The first sod has been turned on the new ambulance station to be constructed on the Woy Woy Hospital campus site.
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, who did the honours at the sod turning ceremony, said the Woy Woy ambulance station will support the new station at Kincumber
“It is an exciting day for our community to see construction now underway on our new multimillion dollar ambulance station which will be a game changer for our outstanding local paramedics,” Crouch said.
“The new Woy Woy station has been designed and tailored to the needs of the Peninsula community and will ensure our local paramedics can continue to deliver high-quality emergency healthcare.
“The station will feature internal parking for 10 emergency ambulance vehicles, administration and office areas, training and meeting rooms, an external wash bay, on-site staff parking, logistics and storage area and gym.”
Minister for Regional Health, Bronnie Taylor, said the new station will replace the existing station at Ettalong, boosting frontline emergency care in the region.
“This milestone is the next step in delivering a new ambulance station for the local community, ensuring local paramedics have access to the latest facilities to provide the best emergency care, now and into the future,” she said.
NSW Ambulance Assistant Commissioner, Clare Lorenzen, said NSW Ambulance worked to identify the new location using best practice demand modelling software which maps Triple Zero calls.
“Our paramedics need and deserve the best possible workplace for emergency medical care, and this new station will make a real difference to their working environment,” she said.
“Ettalong ambulance station will continue to operate until the new station at Woy Woy is complete.”
The new station is due for completion in mid-2023, with Patterson Building Group undertaking construction.
The Rural Ambulance Infrastructure Reconfiguration program (RAIR) is the single largest investment in regional NSW Ambulance’s 127-year history, with 24 new or upgraded ambulance stations already delivered as part of the $132M Stage 1 of the program.
Another $100M investment into ambulance assets will be delivered under Stage 2 of the program.
NSW Ambulance will recruit 2,128 new staff and open 30 more stations, including one at Kincumber, after a $1.76B boost announced as part of the NSW Government’s 2022-23 Budget.
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Media release, Sep 1
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch