St Vincent’s Goodman Urban Health Hub
St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney (SVHS) has been delivering mental health care and support services to the community since 1868, and the hospital continues to lead in results-driven mental health services today.
The early intervention programs, inpatient services, and outreach community services are essential in ensuring the needs of our local community are met.
The next step is to establish the St Vincent’s Goodman Urban Health Hub by creating Sydney’s first non-clinical community space that bridges the critical gap between emergency departments and traditional services.
The Urban Health Hub will be located in a welcoming café-style environment with creative arts spaces and will offer immediate support for people in psychological distress alongside longer-term programs for chronic mental health conditions. It will integrate St Vincent’s proven services like Safe Haven Café and SPOT outreach with cutting-edge approaches including psychedelic-assisted therapy and digital interventions.
What makes St Vincent’s different is our person-centred approach – meeting people where they are, rather than forcing them to navigate fragmented systems. Our relationship-based care model serves everyone in the community, with particular focus on traditionally underserved populations who often fall through the cracks.
Services will include:
- Safe Haven and associated “Café” (afternoon and evening mental health and suicide prevention initiative with NSW Health)
- Welcoming Therapy Space for art, group and physical therapy workshops.
- Virtual Health Development Team supporting best practice online support programs such as This Way Up (online courses with step-by-step strategies for managing stress, anxiety and low mood.
The St Vincent’s Goodman Urban Health Hub will reduce pressure on emergency departments, improve mental health outcomes, and provide accessible, dignified care that treats the whole person—not just the crisis.
Further support is needed to establish this new initiative. If you would like to find out more, please contact Tim Roseman tim.roseman@svha.org.au