NSW Health Minister and Member for North Shore Jillian Skinner said the facility will include community nursing, paediatric occupational therapy, paediatric speech pathology, child and family health, adult mental health, community drug and alcohol, rehabilitation and aged care, chronic disease and rehabilitation.
“Community health services play a crucial role in reducing the pressure on our health system by keeping people out of hospital and functioning at their best in the community,” she said.
NSW Planning Minister and Member for Pittwater Rob Stokes described it as the “largest and most significant infrastructure project completed at Mona Vale Hospital in decades.”
“It’s fantastic we’re now seeing major investments in our local health facilities and the opening of state-of-the-art buildings,” he said.“This new centre will play an important role in the future of health service delivery on the northern beaches.”
Mr Stokes said the Mona Vale Community Health Centre - and two new community health facilities at Brookvale and Seaforth (Dalwood) - will complement the new Northern Beaches Hospital (NBH) at Frenchs Forest, which is scheduled to open in 2018.
The redeveloped Mona Vale Hospital will also complement the Northern Beaches Hospital, specialising in a range of high-level, sub-acute services including inpatient rehabilitation, aged care, palliative care and community health, while also featuring a 24-hour Urgent Care Centre and helipad.
