The New Toowoomba Hosptial is a proposed redevelopment included in Queensland's Capacity Building Program.
The New Toowoomba Hospital – Stage One scope of works includes:
- a new hospital with 118 beds across medical, surgical, maternity, coronary and intensive care units
- emergency department treatment spaces, outpatient consultation rooms and diagnostic rooms
- medical imaging pharmacy and pathology services
- a cancer care centre
Details of subsequent stages have not yet been announced.
The Baille Henderson site has been chosen as the prefered site for the redevelopment located on Cranley Street, 6.5 kilometres north of the existing hospital.
Key Dates
| Jun 2022 | Project Announcement |
| Oct 2022 | EOIs Open |
| Nov 2022 | EOIs Close |
| Jun 2023 | Contract Award - Stage One |
| 2028 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
| Queensland Government |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Queensland Health |
| Successful Tenderer: | John Holland - Stage One Managing Contractor |
| Procurement note: | The Project will be delivered under a two-stage Managing Contractor model, with Stage One including design works and Stage Two including a separate main works delivery contract. |
PROJECT HISTORY
| 2016 | Preliminary business case was prepared. |
| Jun 2017 | The Queensland Government proposed the redevelopment of the hospital. |
| Dec 2017 | Building Queensland (BQ) added the project to its Infrastructure Pipeline Report, which put the estimated cost of the hospital redevelopment between $450-750 million. |
| Sep 2018 | The Queensland Government announced the Baillie Henderson site as the preferred site. |
| Jun 2020 | The master plans for the project were revealed, outlining the timeline of the redevelopment, hospital designs and technology advancements |
| Jun 2022 | Funding was announced for the project under the Capacity Expansion Program. |
| Aug 2022 | Enabling works began on the project. |
| Oct 2022 | Expressions of Interest to join a prequalified panel to deliver Capacity Expansion Program projects was released. The project is now expected to cost $1.3 billion. |
| Jun 2023 | John Holland has been awarded the contract for Stage One of the New Toowoomba Hospital. The project will be delivered through a managing contractor model. |
| Dec 2023 | Enabling works finished on the project. |
| May 2024 | The Queensland Government announced construction commencement on the first stage of the Toowoomba Hospital at the Baillie Henderson Hospital campus. |
| Apr 2025 | The Queensland Government released its Hospital Rescue Plan and response to the 42 recommendations made by the Independent Review of Queensland Health’s Capacity Expansion Program. The Review recommended pausing early site works and engaging with the Stage One contractor - John Holland - to consider staging options for the project to relocate all services to the new site. In response, the Government accepted the recommendation and committed to developing a new staged approach that relocates all services and existing beds to the New Toowoomba Hospital, and redesigning the project to meet clinical need. The Review also confirmed the project's total estimated cost, as originally scoped, has increased from $1.3 billion to $2 billion, however, this is subject to change through the re-planning process. |
Estimated Total Cost
(2025)
Sector
Social
Procurement approach
Traditional Procurement |
Location
Queensland |
Resources
Infrastructure agency resources
Building Queensland - Infrastructure Pipeline Report - June 2018Building Queensland - Infrastructure Pipeline Report - December 2018
