Minister commits to Redcliffe Hospital development

Health Minister Tim Nicholls has provided an update on the Redcliffe Hospital redevelopment during a visit to the facility this morning, including a timeframe of when work is likely to begin.

Minister Nicholls visited the hospital with State Member for Redcliffe Kerri-Anne Dooley to announce work will start “shortly” on expansion of the multi-storey carpark after the tender was awarded.

Richard Crookes Construction will deliver the $36 million carpark expansion, which will add three levels and provide 530 carparks.

Registration of interest for contractors to deliver main construction works for the Redcliffe Hospital expansion has opened and will close on November 21, 2025.

Minister Nicholls says negotiations with builders to deliver the full expansion project will begin early in the new year, with work likely to start in the third quarter of 2026.

“This is exciting news for the people of Redcliffe,” he says.

“We’ll be making more announcements in relation to the awarding of the tender here and the cost here and the timing here in the next few weeks.

“We’re at about 80 per cent design completion and that’s why we’ve now gone for registrations of interest to get a tenderer in because we want to work with the successful tenderer on the final completion.

“Obviously, the builder will have an input into what the buildability of that looks like. They may well look at it and say this design looks fantastic, but we can suggest this (alternative) based on our experience.

“We’ve included things that hadn’t been included in the past around educational facilities, the mortuary which wasn’t here, sterilisation facilities and also patient and staff safety access and egress.

“That’s all been taken into account and what has happened is the previous design was situated squarely over the cultural artifact – the scar tree – what we’ve been able to do is turn that design around, redesign it so there’s better access, more services, an additional six beds and we were able to deal with the scar tree issue and we’ve been in conversations with the Kabi Kabi people about that, taking them on that journey.”

Committed to expansion

Minister Nicholls says the Government intends to deliver the full redevelopment. This includes at least 210 new overnight beds, expanded services such as maternity, endoscopy and operating theatres.

“We would hope that we would start seeing work on the ground in the third quarter of 2026 – sometime between July and September 2026. If we can go earlier, we will.”

State Member for Redcliffe Kerri-Anne Dooley says the Redcliffe Hospital expansion is critical to support her growing community.

“As someone who used to work at the Redcliffe Hospital, I know how important this expansion is for the people of Moreton Bay,” Ms Dooley says.

“Our Government is delivering more beds, more parking and more services, to improve the hospital experience for everyone.”

The finalised masterplan for the Redcliffe Hospital expansion is due by the end of the year.