New mental health services at Werribee Mercy Hospital

Werribee Mercy Hospital mental health services

A rapidly growing population in Melbourne’s north-west and the ongoing implementation of Victoria’s Mental Health Plan drove the expansion of mental health services at Werribee Mercy Hospital.

The new Clare Moore Building will provide local people with the mental health services they need and deserve in Melbourne’s fast growing western suburbs. The expansion will meet increased demand from the Wyndham community, predicted to increase by another 193,000 people by 2031.

Address

298 Princes Highway
Werribee, Victoria, 3030
Australia

Scope
The new Clare Moore Building replaces the previous mental health facility with a 54 bed capability including a:
- Four bed psychiatric assessment and planning unit
- 10 bed high dependency unit
- 40 bed low dependency unit.
A recent 64 bed expansion of critical care services at Werribee Mercy, which opened in August, along with new ‘back of house’ areas including a new kitchen, loading dock and multi-level car park, means the hospital now has a 298-bed capacity.
Benefits

The new facility delivers an extra 25 inpatient beds, allowing doctors and nurses to treat more patients, closer to home.
Named after Sister Mary Clare Moore, an Irish nurse who served alongside Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War, the new building replaces Werribee Mercy’s previous mental health service with a 54-bed facility including a psychiatric assessment and planning unit and high and low dependency beds.
Fourteen new jobs including apprenticeships were created and 25 existing positions retained for the duration of the building project. The builder, SJ Higgins, undertook recruitment with a focus on businesses based in Melbourne’s west, and delivered the project with a workforce that lived in the area.
This is in addition to nearly 300 jobs created through the expansion of the Werribee Mercy Hospital.
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