Gold Coast University Hospital

Gold Coast University Hospital
Geography
Location	Parkwood, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Coordinates	27.959799°S 153.381758°E / -27.959799; 153.381758
Services
Beds	750
History
Opened	12 December 2012
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Australia
Other links	Gold Coast Hospital

Gold Coast University Hospital is a proposed major health facility for the Gold Coast, Australia, due for completion in December 2012. It involves building a new tertiary hospital on a greenfields site adjacent to the Griffith University Gold Coast campus at a cost of $1.55 billion.

Construction commenced on Tuesday, 16 December 2008 when Queensland Premier, Anna Bligh turned the first sod. Bovis Lend Lease are building the hospital.

The new 750 bed facility will offer specialist cancer and cardiac services, neurosciences, trauma and neonatal intensive care.

Staff and equipment will move from the existing Gold Coast Hospital at Southport over several months in early 2013. It is currently planned that the Southport campus will then close as a public hospital.

Location

The unit will be located off Smith Street at Parklands.

Proposed cut back

According to leaked documents sighted by The Gold Coast Bulletin, Queensland Health is being forced to delay, cut or privatise facilities for the Gold Coast University Hospital. Proposed cost saving measures under consideration in many cases involved "shelling" or building the space for facilities but not fitting out those areas.

See also

• Gold Coast Hospital
• List of hospitals in Australia

External links

• Gold Coast University Hospital
• Queensland Health - Gold Coast University Hospital
• Gold Coast University Hospital brochure pdf
• Team Beattie - Gold Coast to have more than 1100 public hospital beds
• Team Beattie - A new tertiary hospital and more beds for the Gold Coast pdf
• Ministerial Media Statements - New preferred site for Gold Coast University Hospital
• Work begins on new Gold Coast University Hospital (press release)