Australian first Satellite Hospital opens to support growing Caboolture community

• The Caboolture Satellite Hospital will open on Thursday, 3 August 2023
• The facility will host a minor illness and injury clinic and outpatient and community health services, including oral and mental health services.
• All seven Satellite Hospitals will be open to patients by late-2024.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk joined Caboolture locals in celebrating the opening of Australia’s first Satellite Hospital.

The Community Open Day allows local residents to have a sneak peak inside the facility, ahead of opening to patients on Thursday, 3 August.

At Caboolture, a Minor Illness and Injury Clinic will provide free urgent care options for people who don’t need to go to an emergency department.

The clinic will be open from 8am to 10pm daily, and is equipped to treat simple fractures, sprains and strains, head injuries without loss of consciousness, and a range of other urgent conditions. It also includes on site medical imaging.

Caboolture Satellite Hospital also offers outpatient and community health services including adults and children’s oral health clinics, mental health services, a sleep studies service, and an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hub including maternal and infant health care workers, perinatal wellbeing, diabetes education, child health nurse, and allied health services. 

The Palaszczuk Government’s nation leading $377 million Satellite Hospital program is delivering seven facilities around the South East, providing quality urgent care closer to home.

Satellite Hospitals in Bribie Island, Eight Mile Plains, Kallangur, Redlands, Ripley and Tugun facilities will open later in 2023 and in 2024.

Anyone can attend a public hospital or satellite hospital for treatment. If you hold a Medicare card, and choose to be treated as a public patient, your acute medical treatment will be free.

If you are not eligible for a Medicare card, you will be required to pay for treatment. For more information visit the Medicare eligibility page.

Quotes attributable to Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk:

“This is an exciting day for the community as we celebrate the opening of Australia’s first Satellite Hospital here in Caboolture.

“Our government has led the way in creating a place for Queenslanders to access the health care they need, closer to home, which will help to reduce pressure on our busy emergency departments.

“Rapidly growing communities, like Caboolture, need free healthcare services that keep pace with their needs and through the Satellite Hospitals Program, we are demonstrating again that we are listening and delivering on services that matter to Queenslanders.

“I look forward to the remaining Satellite Hospitals coming online in the next 12 months, to the benefit of Queensland families.”

Quotes attributable to Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services and Minister for Women, Shannon Fentiman MP:

“Caboolture is one of the South East’s fastest growing communities, so it’s fantastic that this is where the Palaszczuk Government is opening our first satellite hospital.

“This amazing facility includes an option for urgent care through the Minor Injury and Illness Clinic, which we know will ease pressure on our emergency departments.

“In addition to these new and expanded health services, we’re also creating approximately 70 new jobs for hardworking healthcare workers and support staff at the Caboolture Satellite Hospital.”

Quotes attributable to Member for Morayfield Mark Ryan MP:

“I’m very proud to be here today for this momentous occasion as we open the Caboolture Satellite Hospital.

“Caboolture is a wonderful place and these new health services will make a significant difference to the many people who live in and around this community.

“I’m looking forward to celebrating today with the community at the open day event.”

Quotes attributable to Member for Pumicestone Ali King MP:

“It’s wonderful to see the first satellite hospital open.

“With the Bribie Island Satellite Hospital to be up and running next year, this gives the community a chance to see the benefits of our innovative new satellite hospitals.

“Our satellite hospitals will bring key hospital services closer to home, making a huge difference for people who would otherwise have to travel for urgent and outpatient care.”

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Media contacts:

Courtney Thompson (Premier’s Office) – 0433 585 570

Emilia Hutchinson (Deputy Premier’s Office) – 0437 060 435