- Budget delivers the foundation for a fresh start with more free healthcare than ever before and funding to deliver the Hospital Rescue Plan.
- A record $33.1 billion health Budget investment to reduce ambulance ramping, improve services, recruit more health workers and stabilise the elective surgery waitlist.
- A fully-funded $18.5 billion Hospital Rescue Plan delivers three new hospitals, 10 upgrades and expanded health facilities across the State.
- A $1.7 billion investment to reduce ambulance ramping includes more paramedics and better ED triaging.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering for Queensland with more health workers, more health services and a fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan in the 2025-26 Budget.
The $33.1 billion record health Budget lays the foundation for a fresh start for health services when you need them, with a 10.2 per cent increase in funding compared to last year's Budget, to deliver Easier Access to Health Services and provide for the unfunded commitments made by the former Labor Government.
The Budget also includes an $18.53 billion spend over five years on the Crisafulli Government's Hospital Rescue Plan to deliver more than 2,600 new beds statewide, with three new and 10 expanded hospitals, a Queensland Cancer Centre, as well as new and upgraded health and ambulance facilities across Queensland.
Other key health initiatives in the 2025-26 Budget include:
- Boosting maintenance and tackling the backlog left behind by the former Government, with $3.15 billion allocated over five years.
- Stabilising the elective surgery waitlist, with $1.752 billion over four years to deliver 30,000 elective surgeries in 2025-26.
- A commitment to deliver every dollar raised in the Mental Health Levy to new and expanded mental health services across the State, including 30 perinatal mental health beds and $50 million for two new youth Step Up, Step Down services.
- 9 new CT scanners and 6 MRI machines in Satellite Health Centres and regional hospitals.
- A $1 billion boost for the Queensland Ambulance Service, including new stations at Beenleigh Central and Southport East and to provide relief accommodation for our paramedics in regional and remote areas.
- Expansion of the QAS 24/7 Clinical Hub north of Brisbane that is staffed by paramedics and specialist clinicians to provide real-time clinical support to frontline staff, assist with managing resources and improving patient care.
- $16.8 million for operational equipment and new defibrillators to support paramedics.
- Funding to grow our health workforce by 46,000 health professionals by 2032, including an additional 4,700 in the next year.
- $192 million for staff entitlements, including reproductive health leave and employer superannuation contributions on parental leave.
- $8.7 million additional to grow the security officer and Ambassador workforce, to support the safety and security of Queensland Health's frontline workers.
- $12.7 million for more public health officers to continue taking nation-leading action against illicit tobacco and vaping traders.
- Providing a funding source for every dollar allocated to the Women and Girls' Health Strategy, including $157.3 million unfunded by Labor, and fully funding the $325 million First Nations First Strategy.
- Continued funding for the Nurse-led Walk-in Clinics in Gympie, Gladstone, Mt Gravatt and Brisbane City to provide free treatment for non-life-threatening injuries, illnesses and common health concerns.
- $55 million for the Patient Flow Rapid Response Fund targeting tangible improvements to patient flow at a whole of hospital level, focused on Emergency Department avoidance, inpatient flow, discharge practices and greater access for unplanned care and admissions.
Treasurer David Janetzki said the 2025-26 Budget was about delivering for Queensland with health services when you need them.
"We promised a fresh start for Queensland and that's exactly what this Budget delivers," Treasurer Janetzki said.
"After crises in youth crime, health, housing and cost of living, this Budget delivers the foundation for health services when you need them."
Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Tim Nicholls said the record health Budget delivered easier access to healthcare, reduces ambulance ramping, and provided more life changing elective surgery.
"The 2025-26 Budget is delivering the single greatest investment in healthcare in the State's history to help Queenslanders access world-class care when they need it and ease Labor's Health Crisis," Minister Nicholls said.
"We are delivering a fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan for more than 2,600 new hospital beds across three new and 10 expanded hospitals, and new and upgraded health facilities across Queensland.
"This Budget steps up to fix Labor's woeful mismanagement of health services and infrastructure, and provides for the unfunded promises from Labor, such as the $638 million operational budget for the new Mater Hospital Springfield.
"This Budget delivers funding needed to properly maintain our health facilities from the Cape to Currumbin, while also delivering the new hospitals needed for Queensland's future.
"More Queenslanders will access elective surgeries sooner under a $1.7 billion investment including expansion of the Surgery Connect program.
"Making sure our first responders have the advanced equipment they need to do their lifesaving work is a priority, which is why we are also delivering more than $16.8 million for operational equipment and new defibrillators."
