The ACT Government has committed to building four new health centres across the Territory, starting in South Tuggeranong. We are asking the community what services they would like to see available at the new South Tuggeranong Health Centre.

The new health centre in South Tuggeranong will offer community-based services that are closer to home and will complement the health centre that is currently located on Anketell Street, Greenway. It will also help support the delivery of other community services to support the changing health needs of the Tuggeranong community.

You can get involved and have your say through a variety of ways:

• Complete the survey
• Visit one of the pop-ups being held
• Submit a written submission via email to ACTHDInfrastructure.Comms@act.gov.au

Community health infrastructure plays a vital role in providing health care close to home. The ACT Government has committed to building four new health centres across the Territory, starting in South Tuggeranong. The new health centres will be designed to be flexible spaces that can be adapted to suit a range of services. They will provide integrated multi-disciplinary health care with a focus on preventive care and advice, early intervention, and the management of acute and chronic illness.

We are currently in the early design phase for the new centre at South Tuggeranong and are starting to look at the clinical services that will be available at the new centre. To help inform this planning we want to hear from the community about what services they would like to see at the new centre.

Where will the centre be located?

A greenfield site in Conder (Block 13, Section 228) has been chosen as the preferred site for the new centre in South Tuggeranong. The site is near Lanyon Marketplace and has sufficient capacity to deliver other community services required to support the changing population over the coming years.

What services are currently available in Tuggeranong?

The new health centre in South Tuggeranong will offer community-based services that are closer to home and will complement the Tuggeranong Community Health Centre that is currently located on Anketell Street, Greenway which offers the following services:

A walk-in Centre is also available in Tuggeranong which provides free health care for non-life-threatening injuries and illnesses to anyone who is over one year of age.

Last year, ACT Health ran a series of community engagements to better understand what Canberrans want and need from public health services across the ACT. The community engagement included multiple opportunities for the community to provide feedback on numerous elements of ACT health care services.

We heard that people want better access to:

We heard that most of the community are happy to receive health care wherever it is recommended to best suit their health issue, and many wanted to receive care close to home and at a centre in the community. When we asked you to rank your top factors that influence your decision about where to access health services, you said

We heard that most people said they strongly felt that there should be a mix of services at each health centre in the community.

To find out more about the outcomes from this consultation visit https://yoursayconversations.act.gov.au/accessing-health-care

Your feedback will inform the clinical services and design for the new South Tuggeranong Health Centre. These will be finalised in consultation with clinicians, consumers and the local community before the project progresses to the development application stage, which is expected in the first half of 2024.