More Healthcare Closer to Home.

Queenslanders deserve world-class public healthcare.

That’s why the Miles Labor Government are delivering more hospital beds, investing in our health workers and providing more health services.
The evidence shows that our plan is working.
In the face of record demand, we are seeing improvements across almost every measure.
We’re seeing more ED patients sooner and getting our hardworking ambos back on the road faster.
The latest Queensland Health data shows that across almost every measure, the system is improving.
But we know there’s more to do.
After a tough few years, we’re starting to move forward again – but a change of government puts all that at risk.

We’re delivering more beds and brand-new hospitals.

Steven knows how important it is to ensure we have free, accessible healthcare close to home.
Our Health Big Build is delivering more than 2,200 new beds, including 11 hospital expansions, 7 Satellite Hospitals, 3 new hospitals and a new Queensland Cancer Centre across our state.
The Health Big Build will create more than 22,000 construction jobs and provide our world class health workers with the resources they need to treat more patients, sooner.

And if elected in October we’re going to do even more.

Following the success of seven Satellite Hospitals delivered across South East Queensland – which have already provided critical care to more than 160,000 patients, we’ll deliver seven new Satellite Hospitals across Queensland.
These satellite hospitals will be built in:
•    Cairns
•    Mackay
•    Rockhampton
•    Yarrabilba
•    Beenleigh
•    Sunshine Coast
•    Fraser Coast

Satellite Hospitals will take pressure off our busy emergency departments and will deliver free, world-class health care, closer to home.

And thanks to our mental health levy, we are delivering new and expanded mental health services, more beds and more community treatment and support, supporting Queenslanders to access safe care closer to home.

We’ve also led the nation legislating nurse to patient ratios to keep our health professionals and patients safe.

We’re backing our healthcare heroes.

As the Health Minister during the pandemic, Steven knows that our health heroes make the difference every day.

Since Labor came into government, we have employed an additional 23,000 health workers to meet the demand for our world-class health system, restoring our frontline health services after they were decimated by the LNP.

We’ve also led the nation in legislating nurse to patient ratios to keep our health professionals and patients safe.

This is all at risk under the LNP.

When the LNP were last in government, they cut $1.6 billion from Queensland Health and sacked 4,400 health workers.
Under David Crisafulli, the LNP’s Shadow Health Minister has called regional health workers “duds”.
They’ve said that they have a plan to “break the back” of health worker entitlements and they’ve put our Satellite Hospitals on their infrastructure hitlist.
The LNP don’t support coal royalties which means they can’t deliver improved health infrastructure around the state. They will cut health just like they did last time.
The only plan David Crisafulli and Ros Bates are outlining on health is ‘real time data’.
They don’t support satellite hospitals. They sacked health workers. David Crisafulli and the LNP cannot be trusted with Queenslander’s health.