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Construction starts state’s largest mental health complex

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Updated 30 Apr 2025

Construction starts state’s largest mental health complex — skyview aerial photography | craig willoughby

CONSTRUCTION of the state’s largest mental health facility has commenced at Westmead.

$540M has been invested to deliver the Westmead Integrated Mental Health Complex. Set to be completed in 2027 it will deliver an uplift in beds, addressing the growing demand for mental health services in the area and providing best-practice care for Western Sydney communities.

Designs for the new complex were developed in close concert with key stakeholders including hospital staff, clinicians, community members and those with lived experiences in the NSW Mental Health System. This engagement will continue throughout the construction process.

The new Westmead Integrated Mental Health Complex will include:

Acute mental health beds, including beds for youth, adolescents, adults, older persons and people living with eating disorders.
Mental health intensive care and high dependency units.
A mental health assessment area.
Sub and non-acute mental health beds.
Multidisciplinary ambulatory and outpatient mental health support services.

The construction of this complex will include a link bridge connection to Westmead Hospital, providing better integration between mental health care and other services including the emergency department and psychiatric emergency care.

As part of this project, existing mental health inpatient and outpatient services at Cumberland Hospital West Campus will be relocated to the new Integrated Mental Health Complex at Westmead Health Precinct.

There will be no disruption or changes to patient care until the Westmead complex is complete.

Today marks a milestone in the NSW Government’s ongoing work to support community mental health and wellbeing by increasing the essential help available to the people of New South Wales when they need it.

Premier Chris Minns said: “Today is a really important step forward in building a more accessible and integrated mental healthcare system for New South Wales.

“Mental health is an important and ongoing conversation. This investment is about ensuring when people need help, they can receive it, in a place that has been designed to provide the best care possible.

“We know that mental health care cannot and should not be separated from other forms of healthcare, which is why it’s so important that this project includes a bridge connecting the mental health services to Westmead Hospital.”

Minister for Mental Health Rose Jackson said the new Integrated Mental Health Complex will be a game-changer for NSW and will ensure people can receive the best possible care in an environment that prioritises their wellbeing.

Member for Parramatta Donna Davis said she was pleased to see progress on the as delivers a new 21st-Century mental health facility in the heart of Western Sydney.”