Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment

About the project

By 2031, the population of Caboolture and surrounds is expected to grow by 51%. With all the extra people to care for, and with our hospital already near or at capacity most days, Caboolture Hospital must grow, too.

The Queensland Government has committed $352.9 million to deliver 130 new beds and significantly expand services at Caboolture Hospital.

Over the next four years, Caboolture Hospital will undergo a significant expansion and redevelopment.

The Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment will include the construction of a five storey Clinical Services Building and a targeted refurbishment of existing spaces.

A larger hospital requires more car parking and $41.7M has also been provided to deliver a new multi-story carpark.

The design of the new clinical services building is expected to be completed in mid-2020 with construction expected to start in mid-2020 and take up to three years to complete.

The new building and car park will be built at the front of the hospital, between the existing hospital and McKean Street.

New and expanded services

The Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment is a complex mix of new build and a refurbishment of the existing facility and covers a total gross floor area of approximately 32,000sqm.

New five storey Clinical Services Building

New and expanded Emergency Department
20-bed rehabilitation unit
10-bed palliative care unit
14-bed geriatric evaluation and management unit
32-bed medical ward
10-bed Intensive Care Unit
2 additional operating theatres and 4 stage one recovery spaces
8-bed Cardiac Care Unit
4-bed Chest Pain Assessment Unit and 16-bed medical ward

Targeted refurbishment within existing hospital

Enhanced and expanded special care nursery with 15 bays
Medical day stay unit
Upgraded and expanded morgue
Expanded medical records facility, pharmacy and pathology
New main entry, café and visitor lounge

Multi-storey carpark

Will provide approximately 1,080 spaces in a mix of multi-story and at-grade facilities.
Combined with other car spaces around the site, there will be a total of approx. 1640 spaces.

Related projects

Temporary car park

The development of the Caboolture Hospital Redevelopment and Multi-Storey Carpark will require the resumption of a large portion of the current car parking.

A new temporary, staff-only, car park will be built on the Caboolture State High School land adjoining Mewett Street. The current staff car park will be repurposed as a patient and visitor car park. This will help ensure there is enough parking for both visitors and staff, during construction.

The temporary staff car park is due to start construction in late 2019 and is expected to be operational in March 2020. Additional arrival and wayfinding works will be undertaken at the rear of the site to ensure arrivals to the hospital are clear, straight forward and safe.

For more information, download this fact sheet.

Emergency Department interim expansion

Stage 1: Specialist Outpatient Department (completed)
Stage 2: Medical Imaging Department (completed)
Stage 3: Expansion of the existing Emergency Department (first phase completed in August 2019; second phase expected to be completed in late 2019)

Once completed, the expanded Emergency Department will include:

Refurbished reception area
Separate waiting areas for adults, children and Fast Track
3 triage assessment rooms
A dedicated and secure Children’s assessment area, including triage and four beds
6 Fast Track beds (2 additional)
8 Short Stay beds and 4 Short Stay chairs (4 additional beds and 2 additional chairs)
A dedicated mental health assessment area (3 spaces, increasing from 1)
16 acute treatment spaces for adults (1 additional than current)
A new procedure room
4 resuscitation bays (currently available)
Relatives room (moved and refurbished)

Emergency Department Mental Health Short Stay Unit

A mental health short stay unit will be built to provide short-term treatment, observation, assessment and re-assessment of patients triaged and assessed in the Emergency Department. The ward will include eight bed bays.

Construction is expected to begin in late 2019 and the unit is expected to open in April 2020.

Project timeline

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More information

Redevelopment Project Team
Phone: (07) 5316 5464
Email: Caboolture_Projects@health.qld.gov.au

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