Queensland Health

A new $2 billion Hospital Building Fund to address growth pressures across the health system, with initial investments in the Toowoomba Day Surgery (a two-theatre day surgery at the Baillie Henderson campus), purchasing public health services through the expansion at Mater Public Hospital Springfield, and an uplift in Queensland Health's base capital program.

A dedicated $2 billion fund is set aside to build and expand hospitals as Queensland's population grows, easing pressure on the health system.

General Government capital. $2 billion fund to meet growth pressures; the budget papers describe initial investments rather than a separately disclosed 2021-22 budget-year drawdown, so the budget-year amount is recorded as null.

Additional funding of $482.5 million in 2021-22 to address pressures in emergency patient flow through public hospitals, reduce elective surgery and specialist outpatient waitlists, and support the opening of the Nambour General Hospital Redevelopment.

Patients face shorter waits in emergency departments and for elective surgery, with the newly redeveloped Nambour General Hospital opening.

General Government operating, 2021-22.

$480 million to continue the COVID-19 response, delivering fever clinics, contact tracing and testing, the vaccination program, compliance activities, government-arranged quarantine accommodation, COVID-19 contact centres and wellness checks for people in mandatory hotel quarantine. Queensland Health's operating share is $150 million, with $168 million provided in 2021-22 for the continuation of the health response including vaccinations.

Queenslanders continue to access free COVID-19 testing, vaccination and quarantine services to keep the community safe.

General Government operating. $480 million total across several agencies; $168 million provided in 2021-22 for Queensland Health's continuation of the COVID-19 health response including the vaccination program.

$177 million to purchase public health services through the expansion at Mater Public Hospital Springfield, delivering a new 174-bed public hospital with an emergency department, intensive care unit and maternity services to meet demand in the fast-growing Greater Ipswich region.

Residents in the rapidly growing Springfield-Ripley area gain a new 174-bed public hospital with an emergency department, intensive care and maternity services.

General Government operating. $177 million to purchase public health services through the Mater Springfield expansion; the papers do not separately disclose a 2021-22 budget-year figure, so the budget-year amount is recorded as null.

$265 million to deliver seven satellite hospitals at Bribie Island, Caboolture, Brisbane South, Pine Rivers, Gold Coast, Ipswich and Redlands, easing demand on acute hospitals in South East Queensland through alternative models of care, virtual health, rapid access consults and remote monitoring.

Seven new satellite hospitals across South East Queensland will provide care closer to home and free up capacity at major hospitals.

General Government capital. $105.0 million in 2021-22 (per the Queensland Health SDS capital program) towards a $265 million program to deliver seven satellite hospitals.

$103.5 million in 2021-22 (part of the Building Better Hospitals program) for the Caboolture Hospital redevelopment, supporting an additional 130 beds and refurbishment of critical clinical support services.

Caboolture Hospital gains 130 extra beds and upgraded clinical services for the growing Moreton Bay region.

General Government capital, $103.5 million in 2021-22 under the Building Better Hospitals program.

$92.4 million in 2021-22 for the Ipswich Hospital expansion (Stage 1A), including new mental health facilities, a 26-bed ward refurbishment and a magnetic resonance imaging suite to grow clinical capacity.

Ipswich Hospital gains new mental health facilities, a refurbished ward and an MRI suite to serve a fast-growing community.

General Government capital, $92.4 million in 2021-22 under the Building Better Hospitals program.

$90 million in 2021-22 for the Logan Hospital expansion, delivering an additional 206 beds or treatment spaces along with funds to improve maternity services.

Logan Hospital gains 206 more beds and improved maternity services for one of Queensland's fastest-growing regions.

General Government capital, $90 million in 2021-22 (Building Better Hospitals program: $79.5 million Logan Hospital Expansion plus $10.5 million Logan Hospital Maternity Services Upgrade).

$70 million for the Building Rural and Remote Health Program to upgrade health infrastructure at Camooweal, St George, Morven, Charleville and Blackwater, plus $12.5 million for the Woorabinda Multi-Purpose Health Service (lifting residential aged care from four to 14 beds) and $12.4 million to replace the Windorah Primary Healthcare Centre.

Rural and remote communities get upgraded health facilities and replacement clinics, with more aged-care beds at Woorabinda.

General Government capital. $70 million Building Rural and Remote Health Program; the papers do not separately disclose a single 2021-22 budget-year figure for the program, so the budget-year amount is recorded as null.

$14.5 million for Making Tracks towards achieving health equity (2021-2025), plus $37.8 million over two years to support the Growing Deadly Families Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Maternity Services Strategy and the development of First Nations Health Equity Strategies across the 16 Hospital and Health Services.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities get targeted maternity and health-equity programs to close gaps in health outcomes.

General Government operating. $14.5 million for Making Tracks (2021-2025) plus $37.8 million over two years for the Growing Deadly Families strategy and First Nations Health Equity Strategies; the papers do not break out a single 2021-22 budget-year figure, so the budget-year amount is recorded as null.