Construction has officially begun on the new $910 million Rouse Hill Hospital, finally turning more than a decade of Coalition announcements into real construction on the ground.
The Minns Labor Government, in partnership with the Albanese Government, is delivering the new public hospital which will provide world class, comprehensive, integrated health care to the growing region of north west Sydney now and into the future.
Located on the corner of Commercial and Windsor roads, close to the Rouse Hill Metro Station and Rouse Hill Town Centre, the new hospital is located at the heart of the community.
For more than a decade, people across north western Sydney were promised a hospital under the former Coalition Government, who took it to three elections.
Today, construction is underway providing certainty to local families that the project is finally being delivered.
The new Rouse Hill Hospital, to be delivered by the Minns Labor Government, will include:
- an emergency department
- comprehensive birthing services including birthing rooms and a maternity inpatient unit
- inpatient beds and day surgery services
- short stay medical assessment services
- pathology, pharmacy and medical imaging services
- outpatient and ambulatory care services including paediatrics and renal dialysis
- virtual care and hospital in the home services
- prehabilitation, rehabilitation and lifestyle medicine.
The State Significant Development Application for main works construction was recently placed on exhibition and submissions are currently being assessed. This next stage of work is expected to begin this year, following formal planning approval.
The Rouse Hill Hospital forms part of the Minns Labor Government's plan to end Western Sydney's infrastructure drought, delivering infrastructure and the essential services growing communities need, all at once.
Because for too long, Western Sydney carried the weight of rapid growth without the matching investment in hospitals, schools and essential services. That is now changing.
The Minns Government's 2025-26 NSW Budget included $3.4 billion of funding to support the delivery of health facilities and services across Western Sydney including:
- an additional $700 million for the new Bankstown Hospital, increasing the total investment to $2 billion
- $120 million for additional beds for Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals
Other projects in the Western Sydney region include upgrades at Nepean, Liverpool, Canterbury, Fairfield, Camden and Campbelltown hospitals, and the new Integrated Mental Health Complex at Westmead.
Lendlease has been engaged as the ECI contractor for Rouse Hill Hospital, following a competitive tender process.
For more information on the Rouse Hill Hospital project, visit: http://nsw.gov.au/rouse-hill-hospital
Quotes attributable to Premier Chris Minns:
"For years, people in Rouse Hill and the north-west were told a hospital was coming. Today, construction is underway, and that gives this community the certainty it deserves.
"But this isn't just about one hospital, it's part of a much bigger shift in how we invest in Western Sydney.
"Communities here have grown fast, but without the hospitals, schools and essential services to match. We're changing that by building the infrastructure communities were promised and delivering it properly.
"When we say we are going to do something we follow through, and Rouse Hill Hospital will transform the delivery of healthcare in one of the fastest growing regions in the country."
Quotes attributable to Deputy Premier and Minister for Western Sydney Prue Car:
"Every family in our community deserves access to world-class health care close to where they live, and that is why we are delivering Rouse Hill hospital with the services they have been asking for.
"For 12 years the residents of North-West Sydney were neglected and ignored by the former Liberal National government who failed to deliver even the basic services for our community.
"Labor is building a better NSW, and together with our $1.5 billion investment in new and upgraded schools in North-West Sydney, we're delivering infrastructure that puts Western Sydney communities first."
Quotes attributable to Minister for Health Ryan Park:
"Today, we begin to rectify one of the single largest Liberal healthcare failures in our state's history.
"Because of the Liberals' broken promises, Western Sydney has had an entire hospital missing for almost a decade.
"The Minns Labor Government will deliver Rouse Hill Hospital - and we will deliver it with an ED; with birthing suites; and we will protect it from Liberal privatisation.
Quotes attributable to Federal Attorney General and Member for Greenway Michelle Rowland:
"The Albanese and Minns Labor Governments are working together to provide world-class health services right here in North-West Sydney.
"I'm proud to have fought alongside the community to ensure this hospital opens with an emergency department, and full maternity services backed by $120 million in funding from the Albanese Government."
Quotes attributable to Member for Riverstone Warren Kirby:
"This is a huge moment for our community. People here have backed this hospital for years, and now we can finally see it becoming a reality."
"This is something our community has fought hard for.
"It means mums don't have to travel across Sydney to give birth, and families can get emergency care close to where they live."
Quotes attributable to Labor Spokesperson for Kellyville Peter Primrose:
"Our growing community needs and deserves this new hospital. The Minns Labor Government is building and delivering the Rouse Hill Hospital, as well as new schools and other services throughout North-Western Sydney."
