AFTER months of failed negotiation with the owners of Calvary Health Care, the ACT government has announced it will forcibly acquire the Calvary Public Hospital site in Bruce.
It will introduce the Health Infrastructure Enabling Bill 2023 into the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, which will enable it to acquire the Calvary Public Hospital land and transition existing Calvary staff and assets to the territory.
It has simultaneously announced it will also build a $1 billion new northside hospital “mid decade”, which will be owned by the ACT government and operated by Canberra Health Services.
A provision of more than $1 billion will be included in the 2023‑24 ACT Budget to deliver the new hospital.
A transition team has been established to co-ordinate and implement the transfer of hospital care at the Bruce public hospital from Calvary Health Care ACT to Canberra Health Services on July 3 2023, ahead of construction beginning on the new hospital mid-decade.
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