A $50 million world class healthcare innovation hub and integrated cancer care centre will be built in the heart of Campbelltown.
Leading global cancer care provider GenesisCare has signed a partnership agreement with Campbelltown Council to build the centre.
Medical oncology and radiation oncology services, medical imaging, pathology, a clinical trials unit and allied health services will be offered at the centre.
The building will be constructed on council-owned land next to the HJ Daley Library on Hurley Street and the railway line.
Future stages of the development will create a state-of-the-art health hub, featuring a range of health services.
GenesisCare is one of the largest providers of integrated care globally, with 38 centres in Australia, 293 locations in the US, 14 in the U.K. and 21 in Spain.
It employs more than 5,500 highly trained physicians, healthcare professionals and support staff, who deliver care to more than 400,000 patients around the world.
“GenesisCare’s facility will expand on Campbelltown’s existing health knowledge and education precinct, creating greater access to health care services and cancer treatments close to home,” says mayor George Brticevic.
“A key action within the Reimagining Campbelltown City Centre Master Plan is to explore options for under-utilised council land within our CBD to stimulate economic activity and benefit the community through increased access to services and local employment,” he said.
“This development delivers on those aspirations, bringing Reimagining to life and showing that Campbelltown is a growing community that is ready to deliver on its potential as a metropolitan centre within the Western Parkland City,” he said.
Fergus Rourke, GenesisCare’s general manager in NSW, said: “Campbelltown is one of Australia’s fastest growing cities. This significant investment will ensure the needs of the region are met now and well into in the future.
“GenesisCare is deeply committed to ensuring all cancer patients can receive rapid access to high quality care when and where they need it, which is why we are investing in this new integrated cancer centre here in Campbelltown,” Mr Rourke said.
“Our vision is that cancer patients from across South Western Sydney and the Southern Highlands will be drawn to Campbelltown City to receive world class care.’’
This new facility at Hurley Street will partner with the clinicians at the award winning Macarthur cancer therapy centre at Campbelltown Hospital.
Associate professor Stephen Della-Fiorentina, director of the Macarthur cancer therapy centre director said:
“Bringing care closer to home for the community is essential and the opportunity to provide more treatment options and work with local medical, nursing and allied health staff to provide a greater range is services is welcomed.”
Future stages of the project will see the existing HJ Daley Library relocated to a new city centre location to enable the health precinct to take shape.
The Namut Early Learning Centre will also be relocated at the same time.
Council says it is committed to maintaining library and early learning services throughout this process.
A new city library in the Campbelltown CBD was earmarked as part of council’s library strategic plan.
Council will conduct a series of consultation sessions in the future to work with the community and identify their ambitions for the design of the new library.
