About Te Whatu Ora MidCentral | Major Capital Projects
Overview
Te Whatu Ora MidCentral has a number of significant short and long-term major capital projects in the planning stages as well as currently under construction. On completion of these major works, we will see our facilities improved and expanded in order for Palmerston North Regional Hospital (PNRH) to meet current and future demand.
Over time, we have outgrown our facilities. In addition to being too small, the facilities have become unfit-for-purpose and do not support contemporary models of care. Our hospital facilities need significant change to enable the hospital team to deliver the care required by the people it serves and within a therapeutic and supportive environment.
Centrally located within New Zealand, Palmerston North Regional Hospital supports a wide geographical area, delivering local, sub-regional and regional services. It is part of the Central Region of networked hospitals, covering Hawke’s Bay, Wairarapa, Whanganui, MidCentral, Hutt Valley and Wellington. Our programme of works will enable improved access to specialist hospital care so people can receive the care they need closer to home, family, whānau and other support.
Redevelopment of Palmerston North Regional Hospital
A Three-Phased Strategy
The Strategy for the Redevelopment of Palmerston North Regional Hospital consists of a number of short-term and long-term solutions to ensure our facilities can be improved and expanded to meet current and future demand.
This journey requires an enormous body of collaborative mahi (work) by many people, as well as clinical leadership and the support of our Iwi partners and key community groups.
There are three key long-term projects:
Project Ka Ora Kainga Rua - a new Acute Services Block to house critical care services, and the complete re-lifing and reconfiguration of the current main Clinical Services Block, and
A Cancer Treatment Centre
The first project, our Acute Mental Health Unit, is under construction and will be completed by mid 2025. Project Ka Ora Kainga Rua is in the planning stage and will take around 10-years to complete. In the meantime, several interim solutions are being implemented to support critical service delivery. The Cancer Treatment Centre project is yet to commence.
While these long-term projects are progressed, several interim projects are being put in place to support the delivery of hospital and specialist services.
Alongside this work, there is also an infrastructure roadmap to ensure the hospital campus has the utility services (power, medical gas) to support operations. A water farm (currently under construction) to ensure the hospital has the water requried to operate autonomously for at least seven days in the event of an emergency.