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Construction starts on RPA
HealthOne Green Square
The construction of a new health centre RPA
HealthOne is underway, bringing the local
community another step closer to accessing
comprehensive care close to home.
The NSW Health Secretary Elizabeth Koff, Sydney
Local Health District Chief Executive Dr Teresa
Anderson, and Health Infrastructure’s Executive
Director, Northern Region Leisa Rathborne were
on hand to help turn the first sod to celebrate the
project milestone.
They were joined by John Ajaka, the District’s Chair
of the Board, Central and Eastern Sydney Primary
Health Network Chief Executive officer Nathalie
Hansen and Professor Joshua Burns, Head of School
and Dean of School of Health Sciences at the
University of Sydney .
RPA HealthOne will provide health services to
support the community’s health and wellbeing and
integrate specialist services and primary health
practitioners in one spot.
It will focus on early intervention, health
promotion and prevention including services
that would traditionally be provided in a hospital
setting at RPA.
“Sydney Local Health District, in partnership with
Health Infrastructure, has been working with the
community on the plans for RPA HealthOne,”
Dr Anderson said.
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”Our partnerships with community, primary care and
education and training institutes will enable this facility
to support private practitioners in the surrounding
medical and health neighbourhood, to improve patient
care services outside of the hospital system.”
In partnership with the University of Sydney, the
District has formed an Academic Primary Care Unit
to collaborate with community and private primary
health care practitioners in the area, such as GPs,
nurse practitioners, pharmacists and allied health
professionals to help turn evidence-based research
into practice.
Ms Koff said the start of the works is a major
milestone for the community amid the challenges of
COVID-19.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has shown our healthcare
system is robust yet flexible and highlighted the
importance of continuing to deliver services that our
community needs, closer to home,” she said.
The purpose-built facility will feature eight
consultation rooms, six treatment rooms, a range
of meeting rooms and a gymnasium for patient
therapy, along with parking for cars, bicycles and a
drop off area.
Located at 944 Bourke Street, Zetland, close to the
Green Square train station, the area is projected
to be home to more than 61,000 people by 2031,
making it one of the most densely populated
neighbourhoods in Australia.
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