The Queensland Government is delivering a new hospital on a site at the current Baillie Henderson campus. The full scope of the project includes:
- delivery of a new hospital with 538 overnight beds, including 118 additional beds
- an 84-bed acute mental health facility
- a multi-storey car park
- emergency department treatment spaces
- medical imaging, pharmacy and pathology services, and
- a new cancer care centre.
The Queensland Government announced an updated masterplan was finalised for the project as part of its Hospital Rescue Plan. The masterplan outlines a staged delivery approach for the project’s full scope; however, no further details are publicly available.
Key Dates
| Jun 2022 | Project Announcement |
| Oct 2022 | EOIs Open |
| Nov 2022 | EOIs Close |
| Jun 2023 | Contract Award - Stage One |
| May 2026 | Contract Award |
| 2029 | Expected Construction Completion |
Funding contributions
| Queensland Government |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Queensland Health |
| Successful Tenderer: | John Holland |
| Procurement note: | The project was announced as part of the previous Queensland Government's Capacity Expansion Program. A Stage-One Managing Contractor agreement was reached with John Holland in December 2023. Following the release of the Hospital Rescue Plan the current Queensland Government announced it would work with John Holland to revise the staging approach and devise a revised masterplan. In May 2026, The Government announced it had agreed with John Holland to complete the new staged approach. No additional details have been provided. |
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. |
| Dec 2025 | The Queensland Government announced an updated masterplan was finalised for the project as part of the Hospital Resuce Plan. Stage One construction is expected to be completed in 2029. |
| May 2026 | The Queensland Government announced it had awarded the main works contrcat to John Holland to complete the new staged approach for the project. No details on the new approach have been provided. |
Building Queensland - Infrastructure Pipeline Report - December 2018
