ambulatory care services including paediatrics and renal dialysis
• Virtual care and hospital in the home services
• Prehabilitation, rehabilitation and lifestyle medicine. 

The new hospital will be future-proofed and built with expansion zones, to ensure capacity for additional health services in the future. 

Planning and design for the additional maternity services will get underway immediately and delivery timeframes will be determined following the design process and award of a construction contract.

The full scope of health services will be confirmed when planning and design is finalised, and extensive consultation with the community, consumers, staff and stakeholders is being carried out to help inform this planning.

The planned new Rouse Hill Hospital will join a network of maternity and neonatal services provided by the Western Sydney Local Health District through Westmead, Blacktown and Auburn hospitals, meeting the needs of the western Sydney community, offering birthing services to over 10,000 western Sydney women, their babies and families each year.

The new Rouse Hill Hospital is part of the Minns Labor Government’s delivery of more than $3 billion in hospital infrastructure across western Sydney, including:  

• $1.3 billion for the New Bankstown Hospital
• $550 million for the Fairfield Hospital Redevelopment
• $120 million for additional treatment spaces for Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals
• $350 million for the Canterbury Hospital Redevelopment.

For information about the new Rouse Hill Hospital, including the stakeholder and community engagement summary visit the Rouse Hill Hospital website.

Quotes attributable to NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Western Sydney Prue Car:

“Thanks to the partnership between the Minns Labor Government and the Albanese Labor Government, north-west Sydney is finally getting the high-quality, local healthcare our community has needed for years.

“This region is one of the fastest-growing in the country, and this investment in birthing and maternity services is vital in meeting the needs of local families now and into the future.

“The Liberals had more than a decade in office and failed to deliver even the basics. Labor is delivering real investment - with the infrastructure and services our communities deserve.”

Quotes attributable to Minister for Health Ryan Park:

“After a decade of false starts by the Liberals, the Minns Labor Government is actually getting on with the job of delivering a new hospital for Rouse Hill.

“Unlike the Liberals, we’re actually getting it done, and we’re going to deliver it with an emergency department and birthing services. 

“A comprehensive range of much needed health services, closer to home, for a growing community – that’s what the Minns Labor Government is working to provide.”

Quotes attributable to Member for Riverstone Warren Kirby:

“We’re committed to delivering full birthing and maternity services to the fast-growing communities of north-west Sydney.

“The delivery of birthing services at the new Rouse Hill Hospital will give peace of mind to expectant parents who would otherwise have to travel as far as Blacktown or Westmead to give birth.

“The NSW Government is getting on with the job and delivering a new hospital for the communities of Rouse Hill and surrounds.”

Quotes attributable to Labor spokesperson for Kellyville Peter Primrose MLC:

“Once built, the new Rouse Hill Hospital will serve communities from Rouse Hill to Tallawong, Schofields, The Ponds, North Kellyville, Riverstone, Box Hill and Marsden Park – the addition of birthing services will provide convenience and relief to families in these areas.

“By building this new hospital, we are future-proofing much needed health services for north-western Sydney.”