Editor’s Note: This article has been edited for accuracy and clarity. The Mona Vale facility is a traditional ambulance station, not a super ambulance station.
Did you know that the planned super ambulance stations under the Sydney Ambulance Metropolitan Infrastructure Strategy program are now almost complete? The final site in Central Sydney had its sod-turning ceremony recently, nearly six months after a new, traditional ambulance station in Mona Vale went live.
In May 2021, NSW Ambulance unveiled the new Mona Vale ambulance stationwithin the redeveloped Mona Vale Hospital campus following years of planning and construction work. The traditional ambulance station in Mona Vale is part of a series of constructions that include super ambulance stations located in Caringbah, Kogarah, Blacktown, Liverpool, Bankstown, Penrith, Artarmon, Northmead, Randwick, Haberfield, and Glebe. The last super ambulance station, located in Central Sydney, is expected to finish construction by 2023.
During the planning stages for the Mona Vale ambulance station, Pittwater MP Rob Stokes told residents that the emergency services facility will have the capacity to deliver helicopter services and other transport linkages to the Northern Beaches Hospital in Frenchs Forest and the Royal North Shore Hospital in St Leonards.
“When you look at figures over the last decade, the reality of ambulance transport is it goes to North Shore hospital,” Mr Stokes said. “This will actually make it easier to have an ambulance take you to the even closer Northern Beaches Hospital. It is a significant improvement on what we have at the moment.”
Work on the site was simultaneously done with the Randwick super ambulance station. The NSW Government invested $184 million into the SAMIS network.
“With all the new superstations and Paramedic Response Points, there will now be 55 operational facilities across metro Sydney to respond to emergencies,” NSW Ambulance Chief Executive Dominic Morgan said.
The Sydney Ambulance Metropolitan Infrastructure Strategy (SAMIS) program covers:
• Ten superstations were completed at Bankstown, Blacktown, Kogarah, Liverpool, Penrith, Northmead, Artarmon, Caringbah, Haberfield, Randwick
• a traditional station at Mona Vale
• another superstation under construction in Central Sydney
• Seven PRPs completed at Kellyville, Mortdale, Bonnyrigg, Quakers Hill, Roselands, Leppington and Holroyd
• Fit-out of two Sector Offices at Werrington and Mascot
