Our new Health Precinct Project at Toorak Gardens
As a not‑for‑profit hospital with more than 65 years of providing exceptional care, every decision we make is in the best interests of our community. That is why we are developing a new Health Precinct on Kensington Road, Toorak Gardens.
Why we’re doing this
There is a financial crisis in Australia’s hospital system. Many hospitals around Australia – including some here in South Australia – are reducing their services or have closed altogether in the face of increased costs and shrinking margins.
If we did nothing, Burnside Hospital could suffer the same fate.
We’re determined not to let that happen to our community. As a proud not-for-profit community hospital, we’re investing in our facilities and our people to ensure we can stay strong and provide the healthcare our community needs and deserves.
It’s why we acquired the Sportsmed Hospital business last year to create Burnside Hospital Stepney, and it’s why we’re creating our new Health Precinct on our Godfree House site.
With the range of services it will provide – including two new operating theatres and a procedure room, specialist consulting rooms, radiology, cancer treatment – including a linear accelerator for radiation treatment, pathology and a new fertility clinic – we will truly be delivering whole-of-life care that complements what we already provide at Burnside Hospital and meets the growing demand for quality health care.
What we will be building
The new Health Precinct will occupy the current Godfree House site which is directly opposite the hospital on Moore Street and is bordered by Kensington Road and Hewitt Avenue.
Our designs include a three-storey building with a minimum of two levels of underground car parking for up to 200 vehicles.
The building will house two new operating theatres that will enable us to meet growing demand for day surgery, particularly in orthopaedics. We will also be relocating and expanding our chemotherapy unit into this building.
Other tenants will include radiology (Jones Radiology), radiation oncology, pathology (Clinpath), fertility and reproductive services and the Breast & Endocrine Centre.
The building will be connected to Burnside Hospital by a bridge that will span Moore Street. This bridge will be crucial in providing safe patient transfers between the two sites.
What happens next
In late September, the project was awarded official planning consent by the State Commission Assessment Panel, paving the way for development to commence.
The first step will be demolition works on the Godfree House site. While a major construction project like this will always bring with it some level of unavoidable disruption, we have developed detailed plans to keep any impact to a minimum.
We anticipate the build process will take between 18-24 months with the first patients likely to be welcomed early 2028.
In the meantime, Burnside Hospital will continue to operate as usual with no interruption to services.
Our commitment to you
As we have been for the past 65 years, we are determined to be a good neighbour throughout this process.
If you live locally or have a particular interest in Burnside Hospital, we’d love to talk with you about how critical this project is to our future and to our ability to continue to provide exceptional care – always.
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