As part of the expanding provision of Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) Centre’s, a new 12-bed Prevention and Recovery Care facility to support women experiencing mental illness is planned to be built on the northern most portion of the Sunshine Hospital site. The single storey facility is the first purpose-built women only PARC accommodating women, and up to three dependent young children in a home-like environment. This development will be a dedicated PARC service for women in the west metropolitan area requiring short term residential sub-acute mental health services and will be the first PARC service to provide for the accommodation for accompanying dependent children.

The facility will be named Yanna Yanna PARC meaning “Step by Step” in Wurundjeri.

The service will be operated by North West Mental Health and associated service provider Wellways.

  • Features & Benefits
      • Location: 1A Currajong Street, St Albans, Sunshine Hospital
      • Total End Investment: $8.6M
      • Target opening date: September 2022
      • Objectives of development:
        • Provide women in the north and west of Melbourne better access and more options for recovery and health outcomes by increasing the range and flexibility of locally available services and treatments and tailoring these to patient needs.
      • Women with an acute mental illness living in the north and west of Melbourne and their dependents have access to a flexible, safe and appropriate mental health service
      • Will improve mental health services for women in the north and west and will free up existing acute inpatient services and improve patient experience at Sunshine Hospital giving families and people who use the service more options.
      • Deliver more efficient mental health services through improved utilisation of, and coordination between existing services.
  • Status & Key Dates

     

     

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    Image: Site Plan

    Image: Ground Floor Plan


    Image: Aerial view from NE


    Image: Artist impression of lounge and TV Room

    Image: Artist impression of kitchen and dining room

    Image: Artist impression of accessible bedroom

    Image: Site location on Sunshine Hospital Campus

  • Capital Development Contact

    Eamonn O’Donoghue
    Senior Project Manager
    eamonn.o’donoghue@wh.org.au