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Health facilities and services

Coal royalties are helping to build, upgrade and expand hospitals and services across regional Queensland, increasing treatment spaces and improving patient services.

They are also funding new and improved medical equipment and facilities.

To ensure Queenslanders residing in regional areas have access to world class health services, in the 2023-24 Queensland Budget coal royalties are supporting the government to invest:

  • $48.5 million for the new Moranbah Hospital
  • $250 million for the Cairns Hospital expansion
  • $250 million for the Mackay Base Hospital expansion
  • $530 million for the Townsville University Hospital expansion
  • $1.3 billion for the new Toowoomba Hospital
  • $1.2 billion for the new Bundaberg Hospital
  • $40 million to upgrade the Hervey Bay Hospital

LifeFlight $586.1 million – a new 10-year commercial agreement to continue to provide vital aeromedical services, search and rescue and response to primary emergencies.

Royal Flying Doctor Service $333.7 million – safeguard the links between regional Queenslanders and medical treatment through a new 10-year agreement.

Access to specialist services $70.3 million – funding an increase to the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme (PTSS) which supports Queenslanders in rural and regional areas to access specialist medical services not available locally.

Last updated: 23 July 2024