Flinders University - Developments & News

[PeFe]

how come all this money spent on 'improving health' hasn't been leading to better health outcomes over these past few decades but rather worse?

What?!?! If you had a heart attack in the 80's you had a much greater of dying than today....todays medical response is more nuanced and knowledgeable.

If you have a baby born prematurely in the 80's the likelihood of survival today is much better than in the past......

Same with numerous other disease and ailments.........

Longevity in Australia is increasing and one major component of this is "better healthcare".

Better health outcomes are the result of better prevention, more research and better management of health issues. Increasing a hospital from 6 storeys to 8 storeys is no guarantee of better health outcomes likewise increasing the cardiac ward from 100 beds to 150 beds does not guarantee you a better health outcome.

Anecdotally I have heard that RAH has a problem with patients who want to stay at the hospital rather than recouperating at home because the "hospital has a nicer atmosphere, a nice view and meal service"

[urban]

Funding has increased to hospital services but decreased from prevention services. This increases the number of people attending hospital and increases the co-morbidities. End result, longer stays in hospitals, more bed block, more ramping.

Also, ageing population and Australia now pushing America in the obesity race. End result, longer stays in hospitals, more bed block, more ramping.

[SBD]

Funding has increased to hospital services but decreased from prevention services. This increases the number of people attending hospital and increases the co-morbidities. End result, longer stays in hospitals, more bed block, more ramping.

Also, ageing population and Australia now pushing America in the obesity race. End result, longer stays in hospitals, more bed block, more ramping.

There's also the effect of reducing services in country hospitals, so more country patients end up in city hospitals.

Whyalla stopped offering maternity services, and someone said it was OK as expectant mothers could go to Cleve, Cowell, Kmba etc - except that those hospitals had already been sending expectant mothers to Whyalla for years - more babies born on the side of the road, and more high-risk births in metro hospitals, leading to more disruption to rural families, businesses etc.

Riverland cardiac patients are airlifted to Flinders.

etc.

[notmichaeljfox]

[A-Town]

From Flinders University's Facebook page:

Some of the final glass façade panels were recently installed on our Health & Medical Research Building’s beautiful exterior. They’re good looking AND good for the environment too!

With a total of 1,971 panels featuring high tech glazing, the panels will deflect 75 percent of the sun’s heat and reduce the building’s reliance on cooling.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=740 ... 6617825301

[EBG]

Picture of completed Flinders medical research building 23/2/2024

[notmichaeljfox]

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/sou ... 76c2067c4b

Council error revealed Flinders Uni’s secret plan for huge $300m hospital, 1000+ homes, 2500 student beds

Secret Flinders University plans for a $300m hospital, more than 1000 new homes and 2500 student accommodation beds have been accidentally revealed by Mitcham Council. The council published a detailed description of the proposal on its website this week, but removed the document after Flinders University explained it was provided confidentially.

Flinders University’s proposed new hospital, Flinders HealthCARE Centre, would create 10,000 new medical appointments a year for Adelaide’s southern suburbs and 1300 extra graduates a year across medical, nursing and allied health fields, according to the leaked document.

In a second phase of the bold plan, the university would convert 16.5ha of Crown land into a substantial housing development with 1000 high-density homes and 60 medium-density family homes.

The university would also build more than 2500 student accommodation beds in its present Flinders Living accommodation precinct – essentially creating a “university city” at its Bedford Park campus in Adelaide’s south.

Most of it wasn't a secret - it was openly said when Flinders Village was first announced that there would be high density housing and health care. The medium density housing is news for most non-Flinders people though.

[abc]

need more beds not more 'research'

[notmichaeljfox]

Flinders University to embark on a $300 million state-of-the-art health service for South Australia[/b]
https://news.flinders.edu.au/blog/2025/ ... australia/

Flinders University will embark on a new state-of-the-art health service for South Adelaide: the Flinders HealthCARE Centre.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $150 million contribution to support the construction of the new 10-storey facility in the Flinders Health Precinct in Bedford Park that will provide locals with 10,000 health appointments and see 1,300 health professionals graduate each year.

The Coalition has also confirmed that it will honour the $150 million investment for the centre if elected.

The $150 million capital investment will be matched by Flinders University to fund the construction of the Flinders HealthCARE Centre, featuring three floors of state-of-the-art clinical space that will be able to treat 100 patients simultaneously.

Research and training facilities at the Centre will mean Flinders University can produce an additional 1,300 work-ready graduates each year, including:

• More than 490 nurses

• 250 social workers

• 128 occupational therapists and speech pathologists

• 101 paramedics

• 60 physiotherapists

• More than 50 midwives

• 24 clinical psychologists

• 180 other allied health professionals

Design and development is expected to begin later this year, with Flinders University targeting construction to start in 2027.

Flinders University Vice-Chancellor Professor Colin Stirling says the $300 million Flinders HealthCARE Centre is a game changer for our community, delivering better care, faster access, and a stronger health workforce.

“This facility will transform healthcare in southern Adelaide while producing 1,300 extra graduates each year to tackle critical workforce shortages.”

“For over 50 years, Flinders has led the way as Australia’s first university embedded in a public hospital. Our $150 million investment, matched by the Federal Government, cements that legacy, delivering world-class care and training for generations to come,” he concludes.

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says: “If re-elected, Labor will invest $150 million in a new state-of-the-art health service for Adelaide’s south, with the Flinders HealthCARE Centre.

“This will open up 10,000 health appointments and see up to 1,300 health professionals graduate each year.”

The Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas says: “The Albanese Government’s significant new investment in Flinders University’s HealthCARE Centre will help deliver the highly skilled workers needed to staff our growing hospital system, with 1,300 graduates each year.

“Nurses, midwives, ambos, speech pathologists, physios, psychologists, and other health professionals — this means more of them, trained in world-class facilities.

“It also means up to 10,000 additional appointments each year for patients in the south, to be undertaken at the new Flinders facility.”