Released 07/11/2025
Tuggeranong residents will soon have better access to quality health care closer to home with the new South Tuggeranong Health Centre taking shape.
Construction of the new centre - located on the corner of Box Hill Avenue and Heidelberg Street in Conder - started in April 2025 and is on track to be open to the public next year.
Concrete foundations are complete and structural framing is underway, which will support upcoming works including external cladding, internal fit-out and the installation of external services.
Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith said the new centre would provide a range of services that will allow residents to receive the care they need closer to where they live.
“The four new health centres the ACT Government will deliver will also help to take pressure off our hospitals so they can provide quality care in a timely manner for people who need it the most,” Minister Stephen-Smith said.
“The ACT Government is committed to improving access to health services to all Canberrans, no matter where they live.”
The new health centre in Conder will be a flexible space that can be adapted to suit different services.
It will have 11 consultation rooms and support a range of services including:
- Community Paediatrics
- Pathology collection
- Diabetes clinics
- Falls and falls injury prevention
- Multidisciplinary group exercise and education sessions
- Community Nursing
Virtual care interview room
The South Tuggeranong site is one of four new health centres – in the Inner South, North Gungahlin and West Belconnen – in addition to the centre already open in Molonglo that the ACT Government is rolling out across the Territory to provide more community-based health services.
The Inner South Health Centre is proposed for the corner of Throsby Crescent and Throsby Lane in Griffith, next to the Griffith shops. It will feature oral health care, pathology collection, community nursing and allied health, rapid access clinic and chronic disease management.
A Draft Major Plan Amendment has been released for the Inner South Health Centre site, with public consultation open until 19 November 2025.
The North Gungahlin Health Centre will be built on Kingsland Parade, near the Casey Market Town in Casey. Community consultation in 2024 helped shaped the early plans and design work is underway.
The Government is reviewing possible sites for the West Belconnen Health Centre. Community consultation will start once a location is chosen.
Quotes attributable to Caitlin Tough MLA, Member for Brindabella:
"The South Tuggeranong Health Centre will provide invaluable services to Lanyon Valley residents, bringing high quality health services closer to home.
"The Centre will be beneficial for families, our kids, older residents and everyone in between, with a wide range of services and facilities that are accessible and convenient, including pathology, paediatrics and dementia care.
ny residents I speak too are excited to see the virtual care room up and running. I am eager to see how the South Tuggeranong Health Centre will work alongside three other new centres across the ACT to improve community health overall."
Quotes attributable to Taimus Werner-Gibbings MLA, Member for Brindabella:
"It is brilliant to see how far the South Tuggeranong Health Centre has come since Caitlin and I helped Minister Stephen-Smith turn the first sods earlier this year.
"The centre will be a game-changer for people in and around Lanyon Valley who, like me, are managing chronic conditions. We will no longer have to travel across town to get the quality public health care we need and deserve.
"This significant ACT Government investment in our community shows that Tuggeranong is back on the map."
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