We're investing over $350 million to upgrade our buildings and increase our health services at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PA Hospital).

The upgrades include:

  • new inpatient beds
  • extensions and renovations to our existing buildings
  • new cancer and kidney disease treatment services
  • more health services.

The upgrades will make it easier for our community to access health services and provide more specialist and emergency care. Work on some of these upgrades has already started, with some expanded services opening in 2024. Building work for the expansion project will start mid-late 2024.

There may be changes to hospital entry points or parking when we're building. If you’re going to hospital, you can search our health services to check if there are any changes you need to know.

Why we’re expanding

The south east Queensland population is growing, and more people will need access to quality health care in our area. PA Hospital is also one of our busiest hospitals and provides specialist health services for patients across Queensland.  The upgrades will help us meet the needs of our community and treat more people with acute and complex health needs. The upgrades will also improve and modernise our facilities.

The upgrades are part of the Queensland Health and Hospitals Plan. We've planned them 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're building

  • 249 more inpatient beds, including 30 extra intensive care bed and treatment areas
  • 5 new floors built on top of our existing emergency department
  • refurbished admission and recovery area to support our cardiac catheter lab service
  • 13 new cancer treatment bays.

Kidney care upgrades

We're investing $5.8 million to improve and upgrade our kidney health care services. The upgrades include:

  • 3 new high dependency bays
  • refurbishment of the renal inpatient unit
  • refurbished outpatient dialysis unit with 5 additional dialysis treatment chairs
  • renovations to existing staff areas.

Timeline

The timeline and dates may change.

Mid 2023: Design of new hospital expansion started


Early 2024: Early works started


Mid-late 2024: Major construction to start


Late 2026: Construction completed

Get involved

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

  • user groups where we co-designed 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, you can also apply to volunteer with us or become a consumer partner.

Jobs

As we grow and finish our upgrades, we’ll need new staff members to join our team. We'll have jobs across 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.

News and updates

Contact

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