Second round of community engagement for New Women and Babies Hospital Project begins

• Round two of community engagement for new Women and Babies Hospital launched
• Consumers with diverse range of experience selected to provide their insights
• Part of Cook Government's commitment to consultation on $1.8 billion project
• Services also being expanded at Osborne Park and Perth Children's Hospital

Consumers and advocacy group representatives will attend engagement sessions during November to have their say on the new Women and Babies Hospital, in the second round of community consultation for the project.

The $1.8 billion project will see a new women and babies hospital built at the Fiona Stanley Hospital precinct in Murdoch. Maternity and neonatal services will also be expanded at Osborne Park Hospital and neonatology at Perth Children's Hospital.

The community sessions will focus on the benefits, challenges and opportunities for the project and workshop practical suggestions for the delivery of this project.

The community sessions follow focus groups held in 2022, which led to more than 750 consumers registering their interest in helping to shape the new hospital following an expressions of interest process.

Those consumers who attended focus groups in 2022 have been invited to attend these next rounds of community engagement, which is part of the Cook Government's ongoing commitment to consultation with the community and clinicians on future maternity services for the State.

For more information about the Women and Babies Hospital Project or to register your interest about future engagement opportunities visit, womenandbabieshopital.wa.gov.au

Comments attributed to Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson:

"We are grateful to the consumers and broader community representatives who have given so generously of their time to take part in these community engagement sessions.

"I look forward to hearing the collective voices of WA consumers on what they believe is important, where they see opportunities and any practical suggestions to some of the challenges identified.

"This is only the start of what is a very large and complex project and there will be ongoing opportunities for community engagement over the coming years, to ensure the facilities meet the needs of the people who will be using them."