$100 Million For Royal Hobart Hospital
The Australian Government and the Tasmanian Government have finalised an agreement to enable the construction of the Women’s and Children’s Precinct on the Royal Hobart Hospital site.
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The Hon Nicola Roxon MP
Minister for Health and Ageing
The Hon David O’Byrne MP
Acting Minister for Health
25 November 2010The Australian and Tasmanian Governments have finalised an agreement for the Commonwealth to contribute $100 million to enable the construction of the Women’s and Children’s Precinct on the Royal Hobart Hospital site.
The Commonwealth Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, welcomed the signing of the agreement and confirmed that the first $50 million payment will be made by the Commonwealth in early December, to enable preparatory construction work to commence by the end of 2010.
“Giving hospitals the resources they need is a key priority for the Gillard Government,” said Ms Roxon.
“This $100 million agreement is the first step to transform Royal Hobart Hospital into a modern, best practice facility.”
The Tasmanian Acting Minister for Health, David O’Byrne, said the state government was looking forward to working together with the Commonwealth on this first stage of the Royal Hobart Hospital’s $565 million redevelopment.
“The $180 million Women’s and Children’s Precinct will be a state-of-the-art facility that will give our dedicated health professionals the best possible clinical environment as they care for Tasmanians in need,” said Mr O’Byrne.
“And this is just the beginning of a partnership between the state and federal governments that will result in a Royal Hobart Hospital for the future.”
The Tasmanian Government has also indicated it will submit a strong application for a further $240 million under the Health and Hospitals Fund regional priority round, which will need to meet the fund’s selection criteria.
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