	{"id":120062,"date":"2026-05-05T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/millions-committed-to-geelong-childrens-emergency-care\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T06:55:38","slug":"millions-committed-to-geelong-childrens-emergency-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/millions-committed-to-geelong-childrens-emergency-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions committed to Geelong children\u2019s emergency care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Geelong&#8217;s young people in need of urgent care have been given a boost in Labor&#8217;s 2026\u201327 state budget, with $20.3 million to go towards improving the children&#8217;s emergency department at University Hospital Geelong.<\/p>\n<p>The funding is part of $284 million to open and expand more hospitals in outer metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, and also includes $13.2 million over four years for the transfer of palliative care beds from the McKellar Centre to Anam Cara House.<\/p>\n<p>The budget contains no new money or details about the Torquay Community Hospital but Labor says it still intends to build the hospital at some point.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for health Harriet Shing visited University Hospital Geelong earlier today to make the pre-budget announcement alongside Labor candidate for South Barwon, Rebecca Thistleton, and Member for Western Victorian Gayle Tierney.<\/p>\n<p>The group toured the children&#8217;s ED and special care nursery with Barwon Health chief executive Frances Diver and chair of the Barwon Health board Lisa Neville.<\/p>\n<p>Barwon Health deputy director of emergency medicine Elleanor Lee said the lighting and the design of the new ED, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/new-kids-emergency-department-unveiled\/\">which opened in December 2024,<\/a> had been an immense benefit for children and their families.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the beautiful spaces when they come in is the dedicated waiting room. It&#8217;s a really children-friendly space where they can interact with the video board on the wall.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a low stimulation room, for example, and many families take advantage of that even without us prompting them because they realise that&#8217;s a space they&#8217;ll be comfortable in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s also made a huge difference to staff wellbeing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_186468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186468\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186468\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/uhg-ed-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(From left) Health minister, Harriet Shing meets Jess Welsh and her five-day-old daughter, Layla. Photo James Taylor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thistleton said she could personally attest to the quality of care at the children&#8217;s ED after visiting when her daughter got a bead lodged in her ear that required treatment by an ENT (ear nose and throat) specialist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were so surprised we were able to see someone so quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s fantastic for people living around the growing parts of Mount Duneed and Armstrong Creek to know the services their families rely on are here when they need them, 24 hours a day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Torquay Community Hospital was a<a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/news\/future-unclear-for-promised-torquay-hospital\/\"> Labor election commitment from 2018 that remains unbuilt.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shing said the demographics of how and where healthcare was used had changed since Labor made its commitment to community hospitals, such as a lift in online, remote and virtual care.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Demand has increased in some areas and not increased to the same extent in others,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue to develop and deliver all of the community hospitals that we have made as part of that commitment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Shing said the Victorian government had continued to make investments in health in Geelong, including <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/public-fertility-service-opens-in-geelong-soon\/\">IVF treatments.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is about making sure that with the cost of living, the increase in private services costs, we are not forcing people to make a decision of paying the bills on one hand and starting a family with the other,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a health care budget that is all about people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Neville said the area served by Barwon Health was the fastest-growing region in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So to see further investment in paediatric services, in outpatients, in surgery, in IVF, is really about meeting the needs of our community and ensuring we&#8217;re here and able to continue to grow our services.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geelong&#8217;s young people in need of urgent care have been given a boost in Labor&#8217;s 2026\u201327 state budget, with $20.3 million to go towards improving the children&#8217;s emergency department at University Hospital Geelong. 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