Canberra's $3.4M health centre opens before Christmas
South Tuggeranong Health Centre is complete. It will open before year-end. It offers diabetes care, child health, pathology, and virtual services.
South Tuggeranong Health Centre is complete and will welcome patients before Christmas. The $3.4 million facility aims to ease pressure on hospital emergency departments.
The facility brings services close to home. The centre will provide diabetes care, child health, pathology collection, and fall injury prevention programs.
The centre has 10 consultation rooms, a children's waiting area, and a virtual care suite. This suite connects patients with specialists across other states.
Around 40 full-time Canberra Health Services staff will move to run the facility. The territory's 2026/27 budget allocated $4 million over four years to operate it.
- $3.4 million
- Centre cost
- $4 million over 4 years
- Operating budget allocation
- 40 full-time
- Staff relocating
- 10
- Consultation rooms
Why it mattersPeople in South Tuggeranong can now access routine care without hospital visits. This eases congestion in emergency departments that are already under strain.
AustraliaCanberrans in South Tuggeranong gain local healthcare services; further centres planned for Inner South, North Gungahlin, and West Belconnen.
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