An extra 2600 hospital beds will be delivered under a new infrastructure plan for Queensland Health.
Following a review of the current build plan, the State Government has re-prioritised initiatives and announced it would deliver three new hospitals, a new Queensland Cancer Centre and 10 major hospital expansions.
Premier David Crisafulli said the new plan was in response to the independent review which highlighted delays, under-funded projects and “significant design flaws which left critical health services missing from hospitals”.
Premier Crisafulli said the extra 2600 hospital beds would give clinicians the resources they needed to do their jobs effectively.
He said the new plan included:
- At least 600 new beds and a new hospital at the Gold Coast in Coomera.
- At least 118 new beds and a new hospital in Toowoomba, with all services at the new site, including at least 538 overnight beds.
- At least 139 new beds and a new hospital in Bundaberg, with all services at the new site and more than 410 beds and bed alternatives.
- At least 91 new beds and a new Queensland Cancer Centre.
- At least 210 new beds and an expansion for the Redcliffe Hospital.
- At least 104 new beds and an expansion for the Cairns Hospital, including a new surgical centre.
- At least 165 new beds and an expansion for the Townsville University Hospital.
- At least 128 new beds and an expansion for the Mackay Hospital.
- At least 93 new beds and an expansion for the Prince Charles Hospital.
- 200 new beds and an expansion for the Ipswich Hospital.
- 112 new beds and an expansion for the Logan Hospital.
- 249 new beds and an expansion for the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
- 112 new beds and an expansion for the QEII Hospital.
- 35 new beds and an expansion for the Hervey Bay hospital.
- 90 new beds and a sub-acute expansion to the Ripley Satellite Health Centre.
- 70 new beds and a sub-acute expansion for the Gold Coast University Hospital.
- 30 new perinatal mental health beds across the state, including eight in Townsville.
- 20 new beds and an expansion for the Redlands Mental Health Facility.
- 12 new beds across two Youth Step Up Step Down facilities, with the first one in Rockhampton.
- Nine new beds and an expansion to the Rockhampton Mental Health Unit.
- Eight new beds and an expansion to the Cooktown Multipurpose Health Centre.
- Eight new acute adolescent mental health beds in Cairns.
