- Budget is strengthening the foundations for a fresh start with three new hospitals and ten expansions, more free elective surgeries, Healthy Kindy Kids expansion, and a boost to the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme.
- New hospital beds to come online this year as part of the fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan which will also deliver new hospitals in Toowoomba, Coomera and Bundaberg and 10 major hospital expansions.
- Transit lounges, mental health services, new CT scanners and MRIs, also being delivered in the fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan.
- An additional 25,000 elective surgeries sooner with $247 million in 2026-27.
- Expanding the free Healthy Kindy Kids program Statewide, following a successful pilot in Townsville.
- Delivering relief you can rely on with a boost to the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme fuel subsidy and faster payments, with an additional $11.7 million in 2026-27.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering for Queensland with three new and ten expanded hospitals, more elective surgeries sooner, more health workers and more free healthcare than ever before, in the 2026-27 Budget.
The record $35.5 billion Health Budget is strengthening the foundations for a fresh start for building Queensland's Future and delivering better services through a stronger economy.
As part of the fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan, the Crisafulli Government is delivering new hospitals in Toowoomba, Coomera and Bundaberg, the Queensland Cancer Plan and expanding 10 more hospitals across the state, providing more than 2,600 additional beds for Queenslanders and world class healthcare closer to home.
The Budget will operationalise new hospital beds in Cairns, Hervey Bay, and Logan this year, as the Crisafulli Government continues to deliver the fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan, after Labor failed to deliver funding.
These new and expanded hospitals have gone through a significant replanning and redesign process following the scathing independent review into the former Labor Government's failed Capacity Expansion Program, which found not one project could be delivered within its original timeline or budget.
During this financial year the Crisafulli Government will surpass 10,000 additional health workers since November 2024, including doctors, nurses and paramedics, helping ensure more Queenslanders can access the care they need, when and where they need it.
Under the Surgery Connect program Queenslanders in-need will be supported with 25,000 additional life-changing and life-saving elective surgeries this year.
The Healthy Kindy Kids program, currently being piloted in Townsville, will be expanded Statewide, with free vision, hearing and speech development checks for children in kindergarten, giving them the best chance to be ready for school.
The Budget will also deliver easier access to healthcare services for regional and remote Queenslanders with a boost to the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme, with faster reimbursements through system upgrades, and an 11c/km boost to the private motor vehicle allowance to a nation-leading 45c/km.
This boost follows Labor's decade of decline in which they ignored the needs of rural Queenslanders and failed to boost patient travel subsidies for eight years.
Treasurer David Janetzki said the 2026-27 Budget was about delivering for Queensland with health services when you need them.
"We are delivering on our promises, with relief you can rely on through responsible decisions for now and the future, and no new or increased taxes," Treasurer Janetzki said.
"This Budget strengthens the foundations we've laid in making Queensland safer, restoring health services, delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders, building generational infrastructure, getting the Games back on track, as well as playing our part to ease national cost of living pressures."
Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Tim Nicholls said the Queensland Government was delivering more free healthcare than ever before for health services when Queenslanders need them.
"These new hospitals in Toowoomba, Coomera and Bundaberg will help meet the needs of fast-growing communities and deliver more beds, more services and better access to healthcare," Minister Nicholls said.
"We are also delivering more elective surgeries sooner, expanding the Healthy Kindy Kids program statewide, and making it easier for regional and remote Queenslanders to access the care they need through faster and increased travel subsidy payments.
"This Budget is about strengthening Queensland's health system now and for the future, so Queenslanders can have confidence the care they need will be there when they need it."
