Our new Randwick building and Emergency Department are opening soon
The new, state-of-the-art Bilima Building (Building B) at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, is set to open later this month.
If you’re visiting our hospital in the coming weeks, we suggest allowing a little extra time to find your way around as some wards/departments will have moved.
From Tuesday, 18 November 2025, several hospital services will move into our new building, including the Children’s Emergency Department.
Which services are moving?
See the below table for more detailed information of which services are moving and when.
| Move date | Service | New location in our new building |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 18 November (8am) | Children’s Emergency Department | Basement Level 1 (vehicle access via Botany St) |
| Children's Intensive Care Unit (C1 West) | Level 1 | |
| Oncology Inpatient Unit (C2 West) | Level 6 | |
| Wednesday, 19 November | General Medical/Isolation Unit (C3 West) | Level 3 |
| Adolescent Unit (C3 South) | Level 7 | |
| Thursday, 20 November | Cardiac, Renal and Surgical Infants Unit (C1 South) | Level 7 |
| Neurosurgical, Neurology, Rehabilitation and Orthopaedics Unit (C2 South) | Level 8 | |
| Monday, 24 November | Day Oncology Unit (C2 North) | Level 5 |
| Sleep Medicine Department (C3 North) | Level 7 | |
| Pharmacy | Level 2 |
Getting to our new Emergency Department
From 8am on Tuesday, 18 November, the Children’s Emergency Department will be located on Level B1 of our new Bilima Building, accessible by Botany Street.
By car
Families accessing the Children’s Emergency Department by car will enter via the Botany Street.
This entry is clearly marked with street and campus signage. Please follow the signs to access the new building.
Vehicles will have access to a dedicated drop-off/pick-up zone directly outside the Emergency Department entrance, along with short-term parking for emergency patients, accessed via the ramp to Level B2 and with direct lift access to the Emergency Department.
By foot
Pedestrians will be able to access the Emergency Department off Botany Street via the footpath to the entrance, or from High Street by entering the Bilima Building forecourt and using the external stairs or lift to Level B1.
Access will also be available from the existing hospital building via a pedestrian link on Level 0.
Getting to our new building
Our new Bilima Building is located right next door! You can access the building on foot through several entrances, including a pedestrian linkway on Level 0 of the existing hospital, or from High or Botany Streets.
There will be no additional parking in our new Bilima Building, so please use existing parking available in the Randwick Hospitals Campus car park, accessible via Easy Street off Barker Street.
There are also public transport options as well, including light rail and bus.
We are here to help
Hospital staff and volunteers will be on hand to support navigation between the existing and new hospital buildings throughout this move period.
Don't forget to see any new signage to help direct you to where you need to go.
Which services are staying?
Many services will remain in the existing Sydney Children’s Hospital buildings. These services include:
- Outpatients Department
- Respiratory Medicine
- Hospital School
- SEALS Pathology Collection Centre
- The Home Equipment Lending Pool (HELP)
- Medical Day Unit
- Shared Operating Theatres (Parkes Building, Prince of Wales Hospital)
- Heart Centre for Children
- Allied Health departments, including:
- social work
- psychology
- nutrition and dietetics
- speech pathology
- physio and occupational therapy
- audiology
- orthotics
- Centre for Adolescent and Young Adult Health
- Child Protection Unit
- Short Stay Surgical Unit (C1 South West)
- Rehab2Kids
- Saunder’s Unit/Mental Health Unit/Children’s Acute Mental Health (CAMH)
- Les White Simulation Centre