Infrastructure planning

Before we embark on designing and building new facilities, or refurbishing and reconfiguring already existing health facilities, a significant number of plans and documents need to be developed to support a proposed project or programme.

The Infrastructure Planning Framework, and other relevant guidance documents, design briefs, tools and templates can be found here.

Infrastructure Planning Framework

Infrastructure Planning Framework provides clarity and defines the processes and key planning document outputs that are required to support infrastructure planning. It describes the relationship between health system planning processes, key stakeholders and supporting planning documentation, together with the accountable parties.

Download: Infrastructure Planning Framework - PDF, 1.8 MB

Essential documents

The following documents are also essential when considering planning health facility infrastructure:

Health Facility Strategic Brief:

Designed to capture information relevant to a project where more than one Health Planning Unit is included in scope.

Strategic brief template guidance (DOCX, 948 KB)

Strategic brief template guidance (PDF 1.1 MB)

Health Facility Wide Practice and Approaches template:

This document should only include content that is specific to the health facility project and where identified approaches are a departure to those outlined in the Australasian Health Facility Guidelines (AusHFG) or New Zealand Health Facility Design Guidance Note (NZDGN).

Health Facility Wide Practice and Approaches Template (DOCX, 899 KB)

Health Facility Wide Practice and Approaches Template (PDF, 1 MB)

Health Planning Unit Functional Design Brief Template Guide:

Each Health Planning Unit (HPU) functional brief provides details information specific to the Health Planning Unit.

Health Planning Unit Functional Design Brief (DOCX, 1.2 MB)

Health Planning Unit Functional Design Brief (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Functional relationship matrix

Functional Relationship Matrix (XLXS, 30 KB)