A request from senior orthopaedic physiotherapist Craig Lennox to help out was greeted with enthusiasm by members of the men's shed who delivered the product for "less than half" of what the hospital would have paid otherwise.

Men's shed secretary John Gibson visited the hospital on Thursday to officially receive its thanks for a job well done.

Mr Gibson, Ray Brown, John Page and Bob Boys built the stairs with Dubbo Powder Coating providing the finishing touch.

They are already located and in use in the extended day surgery unit of the new clinical services building at the hospital.

"We use them for assessing patients' mobility on stairs," Mr Lennox said.

"If they've got stairs at home we need to make sure they can manage them before they go home to prevent falls."

Mr Lennox said the men's shed had also made a single step on wheels for use by patients of the hospital's emergency physiotherapist.

He said the constructive relationship between the men's shed and the hospital reflected the "valuable" input of community.

The men's shed may have handed over the new stairs but Mr Gibson expects its members have not seen that last of them.

"A lot of our members have come through this hospital," he said.

"At the age we are now there are a lot of guys having knee replacements and things like that as well."

Mr Gibson said the men's shed was keen to "keep on working" for the community.

"We've done another 15 to 20 community jobs since finishing this," he said.

"We just love doing it."