We've invested more than $300 million to upgrade Redland Hospital, to build new medical wards and increase our treatment spaces.

The upgrades included:

  • more inpatient beds
  • new intensive care unit
  • more mental health inpatient treatment facilities and services
  • more car parking.

What's next:

  • more mental health inpatient treatment facilities and services.

The upgrades will increase our hospital capacity and help us provide more specialist health care services to our community. It will also help us care for more patients who need surgery or emergency care closer to home.

Jobs

As we grow and finish our upgrades, we’ll need new staff members to join our team. We have jobs in all areas including nursing, medicine, allied health, pharmacy, and business support.

You can search our vacancies or register your interest for future jobs when our hospital upgrades open.

Why we're expanding

The Redlands Coast community is growing. We expect more than 30,000 more people to live here in the next 10 years. Our upgrades and new buildings will make sure we’re ready for this growth and can continue to provide quality health care to our community.

Some of the upgrades are part of the Queensland Hospital Rescue Plan. The plan is based on:

  • our medical and clinical health service needs
  • information about our population and expected growth
  • feedback and consultation with our patients and community
  • advice from builders, engineers and design experts.

What we've built

We've been upgrading our buildings and services in stages. We've already opened the following new facilities.

  • 28 bed 'Lagoon Ward' medical unit with 1 and 2 bedrooms, office space and treatment areas
  • Upgraded birthing unit with 2 new birthing suites and 3 birthing pools
  • Larger emergency department with 4 more beds
  • 7 level car park with over 1,000 undercover spaces.

Stage 1 hospital expansion

Stage 1 was a $77.9 million investment and included:

  • a new intensive care unit with critical care and life support facilities
  • 37 more inpatient beds.

The upgrades have helped patients get emergency care closer to home without needing to be transferred to other hospitals. The new bed spaces have also helped us treat more people who need surgery or overnight hospital stays.

Under construction

Transit Care Hub expansion

We are expanding our Transit Care Lounge to become a Transit Care Hub with

  • additional treatment spaces
  • improved staff work areas
  • a dedicated procedure room
  • toilet and shower facilities for patients

Our new Transit Care Hub will give patients a comfortable, supervised area to finish their discharge paperwork, finalise transport plans or wait for medications. It will also help us free up hospital beds for inpatient care and improve Emergency Department flow.

Timeline

The timeline and dates may change.

March 2020: Birthing unit and emergency department expansions opened

April 2023: 7 level car park opened

October 2023: Building started on Stage 1 expansion

December 2023: New 28 bed 'Lagoon Ward' medical unit opened

2025: New intensive care unit and inpatient ward opens

Get involved

We're working with people and groups from our community to help plan the upgrades and get feedback including:

  • design user groups where we co-design clinical and public spaces with architects and clinicians
  • consultations about the look and design of the upgrades and wayfinding strategy
  • the hospital site’s building approval with local council.

We also worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Traditional Owners to make sure the upgrades are culturally safe.

If you’d like to get involved in our consumer groups, email RH.CapitalProjects@health.qld.gov.au.

You can also apply to volunteer with us or become a consumer partner.

News and updates

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Contact

Email MSH_Procurement@health.qld.gov.au for questions about tenders or visit the QTenders website.

Last updated: May 2026

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