BE A LOCAL HERO
join us in standing up for a new, single-site hospital
We’re mums, dads, grandparents, uncles and aunts, daughters, sons, doctors, hairdressers, social workers, business advisors, journalists, nurses, community leaders, marriage celebrants, mental health advocates – we’re your neighbour or friend – and we all want a better hospital deal for our region.
We are standing up for Better Border Health – for a new, single-site hospital for Albury Wodonga. Will you join us?
Send an email to betterborderhealth@gmail.com or contact us via message on social media. We want to showcase your voice! Send a pic and a comment with your contact details and you too can be our local hero.
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Tara Storer
Wahgunyah
“I’ve had more than a fair share of surgeries, and more to come. I’m now learning to live with permanent hearing loss. My experience tells me that we need a new hospital on a new site that can attract and retain the specialists that our region needs.”
Graham jenkin
CEO Business Wodonga
“For our local economy to thrive, … to be able to attract and retain the best personnel and for the health and well-being of employees in the wider region of Albury-Wodonga, we need a new single-site hospital that will meet our needs now and into the future.”
Cathy Mcgowan ao
Indigo Valley
“Our dedicated health care staff deserve world-class health services – where we can attract and retain the brightest, with specialised, local training and education – in fit-for-purpose facilities that are designed to deliver the best care for our growing population.”
William Bonnici
Albury-Wodonga, Business Director
First National Real Estate
“It’s time for a new, single-site hospital for Albury Wodonga. Our growing region deserves nothing less.”
kevin mack
Former Mayor, AlburyCity
‘We need a new, single-site hospital, it must be state-of-the-art.
It doesn’t matter if it’s in NSW or Victoria. It’s something we need to aim for.”
Hannah seymour
Teacher, Albury-Wodonga
“We pay our taxes that should provide for our needs. Our families need and deserve the best possible facilities – not ‘this’ll do’ political decisions. We need a new, purpose-built hospital accessible to all! A greenfield site is what we are calling for. Politicians need to listen.”
wendy wolter
Wodonga
“Our community deserves better and together we fight for our community to achieve better – a new, fit-for-purpose hospital on a new site!”
Richard August
Albury – Mental health consumer, former Transition team member, Albury-Wodonga Health
“Our healthcare system urgently requires a state-of-the-art modern facility, purpose-built to provide high-quality, welcoming care for both staff and patients.”
richard scammell
Albury – Wodonga business owner
“It makes a lot more sense to build a new hospital on a new site – a hospital that we will have confidence in and serve Albury Wodonga for 20 or more years.”
Vicki lancaster
Wodonga – waiting 3-4 years for a knee replacement
“I don’t want people of our region to have to wait years and years for surgery. Our hospitals are in crisis and we deserve better.
Build a new hospital on a new site – our health depends on it!”
Bobbi mckibbin
Wodonga – business owner
“Our region has huge projected growth. We need and deserve a new hospital on a new site that will meet our future needs.
We know people recover better and faster in their own region.”
DAVID GEORGE
Albury
“Being a senior ccitizen along with many others in Albury, I feel we need a brand new hospital. It needs to have all the modern facilities to treat almost any situation, on a level site with ample parking.
The hospital needs to be build with future growth in mind to cater for the growing and ageing population. We need a new, single-site hospital that will service our area for many years and encourage new specialists, doctors and nurses to work in Albury Wodonga Health Services.”
Allyssa constable
Border Show Business Academy, Albury Wodonga
“It’s reassuring to know we can rely on expert care in our Emergency Departments.
Building a new, single-site hospital in our region would ensure essential facilities and equipment are readily available for our growing community and medical staff.”
gail kerrison
Albury
“We need a new, larger, stand-alone hospital with room to grow to cater for the growth of Albury Wodonga and the many surrounding towns.”
jacqui hawkins
Wodonga
“When I think about our health care service, front of mind are my family and friends who greatly rely on being able to access the care and support they need, right here in our community.
Our community deserves a single-site, world-class health care service which trains, retains and attracts health care professionals and specialists. A vision and investment short of this isn’t a solution.”
KATE SEFTON
The Last Tangle, Albury
“Complex mental health issues are increasing at an alarming rate. We are currently not providing the necessary support to prevent escalation.
It’s painfully obvious that the existing site will not support the infrastructure needed to assist people in crisis.”
jacqui partington
Wodonga
“A single site hospital is the only way for our doctors, nurses and hospital staff, to deliver a level of care they are proud of, and for our community to receive a level of care they deserve.
We must lobby for a single site. The health of our community matters!”
jeanette hodgson
Wodonga
“Our region has experienced enormous growth over the past ten years, and continues to grow, but our hospital has not!
Our demographic covers all ages, newborn to elderly and all in between. We deserve a new hospital on a new site, that is fit-for-purpose.”
Ron lutton
Wodonga
“I can’t express my support more strongly for a properly-designed, equipped and well-staffed new hospital on a greenfield site.
I am 85 years old and since 1990, I have had a number of admissions as a public patient. The chronic bed shortage at both campuses needs addressing ASAP. The health of the current and future population is too important to be mishandled through political bickering.”
Nicola melville
Board member AWH 2009-2020
Chairperson AWH 2017-2020
“When I finished my 11-year term with AWH in June 2020, the executive, board and clinicians were completing a comprehensive Clinical Service Plan to direct the development of a new single-site Albury Wodonga Hospital. This plan embraced the need to cater for the population forecasts and to highlight the advances in medical and patient treatment.
Our people require a hospital that is fit-for-purpose, future-proofed and able to recruit, train and retain the best clinicians. Only a single site hospital on a greenfield, unhindered site will accomplish that.”
CLINICIAN
Albury Wodonga Health
“It’s been getting bad for a long time – with no relief on the horizon.
The new ED is absolutely needed, but it will not help with patient flow through to inpatient departments. Bed stock will be amplified, but this is considered the norm.
The brownfield redevelopment is demoralising.”
Dr alison palmer
Albury GP
“Our community’s health services are at breaking point.
This affects every single one of us! The current plans for upgrading Albury’s hospital are woefully inadequate.
We desperately need a new fit-for-purpose hospital on a new site.”
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