Planning for increased hospital facilities

Palmerston North Regional Hospital is an acute hospital, providing specialist hospital services to the MidCentral district and beyond. Its facilities are under significant pressure and planning is underway to both develop additional capacity and upgrade existing buildings.

Project Ka Ora Kāinga Rua - the development of Palmerston North Regional Hospital - is part of the national Regional Hospital Redevelopment Programme. It aims to:

• Deliver hospital facilities of a size which will meet future demand and our communities’ needs, and which support new and emerging technology

• Support improving equity of access for Māori and vulnerable populations by having the facilities to deliver more care locally, taking away the need to travel and enabling whānau support

• Provide a facility capable of operating post a major event

• Provide a therapeutic environment which is safe, welcoming and culturally appropriate for users

• Provide a working environment which supports staff to deliver contemporary models of care

The Regional Hospital Redevelopment Programme is made up of five phases to ensure new facilities are robustly scoped, designed and delivered. There is a formal process to move from one stage to the next.