Peel Health Campus Transformation
In late 2020 the WA Government announced that full operation of the Peel Health Campus (PHC) would transfer to SMHS from August 2023 on the completion of the current contract with existing private operator Ramsay Health Care.
This is an important step in providing people living in the Peel-Murray region with a range of local health care options.
The Peel Health Campus Transformation (PHCT) project comprises multiple projects linked to the transfer of operations, expansion and redevelopment of the Peel Health Campus (PHC) site. Options to co-locate a new private hospital on the same site, with the potential to share services between the public and private hospitals, will be explored.
The announcement also included new funding of $152 million to expand and redevelop the PHC site. Pending finalisation of the project plan, this is expected to include:
- additional inpatient beds
- new mental health inpatient beds and the introduction of a mental health emergency centre
- expanded chemotherapy services
- a new operating theatre, increasing the total to five
- expansion of the public outpatient facilities
- new palliative care beds
- reconfiguration of the emergency department and medical imaging facilities.
To select a private hospital operator, WA Health will undertake an industry consultation and subsequent tender process.