- The Crisafulli Government's fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan delivers major milestone with the completion of the Concept Design phase at the new Coomera Hospital.
- One year on from the release of the fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan, the new design lays out a bigger and better Coomera Hospital, including at least 600 new beds, emergency department, intensive care unit, operating theatres, maternity and multi-storey car parking.
- The redesign follows the independent report that exposed Labor's failed plan for the hospital.
- Delivery of the Coomera Hospital is part of the Crisafulli Government's commitment to deliver easier access to health services and heal Labor's Health Crisis through the fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan.
The Crisafulli Government's commitment to deliver better health services for the rapidly growing northern Gold Coast community has reached a significant planning milestone, following the completion of the Concept Design phase for the new Coomera Hospital.
The fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan milestone is a major step forward in the Crisafulli Government's commitment to delivering the world-class healthcare needed for the northern Gold Coast community left in the lurch by the former Labor Government's failure to adequately plan or fund a new Coomera Hospital.
Extensive redesigning was required after Labor's botched plan resulted in an almost $1 billion cost blowout, did not take into account health service advice that called for 600 beds at Coomera, not the 400 planned by Labor, and failed to account for essential services including a pharmacy, pathology or outpatients department.
The new design establishes a landmark health precinct at Coomera which includes:
- A 12-storey Clinical Services Building housing the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Operating Theatres, Mental Health, Maternity, Paediatric, and Renal services, along with multiple inpatient units;
- A seven-storey Ambulatory Care Building providing outpatient clinics, Day Oncology, Allied Health, Pathology, and education facilities, connected to the main hospital via link bridges;
- Multi-storey car parking and on-grade parking.
The design works in with the project's staged rollout, with Stage 1 to deliver a fully operational 400-bed hospital by 2031, with structural provisions built in from the outset to accommodate Stage 2 of the development including an additional 200 beds by 2032.
The former Labor Government left Queensland's hospitals on life support with no credible plan to deliver major infrastructure.
The Crisafulli Government is fixing that failure through the fully funded Hospital Rescue Plan – the largest hospital infrastructure investment in Queensland's history – delivering at least 2,600 extra beds across new hospitals, expansions and upgrades.
Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Tim Nicholls said the new design for the Coomera Hospital showcased the Crisafulli Government's commitment to healing Labor's Health Crisis.
"The Crisafulli Government's fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan is delivering new and expanded hospitals across the State, 2,600 new hospital beds and health services when Queenslanders need them most," Minister Nicholls said.
"After a decade of decline under Labor, the Crisafulli Government is delivering the world-class hospital and health infrastructure Queenslanders deserve.
"Labor failed to do the necessary planning to ensure Queensland Health was well-placed to service our growing population into the future, and now our Hospital Rescue Plan has got new hospital builds and much-needed upgrades back on track to deliver 2,600 new beds across the State."
Member for Coomera Michael Crandon said the Coomera Hospital worksite was a hive of activity.
"We expect the new hospital build to generate around 1,000 workers on site when construction peaks," Mr Crandon said.
Member for Theodore Mark Boothman said the Crisafulli Government was getting on with the job of delivering a brand new hospital for the region.
"We're delivering a bigger and better Coomera Hospital, after Labor failed our communities for too long," Mr Boothman said.
The Coomera Hospital milestone comes as the Crisafulli Government marks a year of delivery for the Hospital Rescue Plan, including:
- Masterplans finalised and dates locked in to deliver critical works on the Redcliffe, Townsville University, Toowoomba, Coomera and Bundaberg hospital projects.
- The single biggest health investment ever in Cairns announced, with a more than $1 billion program to revitalise the Cairns CBD, deliver a new helipad and health and innovation precinct.
- Procurement commenced for a contractor to deliver the Redcliffe Hospital Expansion.
- Expression of Interest released for Stage 1A of the Townsville University Hospital Expansion.
- Works on the 300-space car park commenced as part of enabling works for Townsville University Hospital's new multi-storey car park that will provide a further 1,000+ parking spaces.
- Planning progressed to establish a Cancer Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, with specialist hubs in Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Wide Bay, Darling Downs, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
- Masterplans progressed for expansions at Mackay Base Hospital and The Prince Charles Hospital, including work to address the deficiencies and omissions under Labor's plans for these projects.
- Planning progressed for the two new Youth Step Up, Step Down mental health facilities in Townsville and Rockhampton.
- Construction completed on the purpose-built Cardiology Inpatient Unit and a new Orthopaedic Unit in Rockhampton, and an expansion of emergency department announced.
- Construction commenced on a new modular expansion of the Gladstone Hospital to provide 51 beds and treatment spaces, including 40 new inpatient beds, six new renal dialysis chairs and five new high-dependency unit beds.
- New $23.3 million Queensland Ambulance Service South East Operations Centre opened on the Gold Coast.
- $70 million in critical high voltage upgrades funded for the QEII Hospital Expansion, ensuring the lights can be turned on.
- Detailed design works well-progressed for six new MRI machines and nine new CT scanners across the state as part of our more than $270 million investment.
