Population growth, combined with changes in care and treatment for critically sick and injured children and the growing complexity of cases, means Starship’s PICU is under “ever-increasing pressure”, Beca said. An expansion plan is set to get underway later this year, starting with the addition of 10 new intensive care beds before winter 2022, lifting capacity by 45 per cent.
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There are about 1200 admissions to Starship’s paediatric intensive care unit each year, but just 22 beds. (File photo) Additional whānau and staff support spaces and a new medical day stay unit are also part of the redevelopment project which will roll out over two to three years.
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One of the Auckland projects funded by the government’s
New Zealand Upgrade Programme (NZUP) is progressing with the
shortlisting of two candidates for the contract to design
and build the new Penlink transport link.
The new 7km,
two-lane Penlink corridor will connect the Northern Motorway
(SH1) to the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, says Waka Kotahi NZ
Transport Agency National Manager Infrastructure Delivery,
Andrew Thackwray.
The NZ Upgrade Programme (NZUP) is
investing $6.8 billion in road, public transport, walking
and cycling infrastructure to get our cities moving, save
lives and boost productivity in growth areas. The programme
provides a pipeline of jobs and work for the construction
Press Release – NZ Transport Agency One of the Auckland projects funded by the governments New Zealand Upgrade Programme (NZUP) is progressing with the shortlisting of two candidates for the contract to design and build the new Penlink transport link. The new 7km, two-lane Penlink corridor …
One of the Auckland projects funded by the government’s New Zealand Upgrade Programme (NZUP) is progressing with the shortlisting of two candidates for the contract to design and build the new Penlink transport link.
The new 7km, two-lane Penlink corridor will connect the Northern Motorway (SH1) to the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, says Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency National Manager Infrastructure Delivery, Andrew Thackwray.