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The land parcel in Drury, South Auckland, the Government is purchasing for a future hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\nThe Government is spending $45.3 million on land in Drury, South Auckland, where a new major hospital may be built to relieve pressure on the city\u2019s health facilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 13ha site on Karaka Rd was purchased from Fisher and Paykel Healthcare. It is next to the Ng\u0101k\u014droa railway station, which is under construction, and adjacent to State Highway 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For years, the city\u2019s hospitals have been under increasing pressure, with Middlemore widely considered the busiest emergency department in the Southern Hemisphere. South Auckland is also one of the country\u2019s fastest-growing areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Plans for a new hospital in Auckland date back years. In 2018, chiefs of the then district health boards announced plans for a 400-bed acute hospital in South Auckland over the next two years and potentially a new hospital north of the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Health Minister Simeon Brown said securing the land now would help future generations and health planners to develop modern, fit-for-purpose facilities that address the city\u2019s rising demand and changing healthcare needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a practical, long-term investment in the health of South Auckland, and an important part of our plan to build a stronger health system.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLocation was a critical consideration. We wanted a site that would be easy for patients, families, staff and visitors to access, whether they are travelling by train, bus, or car,\u201d Brown said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last week, Health New Zealand executives held a press conference at North Shore Hospital announcing it would hire at least 380 new nurses, midwives or health assistants over the next year amid significant demand on the health sector.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It would also investigate switching the foundational measurement for calculating workforce need, which has been used for more than 20 years, to one modelled on \u201cnurse to patient\u201d ratios, a system in Australia that dictates the minimum number of nurses required on a ward in relation to patients. The move aimed to increase the quality of care patients received.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The land parcel in Drury, South Auckland, the Government is purchasing for a future hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSouth Auckland is one of the fastest-growing parts of New Zealand, and it\u2019s essential that our health infrastructure keeps pace with that growth,\u201d Brown said. \u201cSecuring this 13ha site in Drury gives us the opportunity to plan ahead and ensure we have the space needed for future health facilities that will serve local communities for decades to come.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis lays the foundation for better access to healthcare and provides future generations with the infrastructure needed to support quality health services closer to home.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Government is spending $45.3 million on land in Drury, South Auckland, where a new major hospital may…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[51,266,134,527,2241,306470,111,139,69,126203],"class_list":["post-623065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-auckland","tag-government","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-hospital","tag-landacquisition","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-southauckland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}