A pre-design artist's impression of the South Tuggeranong health centre.
01 September 2023
The new South Tuggeranong health centre will be built in Conder.
Services at the centre will be designed to meet local needs and will provide residents in South Tuggeranong with more health services, closer to home.
This new facility is the first of four new health centres for the ACT, with another three coming to the Inner South, North Gungahlin and West Belconnen.
They will provide localised multidisciplinary care with a focus on preventive care and advice, early intervention, and the management of chronic illness.
In the 2023-24 Budget, the ACT Government committed $16.6 million over four years to design and construct a new community-based facility in South Tuggeranong, and to plan the sites and early design for community-based health centres in the Inner South and North Gungahlin.
The new health centre will be part of this commitment to plan and build a health care system that can grow with the Canberra community.
It will be designed to have the flexibility to cater to different services.
It will also bring together skilled, multidisciplinary professionals with state-of-the-art technology and quality infrastructure.
The location in Conder was identified following a 2022 feasibility study.
It provides good connections for the community, being close to arterial roads, having good access to public transport routes and accessible car parking.
It is also close to other existing health facilities and services nearby, such as general practice, pharmacy, imaging, pathology, allied health and dental.
Having access to care closer to home will also reduce the need for South Tuggeranong residents to go to hospital for treatment and appointments.
A tender has recently been released to progress the design of the health centre in South Tuggeranong. The clinical services and design will be finalised in consultation with clinicians, consumers and the local community before the project progresses to the development application stage, which is expected in the first half of 2024.
There will also be upcoming opportunities for local residents to have their say on health centres coming to the Inner South and North Gungahlin.
For more information, visit the Built for CBR website.
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