Health

The Brumby Government is repairing the damage done to Victoria’s Health system. We have increased recurrent funding to hospitals by 83% - $2.9 billion since 1999.  We are admitting 300,000 more patients to hospitals this year than in 1999 and  elective surgery waiting lists have been reduced by about 10% since we came to office.

We have employed 7,264 extra Nurses across the state. In local Hospitals that means:

We are continuing to invest in hospitals and health services that serve the Melbourne community. This includes:

Melbourne

• Constructed a new building at The Royal Melbourne Hospital housing 180 beds plus a 22-bed Intensive Care Unit, as well as new trauma centre and helipad – $60 million
• Works to enable construction of The Royal Women’s Hospital adjacent to The Royal Melbourne – $42 million
• Upgrade energy infrastructure – $22 million
• Redevelopment of Royal Melbourne Hospital Emergency Department - $56.3 million
  Royal Children’s Hospital
• A brand new Royal Children’s Hospital due for completion
  by 2011 – $850 million
• New Royal Children’s Hospital Cancer Centre – $23 million (State Gov. contribution of $7.3 million)