$318M
investment in construction and equipment at ACH & ACNW
+150
new doctors statewide
+400
new employees, including nurses
Our new Campuses
01 ach main entrance
02 ach external view
03 acnw External view
03 aCNW External view
02 ACH External view
01 ACH Main entrance
Where a NEW GENERATION
of CARE begins
Expansion
$318M
investment in construction and equipment at ACH & ACNW
+150
new doctors statewide
+400
new employees, including nurses
“This is what we’ve all created. We’re all in agreement. Let’s do it!”
- Robbie Pierson
Arkansas Children’s Launches Historic Expansion to Enhance Pediatric Care, Recruit Medical Experts
In early 2024, Arkansas Children’s broke ground on its most ambitious clinical expansion, creating a new generation of care to support the 850,000 children in Arkansas and many more nationwide with a nearly $318 million investment in construction.
Over the next eight years, Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) in Little Rock and Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW) in Springdale will expand bed capacity, transform inpatient and outpatient surgical approaches with the addition of an ambulatory surgery center, redesign clinical spaces to promote multidisciplinary care and create inviting and accessible campus experiences.
New and expanding programs will add 150 doctors statewide and 400 employees, including nurses.
Key Progress Highlights:
Arkansas Children's Hospital
The new outpatient facility area is fenced off, and the steel structure is progressing. The facility includes an ambulatory surgery center and an orthopedic/sports medicine clinic in the heart of the Little Rock campus. It will have eight surgical suites, 26 exam rooms and eight casting rooms. It is projected to open in 2026.
A new hospital entrance with a natural light gallery will include centralized patient and family services, medical services and a gift shop.
Site work began with an extension at the Springdale hospital’s west side, raising four additional stories. The expansion will increase capacity to approximately 40 beds, two new operating rooms and two procedure rooms, including an endoscopy procedure suite. Outpatient clinic growth will include leasing more space at the adjacent Children’s Center for Health & Wellness.
Arkansas Children's Northwest
13 years
of consecutive ranking in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" in the nation
590,000+
Appointments across
7 campuses.
13 years
of consecutive ranking in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Children's Hospitals" in the nation
170,000+
children served across 48 states + Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico
590,000+
Appointments across 7 campuses
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